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Biography & Career Of Gemma Arterton

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Biography & Career Of Gemma Arterton

Gemma Christina Arterton is an actress and producer from England. She began her career on stage in Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost at the Globe Theatre in 2007 and made her breakthrough debut in the film St Trinian’s (2007).

Arterton has appeared in various other films such as 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), and The Escape (2017), among others.

Early Life and Education

Gemma Christina Arterton, now 38 years old, was born on February 2, 1986, in Gravesend, Kent, England. She grew up alongside her younger sister, Hannah Arterton. Arterton’s parents, Barry Arterton and Sally-Anne Heap, provided a nurturing environment for their daughters.

Gemma was born with a condition called polydactyly, which resulted in extra fingers that were surgically removed shortly after her birth. Her mother, Sally-Anne Heap, runs a cleaning business, and her father, Barry J. Arterton, is a welder.

Regarding her educational background, she attended Gravesend Grammar School for Girls and made her amateur stage debut in a production of Alan Ayckbourn’s The Boy Who Fell into a Book, winning the best actress prize in a local festival competition.

At 16, she left school to study acting at the Miskin Theatre at North Kent College in Dartford and later continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), graduating in 2008.

Awards

  • Empire Award for Best Newcomer (2009) – Quantum of Solace

  • Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2015) – Made in Dagenham

Net Worth

Gemma Arterton boasts an estimated net worth of approximately $13 million, accumulated from her successful career in the entertainment industry.

Filmography

  • Quantum of Solace

  • Tamara Drewe

  • The Disappearance of Alice Creed

  • Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

  • Their Finest

  • The King’s Man

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