Age: 40
female
Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is an English actress and producer. After her stage debut in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre (2007), Arterton made her feature film debut in the comedy St Trinian's (2007). She portrayed Bond Girl Strawberry Fields in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace (2008), a performance which won her an Empire Award for Best Newcomer. Arterton has since appeared in a number of films, including The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009), Tamara Drewe (2010), Clash of the Titans (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), Their Finest (2016), The Escape (2017), and Vita and Virginia (2018). She received the Harper's Bazaar Woman of the Year Award for acting in and producing The Escape. Her theatrical highlights have included starring in The Duchess of Malfi (2014), Made in Dagenham (2014), Nell Gwynn (2016) and Saint Joan (2017). Arterton was nominated for Olivier Awards for her work on both Nell Gwynn and Made in Dagenham, and she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for the latter. Since 2016, Arterton has run her own production company, Rebel Park Productions, which focuses on creating female-led content in front of and behind the camera. She has executive-produced four feature films and two short films. She is also on record as being a supporter of the Time's Up, ERA 50:50 and MeToo movements. Arterton played an integral role in persuading actresses to wear black at the 2018 BAFTAs in support of Time'sUp, and has been involved with ERA 50:50, an equal pay campaign in the UK, since its inception.
Gemma Arterton
Melanie Robinson
for Melanie Robinson in Irish Portrait
Suggested by thecookieprincess
Irish Portrait is set in the 19th century and tells the story of Dima Morozov, a young Russian painter who finds himself in a difficult financial situation. He receives a commission from the Czar of Russia to paint a portrait of the most beautiful woman outside Russia. In return, he is to receive a payment that will allow him to pay off his debts and lead a prosperous life. Dima chooses Great Britain as the place to look for the model. At a ball in London, he meets Orla, a beautiful but shy Irish girl, and asks her to pose for a portrait. Not knowing that Orla is a prostitute, he gives her his last savings. While working on the painting, romantic feelings develop between the two. When the portrait is finished, instead of returning to Russia, Dima sends the painting to the tsar so that he can spend more time with Orla. Soon the tsar responds, demanding that Dima bring Orla back to Russia, as he wants to marry her. Dima faces a difficult choice - accept wealth and fame or fight for his love. When Orla reveals to him the truth about her past, Dima must decide whether he is ready to love her despite everything and whether they are able to escape the fate the tsar has set for them.
