Lucy Clarkson (born July 6, 1982, Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is an English model. She is best known as being the fourth official Lara Croft model from the Tomb Raider series of video games, a role she took on in May 2000, at the age of 17, and held for two and a half years until 2002 when Jill de Jong took over.[1]

As well as the Lara Croft work, she has done lingerie modelling for Vivienne Westwood. She was educated at Wath-upon-Dearne Comprehensive school[2].

She began modelling after participating in an Elite Model Agency competition, where she was one of 12 winners out of 16,000 applicants. Until then she had no modelling experience. In a 2000 British poll she was voted sexiest woman, she was subsequently featured in a number of high profile advertising campaigns including: La Senza; Chanel; Diesel; Sports Illustrated; Marks and Spencer; Marie Claire; More Magazine; Wrigleys; Kinders; Veet; De Beers. She has recently become the face of Pearl Drops.

Having suffered from an eating disorder Lucy is now a spokeswoman against size zero despite being a size 6-8 herself and is a regular on BBC News 24. Her main forcus is raising money for SPANA (The Society for the Protection of Animals Working Abroad) and also Help for Heroes. Lucy is a sponsored rider for the Household Cavalry in Knightsbridge, She exercises The Queens horses in Hyde Park and is often seen riding up Rotten Row. In 2008 she produced a calendar in aid of Help for Heroes in which she also modelled.

In April 2009 Lucy appeared in a BBC documentary 'My Life as an Animalogs' where she was given the task of living as a dog for four days. Lucy quit the show after just two days fearing that she would be ridiculed as a consequence of appearing on the show.

Her boyfriend is stockbroking firm owner Michael Parnes, the son of Anthony Parnes and nephew of Gerald Ratner