Fans given first look at Sophie Turner as Lara Croft in the new Tomb Raider series

Move over Angelina Jolie, there's a new Tomb Raider in town!

Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video have given fans a first look at British actress Sophie Turner as Lara Croft for the new Tomb Raider series, as production begins.

In the image, the Game of Thrones star, 29, wears Croft's signature tank singlet, shorts and gun straps and even has her hair styled in a braid with her fringe out as she completely channels the iconic video game character.

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Sophie Turner

"Get your artifacts out. She's on her way…" a press release read alongside the image of Turner as the archaeologist.

Turner has been putting everything into the role, training for hours at a time five days a week to play Croft.

"We've been doing eight hours a day, five days a week since February last year of training, so it's been a lot," she said on the SiriusXM's The Julia Cunningham Show.

Sophie Turner to play Lara Croft in new Tomb Raider series

"I've learned I have a perpetual back problem, but I also realised that it's much easier to kind of build muscle if you've ever worked out before in your life, which I never had, so it has taken me months and months and months to get into good shape.

"That's what I've learned."

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Celebrity love triangles, Angelina Jolie, Billy Bob Thornton and Laura Dern.Angelina's action-adventure globe-trotting queen jumped from video game to the big screen in memorable, skin-tight fashion.

Turner, the ex of singer Joe Jonas, is known for her portrayal of Sansa Stark in hit series, Game of Thrones, and for shows including Joan and Steal. 

The new series also stars the likes of acclaimed actors Sigourney Weaver and Jason Isaacs. 

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Sophie Turner attends the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.

Jolie starred in the Tomb Raider movies in the early 2000s.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge is behind the new series.

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