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Gemma Christina Arterton is an English actress, born on 12 January 1986 in a working-class family. Her parents promoted their children to follow their artistic sides. Her younger sister Hannah tried singing, while Arterton staggered onto acting. In UK, Gemma Arterton is famous due to her role in the Jane Austen-inspired miniseries Lost in Austen and she is famous in the world as one of the new Bond girls in Daniel Craig's 2008 007 film. Gemma Arterton's wiki, biography pictures and videos are available below.

Biography of Gemma Arterton:

Arterton was born on 12 January 1986 in Gravesend, Kent. She was born with a crumpled ear and sixth finger on each hand but it was surgically corrected in her childhood. In her family includes welder dad Barry Arterton, cleaner mom Sally and her sister Hannah Jane Arterton. According to November 2008 interview with Teen Vogue, she worked as a makeup salesgirl. After leaving Gravesend Grammar School for Girls on Pelham Road in Gravesend, she joined performance arts course at The Miskin Theatre in Dartford (part of North West Kent College).

Previously Arterton lived with John Nolan but then she broke up with him in 2008. Then Arterton celebrated her engagement in July 2009 with her fiance in London, Stefano Mioni, a stunt driver she met on the set of Quantum of Solace.

Arterton’s grandmother Helen Sarfas was tragically killed at her home in Kent by stabbing the chest with a knife on 8 January 2010.

Career of Gemma Arterton:

Arterton played her first professional role at drama school as Liza in Stephen Poliakoff's "Capturing Mary." In July 2007, before graduating later that year, she made her stage first appearance as Rosaline in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre, London in July 2007. During the 2007, she made her film debut as Head Girl Kelly in the movie of St Trinian.

Arterton had requested a role against model Kate Moss in May 2008 for the cosmetics company Rimmel, but was blocked because of the terms of her Avon contract. In the year 2008, Arterton came into view in James Bond’s movie Quantum of Solace. She was selected from around 1500 candidates. She also became the face of Avon's 'Bond Girl 007' fragrance which launched in October 2008.

Now in 2010 she will make her West End debut premiere of The Little Dog Laughed in the UK. She had also joined to star in the films Wuthering Heights but then left the project. Kaya Scodelario was taken instead of her. She also starred in the 2010 films Clash of the Titans and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and will next appear in Tamara Drewe, will be released on September 10, 2010 in the UK.