Gemma Chan was born on 29 November 1982 and is an English actress.
47 Facts About Gemma Chan
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Gemma Chan was cast in various supporting roles on television, including Doctor Who, Sherlock, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Fresh Meat, Bedlam and True Love.
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Gemma Chan appeared in independent films Exam, Submarine and Belles Familles.
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Gemma Chan performed in the British premiere of Yellow Face at The Park Theatre and Our Ajax at the Southwark Playhouse.
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Gemma Chan had minor roles in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Transformers: The Last Knight.
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Gemma Chan starred as a servile anthropomorph in the science fiction series Humans to critical praise.
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Gemma Chan played Bess of Hardwick in the historical drama Mary Queen of Scots and voiced the antagonist Namaari in Disney's animated film Raya and the Last Dragon.
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Gemma Chan was born at Guy's Hospital in London, England.
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Gemma Chan's father was an engineer who grew up in Hong Kong and her mother was a pharmacist and raised in Greenock, Scotland, after her parents emigrated from Hong Kong.
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Gemma Chan was a competitor on the first series of the reality series Project Catwalk.
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Gemma Chan made her stage debut in the British premiere of Bertolt Brecht's last play, Turandot, at the Hampstead Theatre, London, in 2008.
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Gemma Chan appeared in the autumn 2009 special of the BBC's Doctor Who, titled "The Waters of Mars", playing geologist Mia Bennett.
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Gemma Chan appears again in Season 4, Episode 6 "Reynholm vs Reynholm", a Star Trek parody as "female Sulu".
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Gemma Chan was cast as a series regular in the final series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, as the rival of Billie Piper's character.
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In 2012, Gemma Chan was a regular in series two of Sky Living's supernatural drama Bedlam where she portrayed Kiera, an "impulsive" and "free spirited" woman.
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Gemma Chan appeared in True Love, a five-part semi-improvised television series produced by Working Title for BBC One.
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Gemma Chan met her co-stars on set, and had free rein to "flesh out" her character during the written scenarios.
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In June 2013, Gemma Chan performed in the British premiere of Yellow Face by American playwright David Henry Hwang at The Park Theatre, London, and returned for its 2014 revival at the Royal National Theatre.
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In November 2013, Gemma Chan performed in the world premiere of Our Ajax by Timberlake Wertenbaker at the Southwark Playhouse, London.
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Gemma Chan was a cast member of Channel 4 romantic drama Dates.
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On 6 August 2013, Gemma Chan appeared as a guest on the "Cultural Exchange" feature of the BBC Radio 4 series Front Row, where she nominated the film The Princess Bride as a film she loves.
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Gemma Chan appeared in The Double, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival to critical success.
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Gemma Chan appeared in the action-thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, which met mixed reception and financial success.
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Gemma Chan portrayed the protagonist's girlfriend, Chen-Lin, in French comedy-drama Belles Familles, which was released at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Gemma Chan portrayed American witch Madame Ya Zhou in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which was nominated for five BAFTAs.
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Gemma Chan lent her voice to BBC's animated miniseries Watership Down in 2018.
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Gemma Chan starred in action-thriller Stratton as the titular character's "smart-girl" colleague, Aggie.
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Also in 2018, Gemma Chan co-starred as Astrid Leong-Teo in the film Crazy Rich Asians.
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Originally asked to portray the lead, Gemma Chan preferred the "more intriguing" role of Astrid.
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Gemma Chan first heard about the novel Crazy Rich Asians in a text message from her sister, read it on holiday, and "fell in love with Astrid".
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Gemma Chan appeared as Petronella in London Fields, which was a box-office bomb.
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Gemma Chan portrayed Elizabeth Hardwick in Josie Rourke's directorial debut, historical drama Mary Queen of Scots, which premiered at the AFI Fest.
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Gemma Chan's casting "provoked controversy among internet trolls", as her character had been a white woman.
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In 2020 Gemma Chan starred alongside Meryl Streep in Steven Soderbergh's comedy Let Them All Talk.
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That same year, Gemma Chan was the fifteenth recipient of the Women In Film Max Mara Face of the Future award, given for her "distinguished acting achievements" and "personal embodiment of timeless style and grace".
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Gemma Chan voiced the warrior princess Namaari, the antagonist of the Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragon, which premiered in March 2021.
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Gemma Chan appears in psychological thriller Don't Worry Darling directed by Olivia Wilde and will appear in science fiction film The Creator directed by Gareth Edwards, and horror film Cuckoo, alongside Hunter Schafer and John Malkovich.
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Gemma Chan travelled with Save the Children to Lebanon to meet Syrian child refugees in 2017.
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Gemma Chan volunteered for Cook-19, an organization that delivers meals to key workers, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gemma Chan has supported UNICEF UK since 2015 and travelled to Jamaica to raise awareness of domestic violence with the organisation in 2019.
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Gemma Chan participated in Soccer Aid to raise funds for the charity in 2019.
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Gemma Chan participated in World Children's Day commemorations in 2020.
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Gemma Chan was appointed a celebrity ambassador for UNICEF UK in 2021.
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Gemma Chan dated English comedian Jack Whitehall from 2011 to 2017.
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Gemma Chan began a relationship with English actor Dominic Cooper in 2018.
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In September 2013 Gemma Chan appeared at the Old Bailey in central London as a witness to a fatal stabbing outside Putney Bridge tube station.
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Gemma Chan has criticised both the Conservative and Labour parties for their processes in choosing leadership.