Gemma Chan is a British film, television, and theatre actress and former fashion model. Born in London and raised in Kent, Chan is of Hong Kong/Chinese ancestry. Chan attended the Newstead Wood School for Girls and studied jurisprudence at Worcester College, Oxford.
- Born: November 29, 1982 (age 36 years), London, United Kingdom
- Height: 1.75 m
- Nationality: British
- Education:Worcester College, Oxford (BA)Drama Centre London
- Occupation: Actress
- Years active: 2006–present
- Nominations: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture..
Top 10 Gemma Chan quotes
- As a human, you don't have to be too conscious of your movement. I think it's tougher playing a robot than a human, and even tougher playing a robot who begins showing traces of being a human.
- Save the Children is also working to improve accommodation for refugee families living outside settlements. I met a family which had been living in a substandard building without windows, doors or a toilet.
- All of us have a lot of physical tics that we don't realize that we're doing subconsciously.
- It's really rare in TV not to think, 'Well, I've seen a version of this before.'
- From my experience, I would say no: actors of East Asian descent don't get the opportunities white actors do. I know that's inherently a problem in a country that produces a lot of period drama, but I have to fight so hard to get parts that don't have something to do with China.
- Getting stuck in a plane for four hours on the tarmac on the hottest day of summer in Italy - it was like being trapped in a boiling tin can.
- I would have done it happily, but to be a Bond girl isn't everything I aim for as an actress.
- I was given a lot of homework: I had to practise ironing as a synth, practise washing up as a synth, cooking a meal as a synth. It's definitely the most prep I've had to do for a role.
- I do feel a responsibility to try and raise awareness and to help tell the stories of those who may not otherwise have a voice.
- I hate the idea that people should listen to what actors have to say on certain issues more than anyone else. Actors have no more right to be heard than anyone.