Gemma Arterton Bio, Age, Career, Husband

Quick Facts

Gemma Arterton is an English actress, advocate as well as producer who is famous for playing the role as Bond Girl in the James Bond movie called “Quantum of Solace”. She was even awarded with the Empire Award for Best Newcomer.

Gemma Arterton’s Bio, Age

Gemma Arterton was born on February 2, 1986, in Gravesend, Kent, England. Her originaal name is Gemma Christina Arterton. She is English by nationality and belongs to the white ethnic group mixed (English, German, and Jewish). Her zodiac sign is Aquarius.

Her father’s name is Barry J. Arterton and her mother’s name is Sally-Anne Heap. Barry was a welder by profession whereas her mother had opened her own cleaning business. She was born as the eldest daughter to her parents. She has only one sibling a sister named Hannah Arterton in her family. Gemma grew up in her hometown located at Gravesend, Kent along with her sister.

She studied at Mayfield Grammar School. From an early age, she was fascinated with acting that’s why she engaged in different theatre shows. She wanted to become an actress so she left her education and joined the Miskin Theatre which is a theater company in Dartford, England

Gemma Arterton’s Height

Gemma Arterto has a stunning figure with the height of 5 feet 7 inches and body weight of around 68 kg. her body measurement is 35-28-37 inches. She has a brown eyes with beautiful brown hair. her bra size is 33B with dress size 8(US)and shoes size 8(US).

Gemma Arterton’s Career

Gemma Arterto started her vocation with play ‘Capturing Mary’, as Liza while she was in the drama school.

In the year 2007 she made her debut in the comic opera ‘St Trinian’s’. in the same year she got a chance to participate as Rosaline in Shakespeare’s Love Labour’s Lost at the Globe Theatre.

In the film ‘Quantum of Solace,’ Gemma gained international recognition from her role of Bond Girl( M16 agent Strawberry Fields). which was directed by James Bond. and in 2009 she won Empire Award for Best Newcomer. 

From that point she don’t have to look at the past she got various chartbuster movies like “Three and Out”, “RocknRolla”, “The Boat That Rocked”, “The Disappearance of Alice Creed”, “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”, and “Tamara Drewe”.

Gemma Arterto was given the title of the face of Avon’s Bond Girl 007 fragrance in October 2008.

she again appear in St Trinian’s sequel film “St Trinian’s 2: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold” as Head girl Kelly.

She played the part of Elizabeth Bennet in the ITV serial “Lost in Austen” in 2008. In the exact year, she show up as Tess Durbeyfield in the 4-hour television miniseries “Tess of the d’Urbervilles”.

From the comedy play “The Little Dog Laughed” she made her West End debut in the UK premiere.

She made her guest present in many TV series such as “Inside No.9”, “Sport Relief 2016”, “Urban Myths”, and “Unprecedented”. In addition, she did voiceover action of the character Clover in the adventure fantasy miniseries “Watership Down” in 2018.

Gemma has also acted in the horror/action movie ‘Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’, directed by Tommy Wirkola. 

Now she is working on ‘Vita & Virginia’ as Vita Sackville-West which is under production.

Gemma Arterton’s Husband

Gemma Arterton is a married woman and her husband’s name is Rory Keenan. Rory is renowned for his role as Eric in the Irish television drama series “Striking Out”. The couple starred together in the play ‘Saint Joan’. Rory Keenan is the second husband of Arterton. Gemma Arterton and Rory Keenan started dating in 2017 and till today the pair is living cheerful life in London, England.

Prior to that, she married a sales manager named Stefano Catelli in 2010. They got separated in 2013 and got divorced in August 2015 at the Central Family Court in High Holborn.

Gemma Arterton’s Net Worth

She earns a handsome amount of money from her profession as an actress and filmmaker. She earns a good amount of money from her movies, series, theatre shows, and production house. Starting in 2021, Gemma Arterton has a net worth of $13 million.

Social Media: Instagram, Twitter

Gemma Arterton is active on social media. She has over 22.7 k followers on her official Instagram account and has more than 294.1k followers on Facebook but she is not active on Twitter.

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