Gemma Arterton
Gemma Arterton | |
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| Born | Gemma Christina Arterton |
Gemma Christina Arterton (born January 1986,[1] in Gravesend, Kent)[2] is an English actress.
Background
Arterton and her sister, Hannah Jane Arterton (born 1989, Gravesend),[3] were raised by their father who was a welder, and mother who was a cleaner.[2] After attending Gravesend Grammar School for Girls on Pelham Road in Gravesend[1] attending a performance arts course, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a full grant.[4]
Arterton was born with six fingers on each hand, as well as a crumpled ear, but had surgery as a child to correct the problems.[5]
Personal life
In 2007, Arterton lived with John Nolan, an animator who is employed in the film production industry in London.[1] A year later in 2008, she broke up with Nolan.[6] She is also rumoured to have dated Toby Kebbell[7] and 19-year-old Spanish stuntman Eduardo Munoz, her horse-riding instructor on the set of the Disney production, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.[8]
Career
Arterton won her first professional role (in Stephen Poliakoff's Capturing Mary) while she was still at drama school. Similarly, she made her stage debut as Rosaline in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre, London in July 2007 before graduating later that year.[9] She made her film debut in the 2007 St Trinian's movie St Trinian's as Head Girl Kelly, a role she gained in competition with Sienna Miller.[1]
She also appeared in the 2008 comedy Three And Out with Mackenzie Crook and Imelda Staunton.
Arterton appears in a number of forthcoming film and television productions, including the next James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.[10] Chosen from around 1500 candidates, Arterton will play a character called "Fields", in what is described as a "nice-sized role".[11][12]
When it launches in October 2008 she will be the face of Avon's Bond Girl 007 fragrance. Having already started in a series of low-key adverts for cosmetics company Avon, in May 2008 Arterton requested a role opposite model Kate Moss for Rimmel, but was blocked on contractual terms under her Avon contract.[13]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Capturing Mary | Liza | TV movie |
| St Trinian's | Kelly | ||
| 2008 | Three and Out | Frankie | Arterton affects a Liverpool accent for the part |
| RocknRolla | June | ||
| Lost in Austen | Elizabeth Bennet | mini-series | |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Tess Durbeyfield[14] | ||
| Quantum of Solace | Agent Fields | awaiting release | |
| Burden of Desire[15] | announced | ||
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | Desiree | awaiting release |
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Tamina | Filming |
References
- ^ a b c d St Trinian's girl Gemma Arterton on the new skool rules Daily Mail - 22 June 2007
- ^ a b How St Trinian's Gemma makes easy work of a Shakespearean comedy Daily Mail - 8 June 2007
- ^ Births England and Wales 1984-2006
- ^ 2007 Graduate: Gemma Arterton RADA
- ^ Arterton's Extra Digits
- ^ Gemma Arterton stars in Lost in Austen and Tess of the d’Urbervilles The Sunday Times - 31 Aug 2008
- ^ Gemma Arterton Romancing Co-StarTobby Kebbell 9 June 2008
- ^ 007 actress Gemma finds a real-life Bond with Spanish stuntman Daily Mail - 30 Aug 2008
- ^ London Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost CurtainUp.com
- ^ Olly Richards (2007-12-17). "Gemma Arterton Is Bond 22's Girl". Empire. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Leslie Simmons (2008-01-04). "Arterton cast as new 'Bond' girl". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Bond 22 Pre-Production Diary (22)". MI6.co.uk. 2007-12-30. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Nicholl, Kate (2008-05-11). "You're off the Rimmel case, Agent Gemma". Mail on Sunday. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Bond girl Arterton gets BBC drama
- ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/cultural-life-gemma-arterton-actress-814957.html Independent.co.uk
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