Gemma Chan: Difference between revisions

{{short description|BritishEnglish actress (born 1982)}}

'''Gemma Chan''' (born 29 November 1982)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Nov-29-2019/6411574957229/|title= UPI Almanac for Friday, Nov. 29, 2019|work= [[United Press International]] | date= 29 November 2019|access-date=11 January 2020 |archive-date= 24 December 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191224110508/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/11/29/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Nov-29-2019/6411574957229//|url-status=live|quote=…actor Gemma Chan in 1982 (age 37)}}</ref> is aan BritishEnglish actress.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.allure.com/story/allure-podcast-gemma-chan-interview-recording-transcript|title=Gemma Chan on Aging, Self-Acceptance, and Being a Kid of the '90s|quote=I think it was a real mix. I mean, I definitely feel...very English.|first=Michelle|last=Lee|date=11 November 2019|work=[[Allure (magazine)|Allure]]|access-date=24 January 2020|archive-date=24 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124174233/https://www.allure.com/story/allure-podcast-gemma-chan-interview-recording-transcript|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 leading role in the [[Channel 4]] science fiction series ''[[Humans (TV series)|Humans]]'' (2015{{ndash}}2018), and gained prominence with her starring roles in ''[[Crazy Rich Asians (film)|Crazy Rich Asians]]'' and as [[Bess of Hardwick|Elizabeth Hardwick]] in ''[[Mary Queen of Scots (2018 film)|Mary Queen of Scots]]'' (both 2018).