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Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton

Actor, also producer · Born February 2, 1986 (40) · Gravesend, Kent, England, UK

BAFTA Award nominee

Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is an English actress and producer. 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. Arterton has since appeared in a number of 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), and Vita and Virginia (2018). 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. She has executive-produced four feature films and two short films. She is also on record as being a supporter of the Time's Up, ERA 50:50 and MeToo movements. Arterton played an integral role in persuading actresses to wear black at the 2018 BAFTAs in support of Time'sUp, and has been involved with ERA 50:50, an equal pay campaign in the UK, since its inception.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 2, 1986 (40)
From
Gravesend, Kent, England, UK
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
46 on MovieCove · 74 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 6% in 30 days

What are Gemma Arterton's films like?

Across their 40 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Animation4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
29%
Self
28%
Survival
12%
Morality
12%
Power
9%
Society
8%
Ideas
3%
Identity12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds13 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 12 · Serious 8 · Dark 15

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 19 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 7

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 18 · Intense 12

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 14 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 6

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 18 · Relentless 5

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 11 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 7

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 14 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 11

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 21 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

25 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 11 of 25 analyzed roles.

Hero
11 of 25
Shapeshifter
5 of 25
Herald
4 of 25
Mentor
4 of 25
Ally
1 of 25
Show the 25 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
21
Melancholic
21
Thrilling
11
Hopeful
10
Joyful
8
Other
45

How their films linger

Feel-good16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 7 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Gemma Arterton's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 35 of their 46 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Gemma Arterton's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

74 credits, 46 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Secret Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 5 episodes · as Kate Henderson

  • Watch the Skies(2025)

    as (voice)

  • Grand Prix of Europe(2025)

    as Edda

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Critic(2023)

    as Nina Land

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Barbie Uncovered: A Dream House Divided(2024)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Buffalo Kids(2024)

    as Governess Eleanor

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Culprits(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Dianne Harewood / Brain

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Funny Woman(2022)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer · as Barbara Parker / Sophie Straw

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Amazing Maurice(2022)

    as Peaches (voice)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Cunning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Elizabeth

  • Rogue Agent(2022)

    as Alice Archer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The King's Man(2021)

    as Polly

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Moley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 52 episodes · as Mona Lisa (voice)

  • Walden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Stella

  • Bump (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Pearl

  • Black Narcissus(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · as Sister Clodagh

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • How to Build a Girl(2019)

    as Maria Von Trapp

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Summerland(2020)

    Executive Producer · as Alice

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • StarDog and TurboCat(2019)

    as Cassidy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Master Moley by Royal Invitation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Mona Lisa (voice)

  • My Zoe(2019)

    as Laura Fischer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Lily James

  • Murder Mystery(2019)

    as Grace Ballard

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Vita & Virginia(2018)

    Executive Producer · as Vita Sackville-West

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Watership Down(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Clover (voice)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • The Escape(2017)

    Executive Producer · as Tara

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • It's Me, Sugar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Marilyn Monroe

  • Leading Lady Parts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Producer · as Panelist #2

  • Orphan(2016)

    as Tara

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Their Finest(2016)

    as Catrin Cole

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: Saint Joan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Joan

  • Urban Myths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Marilyn Monroe

  • 100 Streets(2016)

    as Emily

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The History of Love(2016)

    as Alma Mereminski

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Girl with All the Gifts(2016)

    as Helen Justineau

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Complete Walk: Love's Labour's Lost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Rosaline

  • Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Sport Relief Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Jessica Spencer

  • Gemma Bovery(2014)

    as Gemma Bovery

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Duchess of Malfi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as The Duchess of Malfi

  • Tom & Gerri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Gerri

  • Inside No. 9(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Gerri

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Voices(2014)

    as Fiona

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Runner Runner(2013)

    as Rebecca Shafran

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Byzantium(2012)

    as Clara Webb

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters(2013)

    as Gretel

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Unfinished Song(2012)

    as Elizabeth

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • It's Getting Late (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Sarah

  • Heroes & Demons(2012)

    as Poppy (segment "Perfect")

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Astonish Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as The Guide

  • OK! TV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures(2010)

    as Shelly (voice)

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Tamara Drewe(2010)

    as Tamara Drewe

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time(2010)

    as Tamina

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Clash of the Titans(2010)

    as Io

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold(2009)

    as Kelly Jones

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Disappearance of Alice Creed(2009)

    as Alice Creed

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Poppy

  • Pirate Radio(2009)

    as Desiree

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Director Marc Forster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • On Location (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • Quantum of Solace(2008)

    as Strawberry Fields

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Tess of the D'Urbervilles(2008)

    Show 4 episodes · as Tess Durbeyfield

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • RocknRolla(2008)

    as June

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Lost in Austen(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · as Elizabeth Bennet

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • A Deal Is a Deal(2008)

    as Frankie Cassidy

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • St. Trinian's(2007)

    as Kelly Jones

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Capturing Mary(2007)

    as Liza

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • After You'd Gone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Mel

  • Killa Bee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Bryony Tyrell

  • Storm Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Morag

  • Sweet Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Elaine Reynolds

  • The Amazing Maurice: The Waters of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Peaches (voice)

  • The Portrait of a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 6 episodes · as Madame Serena Merle

  • This Is Your Five Minute Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 72 titles, 65 of them dated from 2007 to 2026; peak year 2009.

Biggest box office

Quantum of Solace (2008)

$590M worldwide

Highest rated

Pirate Radio (2009)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Clash of the Titans (2010)

Film career

20072026

Peak 2009 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 29 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting72 of 72: 67 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score50thProducing5 of 72: 0 only producing, 5 with another role

72 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

2000s13 · acting2010s36 · 36 acting · 3 crew2020s16 · 16 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 26% of 35 roles
071217

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2011.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Gemma Arterton's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of the 38 of 39 with a score; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 45 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

21 of their 45 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser21
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed15

Most divisive · actor

StarDog and TurboCat (2019)

75th percentile spread · 12% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Pirate Radio (2009)

Midcredits 88th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 33 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Gemma Arterton's work okay for kids?

Across up to 28 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and profanity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore19 titles27–85 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity28 titles21–55 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity22 titles16–81 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs20 titles19–54 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense21 titles18–75 · median 49 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Gemma Arterton work with?

People who share at least 2 of Gemma Arterton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill Nighy shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers