Gemma Arterton
Born: 1986-02-02 in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is an English actress and producer. After her stage debut in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre (2007), Arterton made her feature film debut in the comedy St Trinian's (2007). She portrayed Bond Girl Strawberry Fields in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008), a performance which won her an Empire Award for Best Newcomer. Arterton has since appeared in a number of films, including The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009), Tamara Drewe (2010), Clash of the Titans (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), Their Finest (2016), The Escape (2017), and Vita and Virginia (2018). She received the Harper's Bazaar Woman of the Year Award for acting in and producing The Escape. Her theatrical highlights have included starring in The Duchess of Malfi (2014), Made in Dagenham (2014), Nell Gwynn (2016) and Saint Joan (2017). Arterton was nominated for Olivier Awards for her work on both Nell Gwynn and Made in Dagenham, and she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for the latter. Since 2016, Arterton has run her own production company, Rebel Park Productions, which focuses on creating female-led content in front of and behind the camera. She has executive-produced four feature films and two short films. She is also on record as being a supporter of the Time's Up, ERA 50:50 and MeToo movements. Arterton played an integral role in persuading actresses to wear black at the 2018 BAFTAs in support of Time'sUp, and has been involved with ERA 50:50, an equal pay campaign in the UK, since its inception.
Filmography
2025
- Grand Prix of Europe as Edda (voice)
- Watch the Skies as (voice)
2024
- The Critic as Nina Land
- Barbie Uncovered: A Dream House Divided as Narrator (voice)
2023
- Culprits as Dianne
- Funny Woman as Barbara Parker / Sophie Straw
2022
- Rogue Agent as Alice Archer
- The Amazing Maurice as Peaches (voice)
- The Cunning as Elizabeth
2021
- The King's Man as Polly
- Walden as Stella
- Moley as Mona Lisa (voice)
- Bump as Pearl
2020
- How to Build a Girl as Maria Von Trapp
- Black Narcissus as Sister Clodagh
- Summerland as Alice
2019
- Murder Mystery as Grace Ballard
- My Zoe as Laura Fischer
- Vita & Virginia as Vita Sackville-West
- StarDog and TurboCat as Cassidy (voice)
- Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again as Lily James
- Master Moley by Royal Invitation as Mona Lisa (voice)
2018
- The Escape as Tara
- Watership Down as Clover (voice)
- Leading Lady Parts as Panelist #2
- It's Me, Sugar as Marilyn Monroe
- My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw as Herself
2017
- Orphan as Tara
- Urban Myths as Marilyn Monroe
- Their Finest as Catrin Cole
- National Theatre Live: Saint Joan as Joan
2016
- The Girl with All the Gifts as Helen Justineau
- The History of Love as Alma Mereminski
- 100 Streets as Emily
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special as Jessica Spencer
- The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost as Rosaline
2014
- Inside No. 9 as Gerri
- Gemma Bovery as Gemma Bovery
- The Duchess of Malfi as The Duchess of Malfi
- The Voices as Fiona
- The Mysterious Mr Webster as Self - Performer in The Duchess of Malfi
2013
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters as Gretel
- Runner Runner as Rebecca Shafran
- Byzantium as Clara Webb
2012
- Song for Marion as Elizabeth
- It's Getting Late as Sarah
- Bond on Location as Self / Strawberry Fields
2011
- OK! TV
- Heroes and Demons
- Astonish Me as The Guide
2010
- Clash of the Titans as Io
- A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures as Shelly (voice)
- Tamara Drewe as Tamara Drewe
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as Tamina
2009
- Perfect as Poppy
- The Boat That Rocked as Desiree
- The Disappearance of Alice Creed as Alice Creed
- St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold as Kelly Jones
- On Location
- Director Marc Forster
- Live from Studio Five as Self
2008
- Quantum of Solace as Strawberry Fields
- RocknRolla as June
- Three and Out as Frankie Cassidy
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles as Tess Durbeyfield
- Lost in Austen as Elizabeth Bennet
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Capturing Mary as Liza
- St Trinian's as Kelly Jones
1993
- GMTV as Self