Hannah Arterton

Hannah Arterton
Arterton in 2018
Born
Hannah Jane Arterton

(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989 (age 35)
Gravesend, Kent, England
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active2011–present
FamilyGemma 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 appeared in the television series The Five (2016) and Safe (2018), and in the film Walking on Sunshine (2014).

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) Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2011 Midsomer Murders Katy Episode: "A Sacred Trust" [22]
2013 Atlantis Korinna 5 episodes [13]
2015 Doc Martin Ms. Grappy Episode: "Education, Education, Education" [23]
[24]
2016 The Five D.C. Ally Caine 10 episodes [25]
2017 Versailles Sister Hermione Episode: "A Night" [26]
2018 Safe D.C. Emma Castle 8 episodes [27]
[28]
2022 The Peripheral Dee Dee 5 episodes [29]

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2013 At First Sight Avy Short film [30]
2014 Walking on Sunshine Taylor [5]
2014 Hide and Seek Charlotte [17]
2015 Otherwise Engaged Megan Short film [31][32]
2015 Burn Burn Burn Sophie [33]
2016 Total Loss Rebecca Short film [33]
2018 The Convent Persephone [34][35][36]
2018 Peripheral Bobbi Johnson [37][38][39]
2019 Hayley Alien Shop Manager Director and writer
Short film 		[40]
2019 Old Beginnings Sophia Short film [41]
2024 One More Shot Hooper [42]
TBA Jagged Honeycomb† Night Completed [43]

Radio

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2012 Shout to the Top Rain [33][44]
2014 Queens of Noise Rain [44]
2014 The Bone Clocks Reader 2 episodes [45]
2015 Born in the DDR Hanne [46]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2017 Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood M'naago Rahz [47]

Stage

Year Title Role Theatre Notes Ref(s)
2011 My City 2011 Almeida Theatre 8 September – 5 November [48][49]

References

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  13. ^ a b "Atlantis, Series 1, White Lies". BBC. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
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  15. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (26 June 2014). "Walking On Sunshine, film review: Cheery and inane romcom could double-up as an ad for Puglia's tourist board". The Independent.
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  36. ^ Catsoulis, Jeanette (2 May 2019). "'The Convent' Review: Twisted Sisters". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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  39. ^ "Peripheral". London FrightFest Film Festival. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
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  41. ^ "Old Beginnings". British Council. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  42. ^ "John Wick Star Scott Adkins Is Now Doing a Sequel to One Shot". MovieWeb. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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  45. ^ "The Bone Clocks". BBC. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  46. ^ "Born in the DDR". BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  47. ^ "M'naago Voice". BehindTheVoiceActors. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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  49. ^ "Tour archive for My City (Play)". UK Theatre Web. Retrieved 17 January 2017.