Hannah Arterton

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Hannah Arterton
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Arterton in 2018
Born
Hannah Jane Arterton

(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989 (age 34)
Gravesend, Kent, England
Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active2011–present
Family Gemma Arterton (sister)

Hannah Jane Arterton [1] (born 26 January 1989) is an English actress and singer. 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 (2016) and Safe (2018), and in the film Walking on Sunshine (2014).

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Early life

Arterton was born on 26 January 1989 in Gravesend, Kent, England. [2] [3] Her mother Sally-Anne (née Heap) is a cleaner and runs a cleaning business and her father Barry J. Arterton is a metal worker / welder. [4] [5] [6] Her parents divorced during her early childhood with Arterton growing up with her older sister Gemma Arterton and mother in a council estate. [4] [7] [8] She reports being initially drawn to acting at the age of seven after watching a rehearsal of the musical The Wizard of Oz performed by The Miskin Theatre in Dartford. Arterton recalled: "I'd never seen anything like that. I was absolutely blown away... A whole different world just opened up." [5] Her matrilineal great-grandmother was a German-Jewish concert violinist. [9]

Her early education was at the Gravesend Grammar School for Girls. [10] She subsequently studied Performance and Music Technology at North Kent College's Miskin Theatre. [11] While studying there, she provided backing vocals for a skiffle band which resulted in a record deal offer which later collapsed. She commented on the experience: "'Argh, I can't do this. It's too hard to trust people in the music industry. It's full of sharks and guys latching on to a young artist and wanting to make money. I found it all quite scary." A lecturer at The Miskin Theatre subsequently convinced her to apply for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), from which she later graduated in 2011. [5] [12] During her final year at RADA, she was cast by Stephen Poliakoff in his play My City. [5] Also while at RADA, Arterton formed a seven-piece covers band, The Hitmen and Her, for which she is lead singer. [5]

Career

After performing in the play My City (2011) with Tracey Ullman and Tom Riley at the Almeida Theatre, Arterton was cast as Korinna in the BBC television series Atlantis (2013). [5] [13]

Her feature film debut was as a woman caught in a love triangle in the romantic musical Walking on Sunshine (2014). [5] [14] Her performance received generally positive reviews from critics. [2] [15] [16] In the same year, she starred in Hide and Seek (2014), a romantic drama about a polyamorous commune which received the Edinburgh International Film Festival's award for Best British Feature Film. [17] [18]

In 2016, she played a detective in American crime novelist Harlan Coben's television series The Five . [19] Two years later, Arterton reunited with Coben to play detective Emma Castle in Netflix original series Safe . [20] In the same year she appeared in two horror films directed by Paul Hyett, The Convent and Peripheral.

Personal life

Arterton is married to Chris Hyson, a musician and composer. They live together in South Norwood, London. [21]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year(s)TitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2011 Midsomer Murders KatyEpisode: "A Sacred Trust" [22]
2013 Atlantis Korinna5 episodes [13]
2015 Doc Martin Ms. GrappyEpisode: "Education, Education, Education" [23]
[24]
2016 The Five D.C. Ally Caine10 episodes [25]
2017 Versailles Sister HermioneEpisode: "A Night" [26]
2018 Safe D.C. Emma Castle8 episodes [27]
[28]
2022 The Peripheral Dee Dee5 episodes [29]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2013At First SightAvyShort film [30]
2014 Walking on Sunshine Taylor [5]
2014 Hide and Seek Charlotte [17]
2015Otherwise EngagedMeganShort film [31]
[32]
2015 Burn Burn Burn Sophie [33]
2016Total LossRebeccaShort film [33]
2018 The Convent Persephone [34]
[35]
[36]
2018PeripheralBobbi Johnson [37]
[38]
[39]
2019Hayley AlienShop ManagerDirector and writer
Short film		 [40]
2019Old BeginningsSophiaShort film [41]
2023Jagged Honeycomb†NightCompleted [42]
2023One More Shot†HooperPost-production [43]

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2012Shout to the TopRain [33] [44]
2014Queens of NoiseRain [44]
2014The Bone ClocksReader2 episodes [45]
2015Born in the DDRHanne [46]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2017 Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood M'naago Rahz [47]

Stage

YearTitleRoleTheatreNotesRef(s)
2011My City2011 Almeida Theatre 8 September – 5 November [48] [49]

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