Gemma Chan
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Person
- Born
- 1982-11-29
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Film & TV
Acting · London, England, UK
Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982) is an English actress. A Worcester College, Oxford graduate, Chan began acting in the late 2000s, making her film debut in 2009. She rose to attention with her leading role in the Channel 4 science fiction series Humans (2015–2018). She gained prominence with her starring roles in Crazy Rich Asians and as Elizabeth Hardwick in Mary Queen of Scots (both 2018).…
Known for
- Josephine — Claire2026
- The Five Star Weekend — Gigi Ling2026
- The Actor — Edna2025
- True Love: Making The Creator — Self2023
- The Creator — Maya2023
- Extrapolations — Natasha Alper2023
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals — Self - Sersi2022
- Don't Worry Darling — Shelley2022
- The Afterparty — 'Zoë'2022
- Eternals — Sersi2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12
- Total plays
- 12
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 14,485x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,371x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,212x
- The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans
· 2020 · cited 8,846x
- IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global, regional and country-level diabetes prevalence estimates for 2021 and projections for 2045
· 2022 · cited 8,342x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1982-11-29 ) 29 November 1982 (age 43) , London, England
- Education
- University of Oxford ( BA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2006–present
- Partner s
- Jack Whitehall , (2011–2017), Dominic Cooper (2018–present)
- Awards
- Full list
- Traditional chinese
- 陳靜
- Simplified chinese
- 陈静
- Hanyu pinyin
- Chén Jìng
- Yale romanization
- Chàhn Jihng
- Jyutping
- Can Zing
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 29 November 1982
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Chen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Guy's Hospital
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Drama Centre London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
Article
Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982) is a British actress and model. A graduate of Worcester College, Oxford, Chan began acting during the late 2000s, making her film debut in 2009. She rose to attention with her lead role in the Channel 4 science fiction series Humans (2015–2018), and gained prominence with her starring film roles as Astrid Leong in Crazy Rich Asians and as Elizabeth Hardwick in Mary Queen of Scots (both 2018).
Chan next appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain Marvel (2019) and Eternals (2021), portraying Minn-Erva and Sersi, respectively. She also appeared in Olivia Wilde's psychological thriller Don't Worry Darling (2022) and Gareth Edwards' science fiction film The Creator (2023). She had a voice role in the Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). Offscreen, Chan has been labelled a fashion icon.
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1982 births21st-century English actressesActors from the London Borough of BromleyActors from the London Borough of SouthwarkActresses from LondonAlumni of the Drama Centre LondonAlumni of Worcester College, OxfordEnglish film actressesEnglish people of Hong Kong descentEnglish television actressesEnglish voice actressesLiving people