Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is an English actress. Arterton made her film debut in the comedy film St Trinian\'s (2007). Her breakthrough role was in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008), playing Bond Girl Strawberry Fields, which won her an Empire Award for Best Newcomer. She was the title star of the film The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009). She is known for her roles in the fantasy films Clash of the Titans (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Byzantium (2013), and as the character Gretel in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013). She played Joan in Bernard Shaw\'s Saint Joan at Donmar Warehouse, December 2016. She plays the lead role in the film Their Finest (2017).\n', '

Arterton was born at North Kent Hospital in Gravesend, Kent, to Sally-Anne (née Heap), a cleaner, and Barry Arterton, a welder. Her matrilineal great-grandmother was a German-Jewish concert violinist. She was born with polydactyly, and at her birth a doctor tied off the boneless sixth digits to remove them.[better source needed]\n', '

She attended Gravesend Grammar School for Girls in Kent, and made her stage debut there in an amateur production of Alan Ayckbourn\'s The Boy Who Fell into a Book. The production was entered into a competition at a local festival, where she won the best actress prize.\n', '

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