Gemma Arterton

Infobox actor
name = Gemma Arterton


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birthdate = January 1986 (aged 22)
birthname = Gemma Christina Arterton
location = Gravesend, Kent, England
notable role = MI6 Agent Fields in Quantum of Solace
academyawards = Fresh and young awards of 2007(for St Trinian's Movie)
spouse =

Gemma Christina Arterton (born January 1986, in Gravesend, Kent) [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=460653&in_page_id=1794 How St Trinian's Gemma makes easy work of a Shakespearean comedy] Daily Mail - 8 June 2007] is an English actress.

Background

Arterton and her sister, Hannah Jane Arterton (born 1989, Gravesend), [ [http://www.findmypast.com Births England and Wales 1984-2006] ] were raised by their father who was a welder, and mother who was a cleaner. After attending Gravesend Grammar School for Girls on Pelham Road in Gravesend [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=463675&in_page_id=1879 St Trinian's girl Gemma Arterton on the new skool rules] Daily Mail - 22 June 2007] attending a performance arts course, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a full grant. [ [http://www.rada.org/grad07/art.html 2007 Graduate: Gemma Arterton] RADA]

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. [http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0579273 Arterton's Extra Digits] ]

Personal life

In 2007, Arterton lived with [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1669371/ John Nolan] , an animator who is employed in the film production industry in London. A year later in 2008, she broke up with Nolan. [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4625692.ece Gemma Arterton stars in Lost in Austen and Tess of the d’Urbervilles] The Sunday Times - 31 Aug 2008] She is also rumoured to have dated Toby Kebbell [http://www.celebrity-mania.com/news/view/00005545.html Gemma Arterton Romancing Co-StarTobby Kebbell] 9 June 2008] and 19-year-old Spanish stuntman Eduardo Muñoz, her horse-riding instructor on the set of the Disney production, "". [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1050914/007-actress-Gemma-finds-real-life-Bond-Spanish-stuntman.html 007 actress Gemma finds a real-life Bond with Spanish stuntman] Daily Mail - 30 Aug 2008]

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. [ [http://www.curtainup.com/loveslaborglobe.html London Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost] CurtainUp.com] 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.

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". [cite news | author = Olly Richards | title = Gemma Arterton Is Bond 22's Girl | publisher = Empire | date = 2007-12-17 | url = http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=21678 | accessdate=2007-12-17] Chosen from around 1500 candidates, Arterton will play a character called "Fields", in what is described as a "nice-sized role". [cite news |author=Leslie Simmons|title=Arterton cast as new 'Bond' girl |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2008-01-04 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i017145c042c6bedaae1e133843162ce0 |accessdate=2008-01-04] [cite news | title = Bond 22 Pre-Production Diary (22) | publisher = MI6.co.uk | date = 2007-12-30 | url = http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/bond_22_preprod_diary22.php3?t=&s=articles | accessdate=2007-12-31]

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. [citeweb|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=565440&in_page_id=1773|title=You're off the Rimmel case, Agent Gemma|author=Nicholl, Kate|publisher=Mail on Sunday|date=2008-05-11|accessdate=2008-05-11]

Filmography

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