Gemma Chan
Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982)[1] is an English actress.[2] A graduate of Worcester College, Oxford, Chan began acting during the late 2000s, making her film debut in 2009. She rose to attention with her leading role in the Channel 4 science fiction series Humans (2015–2018).
Gemma Chan
29 November 1982
Actress
2006–present
Jack Whitehall
(2011–2017)
Dominic Cooper (2018–present)
陳靜
陈静
Chén Jìng
Chén Jìng
Chàhn Jihng
Chan came to international prominence with her starring roles in Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and as Elizabeth Hardwick in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), the first of which earned her a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She next starred in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain Marvel (2019) and Eternals (2021), portraying Minn-Erva and Sersi, respectively. She also voiced Namaari in the Disney animated film Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and appeared in Olivia Wilde's psychological thriller Don't Worry Darling (2022) and Gareth Edwards' science fiction action film The Creator (2023).
Offscreen, Chan has been labeled a fashion icon, with her fashion choices, red carpet appearances and partnership with Louis Vuitton gaining widespread media attention. Separated from comic Jack Whitehall, she has been in a relationship with actor Dominic Cooper, with whom she resides in London.
Early life and education[edit]
Gemma Chan was born at Guy's Hospital in London, England.[3] Her father was an engineer who grew up in Hong Kong and her mother was a pharmacist and raised in Greenock, Scotland, after her parents emigrated from Hong Kong.[3][4]
Raised in Locksbottom in the London Borough of Bromley,[5] Chan attended Newstead Wood School for Girls in Orpington, London and went on to study law at Worcester College, Oxford.[6] Following graduation, Chan gained a training contract offer as a graduate at the law firm Slaughter and May,[7][6] but turned it down to study at the Drama Centre London and pursue an acting career.[3]