Gemma Arterton - Biography

Last Editor: pilarmmillan				Gemma Arterton Biography -   Name : Gemma Arterton Profession : Actress,Model Born : Gemma Christina Arterton. January 1986 (age 21–22) Gravesend, Kent, England Years active : 2007–present

Gemma Arterton Trivia -

Graduated from RADA in 2007. Raised by a single mother. She has a younger sister called Hannah. Was born with 6 fingers on each hand. She was born with a crumpled ear, which was surgically corrected when she was a child. Featured in Empire Magazine's "The Hot List" as one of the biggest upcoming stars in the 2010's. Other people on the list were Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana, Marion Cotillard, Mia Wasikowska and Clash of the Titans (2010) co-star Sam Worthington. Were filming her last scene for Three and Out (2008) when she was told, she had won the part in Quantum of Solace (2008). Her favorite label is Louis Vuitton. Beat out 1500 other actress for her role in Quantum of Solace (2008). The first scene she shot for Quantum of Solace (2008) was the love scene with Daniel Craig. Clash of the Titans_ was one of her childhood's favorite, and even though the script was very different from the original, she was eager to star in the remake.

Gemma Arterton Detailed Biography -

Gemma Christina Arterton (born January 1986, in Gravesend, 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 Gravesend Grammar School for Girls on Pelham Road in Gravesend attending a performance arts course, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a full grant. In 2007, Arterton lived with John Nolan, an animator who is employed in the film production industry in London. She is also rumoured to have dated Toby Kebbell 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. 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. 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. Chosen from around 1500 candidates, Arterton will play a character called "Fields", in what is described as a "nice-sized role". 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.