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My Take
Gemma Arterton strikes me as an actress who quietly took control of her own career. Debuting in Shakespeare at the Globe before her first film gave her a stage-trained spine that big franchises never managed to flatten. After an early brush with blockbuster fame, she seems to have deliberately chosen character work, theatre, and smaller British films over easy stardom, and I respect that enormously. There's a groundedness to her — the Gravesend girl is always visible beneath the glamour — that makes even her period roles feel warm-blooded. She's living proof that the most interesting acting careers are curated, not chased.
Overview
Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is an English actress. 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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gemma Arterton
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェマ・アータートン
- Reading
- じぇま・あーたーとん
- Born
- February 2, 1986 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Gravesend, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.