Gemma Arterton

Gemma Christina Arterton came into the world on January 12, 1986, in Gravesend, Kent (United Kingdom). Her origins are quite humble, as her mother was a single cleaner, and she only occasionally saw her father, a welder.

The little girl was born with six fingers on each hand, because she suffered from a rare disease called polydactylism. “My father had them, me too. I think we are one step further in evolution, since humans could do more things if we had more fingers: write faster and play the guitar better, for example”, jokes the actress.

“It is a small rarity that I am very satisfied with, because everyone is interested in it.” It turns out that Arterton’s case was the most common, since he only had small boneless fingers next to the little finger. They were removed with a simple operation that barely left a scar. Likewise, he suffered a small deformity in one ear that could also be fixed.

After working as a make-up saleswoman, she was awarded a full scholarship to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Before she finished, she had already landed her first contract to work as a professional actress, in the television drama Capturing Mary . Shortly after she made her debut at the Globe, London’s famous Shakespeare theatre, where she played Rosaline in the playwright’s play “Love’s Labor Lost”.

She could be seen for the first time in the cinema after she snatched the role of one of the girls from the high school of Sienna Miller .Supercañeras. Boarding school can be a party . This comedy took Britain by storm, to such an extent that Arterton and the rest of the cast reprized it in the sequel.

After a small role in RocknRolla , and the series Lost in Austen and Tess of the D’Ubervilles , Gemma Arterton saw her career catapulted to the top, after being chosen from more than 1,500 candidates to play a role inQuantum of Solace , Daniel Craig ‘s second filmas James Bond. From a Bond girl, Gemma Arterton became an Avon girl, as she announced a model of the famous brand’s perfume.

Turned into a celebrity, and after her intervention inCovert radio and the surreal thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed , Gemma Arterton signed to star in two “blockbusters” of those that the whole world was going to see, both fantastic and period cut. InClash of the Titans , was Io, the guide and adviser to Perseus ( Sam Worthington ), while inPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time , she played Tamina, the beautiful princess who seduced Jake Gyllenhaal ‘s character , a street kid picked up by the king of Persia.

To culminate the year 2010, after the premiere of both films, Gemma Arterton has married the Italian Stefano Catelli, a specialist whom she met during the filming of Quantum of Solace , where he doubled Daniel Craig in the dangerous scenes, although now he works as a sales agent in a fashion company. The couple chose Zuheros, a small mountainous town in Córdoba, for the ceremony. Before meeting the man in her life, Arterton had relationships with John Nolan , a special effects technician, and with the Spanish horseman Eduardo Muñoz .

Although until now she has been known for pretty girl roles without much complication, Gemma Arterton is very clear that she aspires to the highest. At the moment, she has managed to be taken seriously by none other than Stephen Frears , who has made her the absolute protagonist of the comedy.Tamara Drewe .