Geboren en getogen in Kent in het zuidoosten van Engeland, volgde Arterton de Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in Londen. Ze speelde in een aantal theater stukken aan de RADA en heeft daar ook haar podium debuut gemaakt.
Haar filmdebuut was in de recent uitgebrachte film st. Trinian's, geregiseerd door Oliver Parker en Barnaby Thompson. Arterton speelt Kelly (The Head Girl) in deze moderne versie van de originele St. Trinian's film. In de film spelen verder een aantal bekende Britse sterren, zoals Rupert Everett, Russell Brand en Colin Firth.
Vlak voordaat ze aan Quantum of Solace begon, was Arterton net klaar met het draaien van 3 And Out, geregiseerd door Jonathon Girshfield. Arterton speelt de rol van Frankie in deze komedie, naast Imelda Staunton en Mackenzie Crook. Verder speelde ze vorig jaar ook in de Engelse misdaadfilm Rocknrolla, geriseerd door Guy Richie, met mede hoofdrolspelers Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton en Mark Strong.
Op televisie, is Arterton het laatst te zien geweest in Stephen Poliakoff's Capturing Mary (BBC). Ze is ook net klaar met de opnames van Lost in Austin voor ITV, geregiseerd door Dan Zeff, waar ze de rol van Elizabeth Bennett speelt naast Jemima Rooper, Alex Kingston en Tom Riley.
Op het podium was zij voor het laatst te zien als Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost, geregiseerd door Dominic Dromgoole in het Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
Rising star Gemma Arterton competed against 1,500 other hopefuls to win the role of Agent Fields in Quantum of Solace.
Born and raised in Zuidoost-Engeland, Arterton honed her acting skills at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. She performed in several stage plays at the RADA and made her stage debut.
She made her feature debut starring in the recently released St. Trinian's directed by Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson. Arterton plays Kelly (The Head Girl) in this modern version of the original St. Trinian's film. The film co-stars big Brit actors Rupert Everett, Russell Brand and Colin Firth.
Before joining Quantum of Solace, Arterton had just completed filming 3 And Out, directed by Jonathon Girshfield. Arterton plays the role of Frankie in this comedy starring alongside Imelda Staunton and Mackenzie Crook. Also last year, she filmed the crime thriller Rocknrolla, directed by Guy Richie, co-starring Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton and Mark Strong.
On television, Arterton was seen late last year in Stephen Poliakoff's Capturing Mary (BBC). She has also recently finished filming Lost in Austin for ITV, directed by Dan Zeff in which she plays the character Elizabeth Bennett starring alongside Jemima Rooper, Alex Kingston and Tom Riley.
On stage, Arterton appeared last year as Rosaline in Love's Labour's Lost, directed by Dominic Dromgoole at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
