Gemma Arterton The New Bond Girl

Gemma Arterton (born 1986, Gravesend, Kent), is an English actress. Arterton and her younger sister were raised by their father, a welder, and mother, a cleaner. After attending a grammar school in Gravesend, and attending a performance arts course, Arterton trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a full grant.

Arterton won her first professional role (in Stephen Poliakoff's Capturing Mary) while she was still at drama school. She made her stage debut as Rosaline in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost at the Globe Theatre, London. She made her film debut in the 2007 St Trinian's movie St Trinian's as Head Girl Kelly, a role she gained in competition with Sienna Miller.

The 21-year-old actress will play a character called Fields in the movie, which has the working title of Bond 22. Arterton was most recently seen starring opposite Rupert Everett as an unruly pupil in a revival of the 1950s boarding school films.

She appears in a number of forthcoming film and television productions, and is set to work on the next James Bond, currently titled Bond 22.The film's production companies Arterton will play Fields in the Marc Forster-directed movie, which has the working title of "Bond 22" and stars Daniel Craig as Agent 007.

Talk of Arterton's casting has been swirling since mid-December but had been unconfirmed by the producers. On Friday, Eon Prods. In London and Santa Monica-based Danjaq Prods., as well as Arterton's agent, ICM in London, confirmed the casting. Details of her character were not available, but a Danjaq rep said "it's a nice-sized role."

The casting of Arterton, who has just a handful of movie roles under her belt, continues the tradition of Bond producers usually choosing less established actresses for the coveted part, including Ursula Andress ("Dr. No"), Jane Seymour ("Live and Let Die") and Eva Green (2006's "Casino Royale").

The latest Bond film will take up where "Casino Royale" left off. Paul Haggis teamed with Forster on a draft of Neal Purvis and Robert Wade's screenplay. The movie is set for release Nov. 7.Arterton's credits include the remake of the girls' school comedy "St. Trinian's," which was recently released in the U.K.

Her casting continues the tradition of Bond producers choosing less established actresses for the coveted part, including Ursula Andress in Dr No, Jane Seymour in Live and Let Die and Eva Green in Casino Royale. She joins Daniel Craig, who will be playing the role of 007 for a second time. It is thought the new film will take up where Casino Royale left off and will be loosely based on the Ian Fleming short story Risico, where Bond is dispatched to infiltrate a drug ring flooding Britain with heroin.

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