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Gemma Chan
Gemma Chan 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.
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entertainment · British Chinese actress (born 1982) · actor · model · television actor · film actor · also Gemma Chan, Chan
Born 29 November 1982 · Q5530706
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2026· 3 entries
“There is a lot of ambiguity with [my] character and in [Pinter”
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“what you see with Astrid is not necessarily what you get. There are layers to her ... [she] seemingly has it all together. The film became the highest-grossing romantic comedy of the decade and received critical acclaim for its cast, visuals and on-screen representation. The Hollywood Reporter lauded Chan as”
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2024· 1 entry
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 H
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2020· 2 entries
Awarded Max Mara Face of the Future Award (2020).
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Chan starred alongside Meryl Streep in Steven Soderbergh's comedy Let Them All Talk
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2019· 1 entry
Where she wore custom Ralph & Russo; the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar party, styled by Tom Ford and Jimmy Choo; the 2019 Critics' Choice Awards, dressed by Jason Wu; the 2019 Golden Globes, where she wore a Valentino couture h
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2018· 3 entries
Chan joined Andrea Riseborough, Jane Horrocks, Jaime Winstone, and Laura Carmichael to star in a film produced by ActionAid, encouraging the British public to support girls at risk of sexual violence
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Chan co-starred as Astrid Leong-Teo in the film Crazy Rich Asians
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Partnered with Moet to support Help Refugees UK
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2015· 1 entry
Portrayed Ruth in the West End revival of Harold Pinter's domestic drama The Homecoming directed by Jamie Lloyd
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2012· 1 entry
Chan played Kiera in the second series of the Sky Living supernatural series Bedlam and Kathy in the semi-improvised BBC One miniseries True Love
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1982· 1 entry
Born 1982-11-29.
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