Gemma Chan
Gemma Chan
Biography
Gemma Chan (born November 29, 1982) is an English actress. Born and raised in London, Chan attended the Newstead Wood School for Girls and studied law at Worcester College, Oxford before choosing to pursue a career in acting instead, enrolling at the Drama Centre London. Chan was subsequently cast in various supporting roles on television, including Doctor Who, Sherlock, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Fresh Meat, Bedlam and True Love. She also appeared in independent films Exam (2009), Submarine (2010) and Belles Familles (2015). Chan performed in the British premiere of Yellow Face at The Park Theatre and Our Ajax at the Southwark Playhouse. Chan had minor roles in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Transformers: The Last Knight (2017). She starred as a servile anthropomorph in sci-fi series Humans (2015–2018) to critical praise. Chan gained widespread recognition for portraying Astrid Leong-Teo in Jon M. Chu's romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians (2018), which became a critical and commercial hit. Chan along with the ensemble was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. Chan played Bess of Hardwick in the historical drama Mary Queen of Scots (2018) and voiced the antagonist Namaari in Disney's animated film Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). In Marvel Studios' Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Chan portrayed Minn-Erva in Captain Marvel (2019) before headlining Eternals (2021) as Sersi.
Known For
Actor
as Anna May Wong
as Astrid Young Teo
as Astrid Young Teo
as Edna
as Claire
as Self
as Maya
as Natasha Alper
as Shelley
as Self - Sersi
as 'Zoë'
as Self
as Sersi
as Namaari (voice)
as Karen
as Henny
as Minn-Erva
as Julia
as Hannah
as Bess of Hardwick
as Petronella
as Astrid Leong-Teo
as Actress #5
as Snow White (voice)
as Aggy
as Quintessa
as Madame Ya Zou
as Melody
as Snow White
as Chen-Lin
as Anita / Mia
as Herself
as 'The Replicator' - Glamourous Judge
as Amy Chan
as Chen Mei
as Erica
as Hattie James
as Kathy
as Kim-Lin
as Jennifer Cheung
as Ruth
as Keira
as Shin Shin
as Bo
as Soo Lin Yao
as Mia Bennett
as Chinese Girl
as Charlotte
as Molly Nelson
as Ivana
as Female Sulu
as Mia Bennett
Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
Writer
as Story