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Gemma Arterton
Gemma Christina Arterton was born in Gravesend, Kent, England, where she was raised. She is the daughter of Sally-Anne (Heap), a cleaner, and Barry J. Arterton, a welder. Her mother's cousin is singer-songwriter Eric Goulden. Her parents divorced when she was age five, and Gemma subsequently lived with her younger sister and her mother. Her parents...
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Actress (41 credits)
Actress (41 credits)
Watership Down
(TV Mini-Series) (filming)
Clover
Clover
- Episode #1.4
... Clover (voice)
- Episode #1.3
... Clover (voice)
- Episode #1.2
... Clover (voice)
- Episode #1.1
... Clover (voice)
2016
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
(TV Series)
Jessica Spencer
Jessica Spencer
- Sport Relief Special
(2016)
... Jessica Spencer
2008
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
(TV Mini-Series)
Tess Durbeyfield
Tess Durbeyfield
- Episode #1.4
(2008)
... Tess Durbeyfield
- Episode #1.3
(2008)
... Tess Durbeyfield
- Episode #1.2
(2008)
... Tess Durbeyfield
- Episode #1.1
(2008)
... Tess Durbeyfield
2008
Lost in Austen
(TV Mini-Series)
Elizabeth Bennet
Elizabeth Bennet
- Episode #1.4
(2008)
... Elizabeth Bennet
- Episode #1.1
(2008)
... Elizabeth Bennet
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Soundtrack (4 credits)
Soundtrack (4 credits)
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Producer (2 credits)
Producer (2 credits)
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Self (54 credits)
Self (54 credits)
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Archive footage (3 credits)
Archive footage (3 credits)
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Stage play: "Nell Gwynn" - playing title role opposite Michele Dotrice (Nancy), Michael Garner (Thomas Killigrew), Greg Haiste (Edward Kynaston), Anneika Rose (Rose Gwynn), etc. Writer: Jessica Swale. Director: Christopher Luscombe. (Apollo Theatre London) See more »Height:
5' 7" (1.7 m)
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[on the set of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)]: When [director Mike Newell] first met me for the film he said, 'Oh dear. Can't you do posh?' I thought, 'I can't believe he's asked me that!' So I said (firmly, through gritted teeth), 'Of course I can, I went to the Royal Academy of Dramatic F***ing Art!' See more »Trivia:
Was in consideration for the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady after Keira Knightley dropped out of the project, but Carey Mulligan was cast instead. See more »Trademark:
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