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Gemma Arterton
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Gemma Arterton, born on January 1986, in Gravesend, Kent, is an English actress.

Arterton and her younger sister Hannah, were raised by their father who was a welder, and mother who was a cleaner. After attending a grammar school in Gravesend , and attending a performance arts course, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a full grant. Arterton won her first professional role (in Stephen Poliakoff's Capturing Mary) while she was still at drama school. She made her stage debut as Rosaline in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre, London.

Arterton made her film debut in the 2007 St Trinian's movie St Trinian's as Head Girl Kelly, a role she gained in competition with Sienna Miller. She appears in a number of forthcoming film and television productions, including British comedy Three and Out, released on 25 April 2008.

Arterton is also set to work on the next James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. Chosen from around 1500 candidates, Arterton will play a character called Fields, in what is described as a "nice-sized role". In 2008 she will play the title character in a BBC adaptation of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. Arterton lives with her boyfriend, who is employed in the film production industry, in London.