The best Gemma Arterton’s drama movies

Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton

02/02/1986 (38 años)
English actress Gemma Arterton won her first professional role while she was still at drama school, in the BBC television drama Capturing Mary written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff. Arterton made her stage debut as Rosaline in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre's production of Love's Labour's Lost in July 2007 before graduating later that year.  Also, Gemma made her big screen debut in the 2007 film St Trinian's as Head Girl Kelly.  Arterton was seen in the James Bond film, Quantum of Solace (2008), as well as Clash of the Titans (2010) and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010). In 2011, she was recognized for her performance in Tamara Drewe and The Disappearance of Alice Creed, nominated twice for an award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.  Arterton married Stefano Catelli at a secret ceremony in Zuheros, Spain in June of 2010. 
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Runner Runner

Runner Runner
5.6/10
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.

The Girl with All the Gifts

The Girl with All the Gifts
6.6/10
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.

The Boat That Rocked

The Boat That Rocked
7.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 01/04/2009
  • Character: Desiree
The Boat That Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate radio stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967. Also known as "Pirate Radio".

Orphan

Orphan
6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/03/2017
  • Character: Tara
A young woman who moves to Paris and has a brush with disaster. The grown-up at last, an accomplished woman, who thought she was safe from her own past. Gradually, these characters come together to form a single heroine.

Vita & Virginia

Vita & Virginia
5.9/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 02/05/2019
  • Character: Vita Sackville-West
Socialite Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf run in different circles in 1920s London. Despite the odds, the magnetic Vita and the beguiling Virginia forge an unconventional affair, set against the backdrop of their own strikingly contemporary marriages; which inspired one of Woolf's most iconic novels, 'Orlando'.

Their Finest

Their Finest
6.8/10
During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter (Gemma Arterton) works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters (Lily Knight and Francesca Knight) who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

The Disappearance of Alice Creed
6.7/10
A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.

Summerland

Summerland
7/10
A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.

100 Streets

100 Streets
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/11/2016
  • Character: Emily
Three people, three extraordinary stories. All lived out within a hundred London streets.

Gemma Bovery

Gemma Bovery
6.4/10
Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.

The Escape

The Escape
5.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/04/2018
  • Character: Tara
An ordinary woman makes an extraordinary decision which will change her life forever.

Byzantium

Byzantium
6.5/10
Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret—they were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequences.

The History of Love

The History of Love
6.3/10
The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.

Capturing Mary

Capturing Mary
6.7/10
A young man ushers an older woman into a dark exploration of her past - back to the time when, as a young girl, she met a stranger who affected her life forever.

Song for Marion

Song for Marion
6.9/10
Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can't understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional local choir. But choir director Elizabeth sees something special in the reluctant Arthur and refuses to give up on him. As she coaxes him out of his shell, Arthur realizes that it is never too late to change.

My Zoe

My Zoe
6/10
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy strikes the fractured family, Isabelle travels to Russia in seeking the help of a world-renowned fertility physician who Isabelle believes can help bring back her little girl.

Three and Out

Three and Out
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 12/10/2008
  • Character: Frankie Cassidy
A London tube driver considers pursuing a third fatal accident to collect a huge payout.

Heroes and Demons

Heroes and Demons
4.8/10
Gripping thriller drama with fantastic all-star cast: Six different stories about crooks, misfits, heroes and their determination to overcome the destiny. Stories about intolerance, hopelessness, betrayal, despair, and the unpredictable.

Perfect

Perfect
5.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/06/2009
  • Character: Poppy
A sometimes fantastical love story set in Notting Hill, Perfect tells the story of what happens when Adam and Liberty's paths cross and how their worlds impact on each other.

It's Getting Late

It's Getting Late
5.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 30/08/2012
  • Character: Sarah
In the translucent LA dusk we discover four women living very different lives. The camera follows each as they wind down their working days, their four stories weaving together as each prepares for their evening.

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