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Gemma Chan

1982 - Today

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Gemma Chan (born November 29, 1982) is an English actress. 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), and gained prominence with her starring roles in Crazy Rich Asians and as Elizabeth Hardwick in Mary Queen of Scots (both 2018). She next starred in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain Marvel (2019) and Eternals (2021), portraying Minn-Erva and Sersi, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Gemma Chan is the 7,389th most popular actor (down from 5,880th in 2024), the 5,476th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,369th in 2019) and the 837th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gemma Chan ranks 7,389 out of 13,578. Before her are Dan Dailey, Mamoru Miyano, Carole Cook, Bhumi Pednekar, Danay García, and Dmitry Nagiyev. After her are Vic Chou, Alec B. Francis, John Ross Bowie, Valerie Hobson, Erin Moran, and Kadir Doğulu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Gemma Chan ranks 218. Before her are Tamon Machida, Chyler Leigh, Nenê, Liam McIntyre, Pierre Webó, and Matthias Steiner. After her are Kadir Doğulu, Mamuka Bakhtadze, Thora Birch, Server Djeparov, Segundo Castillo, and Thomas Hitzlsperger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gemma Chan ranks 5,478 out of 8,785. Before her are Mary Rand (1940), Annie Speirs (1889), Angela Mortimer (1932), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), David Marshall (1985), and Martyn Poliakoff (1947). After her are Lee Grant (1983), Alec B. Francis (1867), Valerie Hobson (1917), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), Kathleen Raine (1908), and Anne-Marie Duff (1970).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Gemma Chan ranks 837. Before her are Flora Finch (1867), Jane Leeves (1961), Judy Cornwell (1940), Laura Fraser (1976), Tony Curran (1969), and Juno Temple (1989). After her are Alec B. Francis (1867), Valerie Hobson (1917), Anne-Marie Duff (1970), Nora Swinburne (1902), Clive Brook (1887), and Brendan Coyle (1963).

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