Gemma Arterton
Gemma Arterton plays the role of Bond girl, MI6 Agent Fields in Quantum Of Solace.
Arteron's BASSC Certificate in Stage Combat with Distinction may have helped prepare her for the James Bond film.
Born in Kent, Gemma Arterton played head girl Kelly in the 2007 film St Trinian's.
Gemma Arterton's mother was a cleaner in Gravesend, who raised her by herself.
In 2004, Gemma received the Best Supporting Actress for Kent Award.
Gemma Arterton studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada), which lists her theatre credits whilst studying there.
Gemma Arterton told The Guardian about her experience at RADA:
"When I got to drama school there were all these people going 'Oh, my Dad used to watch Ken Loach films' and I would be thinking, who is Ken Loach?"
Before her breakthrough with her major parts in St Trinian's and Quantum Of Solace, Gemma Arterton supported herself working in a beauty shop in Covent Garden.
In 2007, Gemma Arterton played Liza in Capturing Mary, Stephen Poliakoff's tale of lost youth on BBC2.
She was also cast as Elizabeth Bennet in ITV's Lost in Austen in 2008, as well as in the Brit flick Three and Out, and Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla.
In March 2008, the BBC reported that Gemma Arterton would play the lead role in a four-hour adaptation of Tess Of The D'Urbervilles to be broadcast in the autumn on BBC One.
