Gemma Arterton is a British actress and filmmaker. In 2007, she made her stage debut in Shakespeare's play The Futility of Love and appeared in the comedy film Mary the Captive. The following year she played Bond girl Straubery Fields in James Bond's 22nd film, 007: Quantum of Solace, a performance that earned her the Empire Award for Best Newcomer.
Since then, Gemma Arterton has starred in several blockbusters, including War of the Gods, Prince of Persia: The Blade of Time and Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunter, as well as several smaller-budget art films such as Alice's Disappearance and Escape, where she also won Woman of the Year for her performance in Escape.
Gemma Arterton's early career
Born on February 2, 1986, to a welder and a cleaner mother, Gemma Arterton was born and raised in Kent, England. When Gemma Arterton was five years old, her parents were separated due to emotional incompatibility, after which she lived with her sister and mother, and growing up, both sisters were encouraged by their mother to participate in various creative activities, and at that time, Gemma Artton chose to perform.
At the age of 16, she chose to study drama and art at Kent College, and was later fully funded for her excellent performance to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where Gemma Arterton landed her first role in "Captive Mary", graduating in 2008.
Gemma Arterton stood out from 1,500 people
In 2008, Gemma Arterton starred in Straubery Fields in "007: The Great Quantum Solace". Her role was chosen from about 1,500 candidates, and director Mark Foster also called her the most perfect Bond girl. After the release of the movie, Gemma Arterton not only won the love of countless audiences and film critics, but also won the Best Newcomer Award in the Empire.
Gemma Arterton played a highly controversial role
In the same year, Gemma Arterton starred in the BBC adaptations of the miniseries "Tess of the D'Urbers" and "Lost in Austin". After the two series were broadcast one after another, they were very popular with fans of dramas and books. In 2009, Gemma Arterton returned to the film industry and received an offer from director J. Baraxon to star in her most controversial role to date.
In the 2009 film Alice's Disappearance, Gemma Arterton almost starred in literature, and even if the camera was not on her, she asked the director to tie herself up just to fit the role. The film was well received by critics, and critics noted that Gemma Arterton handled the emotional needs of the characters very skillfully.
Gemma Arterton starred in "War of the Gods"
In 2010, after a gap of two years, Gemma Arterton returned to Hollywood, starring in "War of the Gods" and "Prince of Persia: The Blade of Time", and won the 12th Teen Choice Awards for "War of the Gods". That same year, she also starred in the stage play The Master Builder, directed by Scott Akins, which premiered at the Almeida Theater, where she was also widely acclaimed for her role as Hilde Wangel.
In 2011, she was nominated for a BAFTA Rising Star Award and won the lead actress for her performances in Tamara Drew and The Disappearance of Alice. In November 2012, Gemma Arterton was selected as a member of the jury of the main competition at the Marrakech International Film Festival.
Gemma Arterton was appointed to the jury of the Venice Film Festival
For the next two years, Gemma Arterton focused on stage play and has been playing the lead role in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre's Nell Gwynnie, and for her performance, she was nominated for the Laurence Oliver Award for Best Actress in a Play. In July 2016, she was even appointed as a member of the main jury for the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. Also in 2016, Gemma Arterton was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at BIFA for her role as teacher Helen in Godsend. Her performance in this film was once again well received.
In 2017, she founded a film and television production company that creates women-led and women-centered, producing the critically acclaimed short film The Heroine, starring Emilia Clark, Tom Hiddleston, and Gemma Chan, to help raise awareness of justice and equality.
In 2019, Gemma Arterton appeared as one of the starring and producing stars in the Netflix comedy Guess Who the Murderer is, and although the film received largely negative reviews, it was watched by 30.9 million online viewers in its first three days of release, while setting a record for streaming services.
Gemma Arterton never hides her personal life
Gemma Arterton never hid her personal life, so she has always been in the public eye. Her first public romance was with fellow actor John Nolan, and the two met on the set of "007: Quantum of Solace", but they separated as soon as the scene was filmed.
Later, while filming Prince of Persia: The Blade of Time, she fell in love with Spanish stuntman Eduardo Muñoz and moved to London together, and the two broke up six months later due to their busy schedules. In 2010, Gemma Arterton married Italian film and television actress Stefano Cateri, but the two separated within three years.
Since then, she has placed all her focus on movies, making high-scoring films such as "The Heroine", "Song for My Beloved Wife" and "Their Best". Until 2019, Gemma Arterton met true love again and married Rory Keenan, who is also an actor.