BAFTA says gamers voted for Lara Croft as the No. 1 iconic game character.
BAFTA says gamers voted for Lara Croft as the No. 1 iconic game character.
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Lara Croft crowned the most iconic video game character of all time | BAFTA

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Lara Croft of Tomb Raider has been crowned the most iconic video game character of all time, according to a poll by BAFTA.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has revealed the results of its players’ poll to establish the top characters from video game history. Launched to celebrate the 20th BAFTA Games Awards on Thursday April 11, the poll was engaged with by over 4,000 players from all over the world.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.