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Gemma Chan
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Film & TV
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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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
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
- Official website
- www.gemmachan.com
- Image
- Gemma Chan at 82nd Venice International Film Festival-1 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 175
- Residence
- London
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- date of birth
- 1982-11-29
- Commons category
- Gemma Chan
- name in native language
- Chén Jìng
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
- social media followers
- 236711
- ethnic group
- British
- writing language
- English language
- unmarried partner
- Dominic Cooper
- web feed URL
- www.gemmachan.com/feed
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gemma Chan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.