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Jacqueline Natla is the villain of the 1996 Tomb Raider, an Atlantean ruler posing as a businesswoman who hires Lara to find the Scion. In Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis she is the CEO of Natla Technologies, played by Adrienne Wilkinson.
Jacqueline Natla is the villain of Tomb Raider: in the 1996 game she is one of the three ancient rulers of Atlantis, frozen for betraying the other two, who wakes in the 20th century, builds a company, Natla Technologies, and hires Lara Croft to find the Scion she once stole. In Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, out Feb 12, 2027, she is the CEO of Natla Technologies, played by Adrienne Wilkinson, who calls her "everything". Natla returned in Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008), where Lara confronts her again. The clip shows the 1996 PlayStation version.
Quick facts
| First game | Tomb Raider (1996) |
| Who she is (1996) | One of the three rulers of Atlantis, with Qualopec and Tihocan |
| Her company | Natla Technologies |
| Henchmen (1996) | Larson, Pierre DuPont, the Cowboy, the Skater Boy, the bald henchman |
| Final fight (1996) | The Great Pyramid, in two phases |
| Later games | Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007), Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008) |
| Legacy of Atlantis | CEO of Natla Technologies, played by Adrienne Wilkinson |
| Revealed | Mini-documentary episode 7, Aug 31, 2026 |
Sources: Crystal Dynamics: The Three Rulers of Atlantis, Feb 17, 2024; Crystal Dynamics: Natla Technologies, Mar 2, 2024; Crystal Dynamics: Top 5 Bosses, Mar 20, 2024; Amazon Game Studios: Meet Natla, Aug 31, 2026.
Who is Natla in the 1996 Tomb Raider?
An Atlantean. Natla, Qualopec and Tihocan shared power over Atlantis and kept the Scion in three pieces, one each (Crystal Dynamics). Natla stole the other two pieces and used the Scion to breed mutants to overthrow her fellow rulers, turning a sacred pyramid into "a factory of aberrations". Qualopec and Tihocan captured her and sealed her in a cryonic freezing chamber for "breaking the three-bond of consent" of the Triumvirate; afterward a meteor and tidal waves buried the Great Pyramid (Crystal Dynamics).
In 1945 the Trinity atomic test in New Mexico freed her. She took the name Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, which Crystal Dynamics places in Seattle, as a front for mining toward the buried pyramid.
What does Natla do in the 1996 game?
The game opens with her hiring Lara to find Vilcabamba and recover the first piece of the Scion, with Larson sent to tie up the loose end afterward. Lara survives the ambush, breaks into Natla Technologies and follows a monk's prayer book to Greece (Crystal Dynamics). After the third piece in Egypt, the trail leads to Natla's Mines, where Lara loses her weapons and has to beat the Cowboy, the Skater Boy and the bald henchman to win them back (Stella's Tomb Raider Site), and on into Atlantis, where she must reach the Scion and destroy it so Natla can never use it (Crystal Dynamics). The clip shows the 1996 PlayStation version.
In The Great Pyramid, Natla, fused with part of a winged Atlantean, fights Lara first flying and then on the ground; Lara defeats her and escapes as the pyramid explodes (Crystal Dynamics). Stella's Tomb Raider Site counts the fight in two phases. The clip shows the 1996 PlayStation version.
Natla in Anniversary and Underworld
Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007) retold the 1996 story with Natla in the same part, and its team said it set out to clarify the original's "pretty sparse" plot and tie it to the story begun in Legend. In Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008) Lara confronts Natla once more and learns the truth about her mother's fate, closing what Legend began (Crystal Dynamics). Beyond that, the allowed sources read for this page do not detail her role in those two games, so it is not described here.
Natla in Legacy of Atlantis
The remake keeps her as Lara's rival and makes her a modern executive. In the official "Meet Natla" feature (Aug 31, 2026): In the clip, from the Jun 2026 release date trailer, a voice tells "Miss Croft" she is the one to hire for a retrieval, and a woman in a business suit appears on a tablet.
- She is the head of Natla Technologies and carries herself like a tech CEO who could run any boardroom; Experience Director Jeff Adams describes a wealthy woman who prefers others to do the work behind her success.
- She tries to recruit Lara, and Lara's refusal shocks her. Wilkinson says underestimating Lara "is what gets her into trouble".
- Narrative Director John Stafford calls her not unlike Lara: "usually the smartest person in the room".
- Alix Wilton Regan, who plays Lara, describes two powerful women with different motivations.
The official site's in-world fiction places Natla Technologies' headquarters in San Francisco's SoMa district, where the 1996 lore put it in Seattle (Amazon Game Studios). Whether that is playable is not known. Mercenaries of Natla's faction are a new enemy type, armed with assault rifles, shotguns and sniper rifles (Amazon Game Studios).
As of Nov 2, 2026 the makers have not said whether she is still an Atlantean in the remake, nor shown her final fight; the last regions, the island and Atlantis, have not been shown. See What's New in Legacy of Atlantis.
Adrienne Wilkinson
Adrienne Wilkinson was revealed as Natla in the seventh episode of the official mini-documentary series, posted on Steam on Aug 31, 2026. She says she "could not get enough of this character" after reading the script, and calls her one "so full of history". Stafford credits her with bringing warmth, intelligence and certainty to the part. The rest of the cast is on Tomb Raider Characters.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Natla in Tomb Raider? Jacqueline Natla is the villain of the 1996 Tomb Raider: an Atlantean ruler, frozen for betraying the other two, who poses as a businesswoman and hires Lara Croft to find the Scion.
Who plays Natla in Legacy of Atlantis? Adrienne Wilkinson plays Jacqueline Natla in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis, revealed on Aug 31, 2026.
