Jill de Jong

Jill de Jong, also known as Jildou de Jong (born February 17, 1982) is a Dutch model and actress.

Born in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, on March 21, 2002 she was selected by Eidos Interactive as the Lara Croft character model for the Tomb Raider video game series.

She began her career as a model at the age of fifteen after winning a modeling contest in the Netherlands. Over the past ten years she became a respected and successful top model, shooting TV and print campaigns for big brand names such as, Ralph Lauren, Escada, Redken, Izod, St. Yves, Fa shower gel and L'Oréal in Europe and the United States. De Jong lives and works in Los Angeles United States and is currently developing her career as an actress.

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    Jack and Jill
    Went up the hill,
    To fetch a pail of water;
    Jack fell down,
    And broke his crown,
    And Jill came tumbling after.
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. Jack and Jill (l. 1–6)

    Each month
    the blood sheets down
    like good red rain.
    —Erica Jong (b. 1942)