Gemma Arterton children: Does Gemma Arterton have kids?
Robert King
Updated on January 05, 2026
Gemma Arterton is an English actress, activist, and film producer. Find details about Gemma Arterton children, husband, career, net worth, age, etc.
Gemma Arterton Biography
She holds English nationality. Her ethnicity is White while Aquarius is her zodiac sign. She is of German-Jewish-English descent.
Gemma Arterton is a beautiful lady with a well maintained slim athletic body in her mid-30s. She stands tall with a height of 5ft 7 inches(1.7m) while her body weighs around 60kg(132 lbs).
Gemma Arterton was born on February 2, 1986, in Gravesend, Kent, England. Her birth name is Gemma Christina Arterton.
She was raised in her hometown, Gravesend, Kent along with her sister. She did her schooling at Mayfield Grammar School. Since her childhood, she was interested in acting. So, she participated in various theatre shows
She made her stage debut in a production of Alan Ayckbourn’s The Boy Who Fell into a book for which she won the best actress prize in a competition at a local festival.
She then decided to pursue her career in acting and she left her studies to join acting college at the Miskin Theatre at North West Kent College en Dartford.
Later, she got a full government grant to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art(RADA) and she graduated in 2008. While enrolling at RADA, she worked part-time as a shop seller to help her parents.
She is best known for her role as Bond Girl( M16 agent Strawberry Fields) in the 2008 James Bond film “Quantum of Solace”. Her role in the film earned her a 2009 Empire Award for Best Newcomer.
Having her career started with the first film, ” St Trinian’s” in 2007, Arterton has managed to come a long way up becoming one of the popular actresses in her around 14 years long career.
She also portrayed the role of Grace Ballard in the Netflix comedy film “Murder Mistery” in 2019. In the same year, she provided her voice for the role of Cassidy in the animated film “StarDog and TurboCat”.
In 2020, she played the starring role of Alice Lamb in the British drama film “Summerland”.
Her source of income is surely her role in movies and series and from her production company.
Including her income, Arterton has a healthy net worth estimated to be around $13 million as of 2020.
Arterton was born as the eldest daughter to Sally-Anne Heap(mother) and Barry J. Arterton(father).
Her mother runs a cleaning business while her father worked as a welder. She was born with polydactyly(a condition resulting in extra fingers).
However, a doctor removed it shortly after her birth. Her parents got divorced when she was 5 years old. Her maternal grandfather was a concert violinist.
She has a younger sister, Hannah Arterton who is also an actress.
Hannah Jane Arterton is an English actress. She attended Gravesend Grammar School for Girls and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2011.
She has most notably appeared in the television series The Five and Safe, and in the film Walking on Sunshine.
Gemma Arterton is a married woman. She has been married two times. She is currently married to her second husband, Rory Keenan.
Keenan is an Irish actor who is well known for his role of Eric in the Irish television drama series “Striking Out”.
However, after her first marriage failed, Arterton stated she ” never really believed in exchanging vows” and that she is not sure she would “want to walk down the aisle again”
She also was in a relationship with John Nolan from 2007 to 2008 whom she met on the set of Quantum of Solace and they lived together near Alexandra Palace.
Then in 2008, she dated Spanish stuntman Eduardo Munoz, whom she met on the set of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The couple lived together ina flat in London and split up after six months.
Gemma Arterton children: Does Gemma Arterton have kids?
Gemma Arterton has revealed that she gave birth to her son. Gemma Arterton delivered her first, a son, in December.
Arterton became popular after her role in James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace”, according to a report in Mirror. The 36-year-old actress married 42-year-old “Peaky Blinders” actor Keenan in 2019.