Is Natla an Atlantean? In the 1996 Tomb Raider, yes: Natla is one of the three rulers of Atlantis with Qualopec and Tihocan. Legacy of Atlantis has not said, as of Nov 2, 2026, whether its Natla is the same.
Is Natla the final boss of Tomb Raider? Yes. In the 1996 Tomb Raider Lara fights Natla in The Great Pyramid, the last level, in two phases, before escaping the pyramid.
What is Natla Technologies? Natla Technologies is Jacqueline Natla's company in Tomb Raider: in the 1996 story a front for mining toward the buried pyramid of Atlantis, and in Legacy of Atlantis the firm she runs as CEO.
Does Natla appear in other Tomb Raider games? Yes. Natla returns in Tomb Raider: Anniversary (2007), the first remake, and in Tomb Raider: Underworld (2008), where Lara confronts her again.
Sources
- Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Lore: The Three Rulers of Atlantis, Crystal Dynamics, Feb 17, 2024
- Tomb Raider Remastered Lore: Natla Technologies, Crystal Dynamics, Mar 2, 2024
- Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Top 5 Bosses, Crystal Dynamics, Mar 20, 2024
- Tomb Raider (1996) Top 5 Levels, Crystal Dynamics, Feb 26, 2024
- Lara Croft, Crystal Dynamics, as of Nov 1, 2026
- Natla's Mines, Stella's Tomb Raider Site, as of Nov 1, 2026
- The Great Pyramid, Stella's Tomb Raider Site, as of Nov 1, 2026
- Tomb Raider: Anniversary Q&A - Demo Details, General Game Updates, GameSpot, May 25, 2007
- Meet Natla, Amazon Game Studios, Aug 31, 2026
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis - Meet Natla, Steam, Aug 31, 2026
- Creatures of Greece, Amazon Game Studios, Sep 14, 2026
- Astonishing Travels: Greece, Amazon Game Studios, Sep 17, 2026
- Was it Good? - Tomb Raider 1, Josh Strife Plays, Jan 22, 2022 (video)
- Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis | Official Release Date Trailer, Tomb Raider, Jun 2, 2026 (video)
Moments
Was it Good? - Tomb Raider 1
Josh Strife Plays
- Jacqueline Natla is the villain of Tomb Raider: in the 1996 game she is one of the three ancient rulers of Atlantis…
- The game opens with her hiring Lara to find Vilcabamba and recover the first piece of the Scion, with Larson sent to…
- In The Great Pyramid, Natla, fused with part of a winged Atlantean, fights Lara first flying and then on the ground…
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis | Official Release Date Trailer
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Lara Croft Voice ActorsAlix Wilton Regan voices Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and Catalyst. Before her, Lara was voiced by Shelley Blond, Judith Gibbins, Jonell Elliott, Keeley Hawes and Camilla Luddington, and by Hayley Atwell in Netflix's animated series.
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Tomb Raider CharactersThe 1996 Tomb Raider's characters are Lara Croft, the villain Jacqueline Natla, her henchmen Larson, Pierre, the Cowboy, the Skater Boy and a bald henchman, and the Atlantean rulers Qualopec and Tihocan. Legacy of Atlantis has cast Alix Wilton Regan, Adrienne Wilkinson and Bradley Snedeker.
- Tomb Raider FilmsThere are three Tomb Raider films, Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001) and The Cradle of Life (2003) with Angelina Jolie, and Tomb Raider (2018) with Alicia Vikander. A Vikander sequel was dropped in 2022, and no new film is announced as of Nov 2, 2026; Lara's next screen outing is Amazon's TV series.
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Tomb Raider TV SeriesTomb Raider has two TV series, Netflix's animated Tomb Raider The Legend of Lara Croft (two seasons, 2024 and 2025) and Amazon's live-action series for Prime Video, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge with Sophie Turner as Lara, which has no premiere date as of Nov 2, 2026.
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Controls and MovementThe 1996 Tomb Raider uses tank controls on a grid of blocks: Up runs forward, Left and Right turn Lara in place, and jumps cover set distances. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered adds modern controls, and Legacy of Atlantis replaces the grid with sprinting, a grapple and Survivor-style climbing.
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See also
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The ScionThe Scion is the Atlantean artifact Lara Croft hunts in Tomb Raider, split into three pieces found in the Tomb of Qualopec, the Tomb of Tihocan and the Sanctuary of the Scion. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis builds its story around the same hunt.
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Tomb Raider: UnderworldTomb Raider: Underworld (2008) is Crystal Dynamics' third Tomb Raider, in which Lara Croft confronts Natla and learns what happened to her mother, ending the Legend story. It scored 70 to 80 on Metacritic, and Eidos said it sold about 1.5 million units by the end of 2008, below its forecasts.
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AtlantisAtlantis is the lost civilization behind Tomb Raider's story and the last region of the 1996 game, played in three levels: Natla's Mines, Atlantis and The Great Pyramid. Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis calls it a mysterious Mediterranean island and has not shown it as of Nov 2, 2026.
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Larson ConwayLarson Conway is Natla's mercenary in Tomb Raider, the henchman Lara fights in the Tomb of Qualopec and again in the Sanctuary of the Scion in the 1996 game. In Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis he is played by Bradley Snedeker.
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Natla's MinesNatla's Mines is level 13 of the 1996 Tomb Raider, where Lara starts with no weapons and wins them back from three of Natla's henchmen, the Cowboy, the Skater Boy and a bald man with a shotgun, before opening the Atlantean pyramid. It has 3 secrets, by Stella's count for the Remastered version.