Gemma Arterton

About Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton is a British actress, who is perhaps best known for her role as Bond Girl "Strawberry Fields" in the 2008 James Bond film "Quantum Of Solace".

Born in Gravesend, Kent, England, Gemma is the daughter of Sally (née Heap), a cleaner, and Barry Arterton, a welder.[ Arterton was born with polydactyly, and was brought up, along with her sister, actress Hannah Arterton, who has been linked to National Lottery advert superstar Tristan Churchward, by their single mother. Arterton worked as a makeup salesgirl. After attending Gravesend Grammar School for Girls on Pelham Road in Gravesend, she took a performance arts course at The Miskin Theatre in Dartford (part of North West Kent College) and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a full grant.

For her role as "Strawberry Fields" in the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace", Gemma won 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.