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Gemma Arterton Profile |
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Birth Date: January 1986
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Birth Place: Gravesend, Kent, England, UK
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Birth Name: Gemma Christina Arterton
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Height: 5'7"
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Biography |
Gemma Arterton (born January 1986, Dartford, Kent) is an
English actress.
Arterton and her younger sister Hannah, were raised by their
father who was a welder, and mother who was a cleaner. After
attending a grammar school in Gravesend[1], and attending a
performance arts course, she trained at the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art on a full grant.
Arterton won her first professional role (in Stephen
Poliakoff's Capturing Mary) while she was still at drama
school. She made her stage debut as Rosaline in
Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre,
London. 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 appears in a number of forthcoming film and television
productions, including the next James Bond film, Quantum of
Solace. Chosen from around 1500 candidates, Arterton will
play a character called Fields, in what is described as a
"nice-sized role".
Arterton lives with her boyfriend, who is employed in the
film production industry, in London. |
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Other
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Graduated from RADA in 2007.
Raised by a single mother.
She has a younger sister called Hannah. |
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since April 26, 2008