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 (78)
Secret Service
2026
TFI Unplugged
2026
Watch the Skies
2025
The Critic
2024
Barbie Uncovered: A Dream House Divided
2024
Funny Woman
2023
Culprits
2023
The Cunning
2022
The Amazing Maurice
2022
Rogue Agent
2022
Remembersβ¦
2022
Bump
2021
The King's Man
2021
Walden
2021
Moley
2021
Summerland
2020
How to Build a Girl
2020
Black Narcissus
2020
Master Moley by Royal Invitation
2019
Vita & Virginia
2019
My Zoe
2019
Murder Mystery
2019
StarDog and TurboCat
2019
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
2019
The Escape
2018
My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw
2018
Leading Lady Parts
2018
It's Me, Sugar
2018
Watership Down
2018
Their Finest
2017
Orphan
2017
National Theatre Live: Saint Joan
2017
Urban Myths
2017
The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost
2016
100 Streets
2016
The Girl with All the Gifts
2016
The History of Love
2016
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special
2016
The Mysterious Mr Webster
2014
The Voices
2014
The Duchess of Malfi
2014
Gemma Bovery
2014
Tom & Gerri
2014
Inside No. 9
2014
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013
Byzantium
2013
Runner Runner
2013
Song for Marion
2012
It's Getting Late
2012
Bond on Location
2012
Heroes and Demons
2012
Astonish Me
2011
OK! TV
2011
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
Tamara Drewe
2010
Clash of the Titans
2010
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
2009
The Boat That Rocked
2009
Perfect
2009
Director Marc Forster
2009
On Location
2009
Live from Studio Five
2009
Quantum of Solace
2008
RocknRolla
2008
Three and Out
2008
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
2008
Lost in Austen
2008
St Trinian's
2007
Capturing Mary
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
GMTV
1993
After You'd Gone
Storm Witch
Sweet Dreams
This Is Your Five Minute Call
Killa Bee