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Gemma Arterton

Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is a British 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). She portrayed Bond Girl Strawberry Fields in the James Bond film ''Quantum of Solace'' (2008), a performance which won her an Empire Award for Best Newcomer, and spy Pollyana "Polly" Wilkins / Agent Galahad in the action war film ''The King's Man'' (2021).

Arterton has appeared in a number of other films, including ''The Disappearance of Alice Creed'' (2009), ''Tamara Drewe'' (2010), ''Clash of the Titans'' (2010), ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' (2010), ''Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'' (2013), ''Their Finest'' (2016), ''The Escape'' (2017), ''Vita and Virginia'' (2018), and ''Culprits'' (2023). She received the ''Harper's Bazaar'' Woman of the Year Award for acting in and producing ''The Escape''. Her theatrical highlights have included starring in ''The Duchess of Malfi'' (2014), ''Made in Dagenham'' (2014), ''Nell Gwynn'' (2016), and ''Saint Joan'' (2017). Arterton was nominated for Olivier Awards for her work on both ''Nell Gwynn'' and ''Made in Dagenham'', and she won the ''Evening Standard'' Theatre Award for the latter.

Since 2016, Arterton has run her own production company, Rebel Park Productions, which focuses on creating female-led content in front of and behind the camera. Provided by Wikipedia