1. Gemma Chan was born on 29 November 1982 and is an English actress.
45 Facts About Gemma Chan
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Gemma Chan rose to attention with her leading role in the Channel 4 science fiction series Humans, and gained prominence with her starring roles in Crazy Rich Asians and as Elizabeth Hardwick in Mary Queen of Scots.
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Gemma Chan next starred in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain Marvel and Eternals, portraying Minn-Erva and Sersi, respectively.
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Gemma Chan had a voice role in the Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragon and appeared in Olivia Wilde's psychological thriller Don't Worry Darling and Gareth Edwards' science fiction film The Creator.
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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 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 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 appeared in Bedlam, True Love, a five-part semi-improvised television series produced by Working Title, and the British premiere of Yellow Face by American playwright David Henry Hwang at The Park Theatre, London.
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Gemma Chan 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 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 but financial success.
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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 had a voice role in the English dub version of Hayao Miyazaki's Japanese animated film The Boy and the Heron.
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Gemma Chan appears in psychological thriller Don't Worry Darling directed by Olivia Wilde and appears in science fiction film The Creator directed by Gareth Edwards.
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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 is undoubtedly the favourite look at the Vogue office, and this will go down in Oscar history.
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Gemma Chan attended the 2019 Met Gala dressed by Tom Ford, embracing the year's "camp" theme.
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Gemma Chan was featured in Vogues selection of the "best beauty moments from the 2019 Met Gala".
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Gemma Chan wore Louis Vuitton to the 2023 Vogue World event, with a custom "organza dress covered in bluish silver paillettes".
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In 2024, Gemma Chan was featured in Edward Enninful's final British Vogue cover, titled "40 Megastars, One Magnificent Image", appearing alongside forty notable female celebrities including Miley Cyrus, Jane Fonda, Kaia Gerber, Salma Hayek, Dua Lipa and Oprah Winfrey.
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Faye Bradley of the South China Morning Post wrote that Gemma Chan "made a point of wearing Asian designers on every step of her press tour to promote Crazy Rich Asians".
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Examples of Asian designers Gemma Chan has worn at public events include a couture chiffon Miss Sohee gown accompanied by Anabela Gemma Chan jewellery at the Newport Beach Film Festival in February 2023; a strapless pink Jason Wu gown to an event by George and Amal Clooney; a flower-style Oscar de la Renta dress by "Slaysian" creative director Laura Kim; at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival; among multiple others.
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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.