Gemma Arterton (born c 1986, Gravesend, Kent) is an English actress. Arterton and her younger sister were raised by their father, a welder, and mother, a cleaner. After attending a grammar school in Gravesend, and attending a performance arts course, Arterton 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. She 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.

Gemma Arterton just spent some time Capturing Mary on television. She’s about to follow that up by wreaking havoc at St. Trinian’s, and from there — she’s spent some time in Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla, before being Lost in Austen as Elizabeth Bennet, and then co-starring in 3 and Out. Now, if the rumors are true, she’s about to top all of that off with a stint as the next 007 lady.

According to Marie Claire UK, Arterton will star opposite Daniel Craig as the new Bond girl in Bond 22. They say this will be only her second movie, but I guess they didn’t check out IMDb. According to the website, an insider at Eon Productions said that she beat 1,500 hopefuls for the part because “She has the modern look.”

If this is true, she’s a force to be reckoned with. Fresh out of drama school, at the age of 21, she won the role of lead girl in St. Trinian’s, even though Sienna Miller’s name was thrown around for the part.

Topping that with a sexy performance of Love’s Labour’s Lost on the stage, and she’s already an old pro at the sexy ways. So beating out all the other possible Bond girls is a hell of an achievement, if Marie Claire’s insider has the story right.

She appears in a number of forthcoming film and television productions, and is set to work on the next James Bond film, which uses the working title Bond 22. Chosen from around 1500 candidates, Arterton will play a character called Fields, in what is described as a “nice-sized role”. Arterton lives with her boyfriend, who works in film production, in London.

Gemma Arterton has been cast as the new Bond girl for the latest installment of the James Bond franchise. Rumors of the casting had been making the rounds for the last couple of weeks, but it was officially confirmed today by the film’s producers as well as Arterton’s agent. Although nothing is known about the character, it was revealed her name is “Fields”. The movie is currently filming in London with Daniel Craig reprising his role as 007. Marc Forster is directing.

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