Hannah Jane Arterton (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. 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. Her parents divorced during her early childhood with Arterton growing up with her older sister Gemma Arterton and mother in a council estate. 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." Her matrilineal great-grandmother was a German-Jewish concert violinist.
Her early education was at the Gravesend Grammar School for Girls. She subsequently studied Performance and Music Technology at North Kent College's Miskin Theatre. 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. During her final year at RADA, she was cast by Stephen Poliakoff in his play My City. Also while at RADA, Arterton formed a seven-piece covers band, The Hitmen and Her, for which she is lead singer.
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).
Her feature film debut was as a woman caught in a love triangle in the romantic musical Walking on Sunshine (2014). Her performance received generally positive reviews from critics. 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.
In 2016, she played a detective in American crime novelist Harlan Coben's television series The Five. Two years later, Arterton reunited with Coben to play detective Emma Castle in Netflix original series Safe. 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. The couple live in South Norwood, London.
Filmography +Key Denotes films that have not yet been released Television Year(s) Title Role Notes 2011Midsomer MurdersKatyEpisode: "A Sacred Trust"2013AtlantisKorinna5 episodes2015Doc MartinEpisode: "Education, Education, Education"201610 episodes2017VersaillesEpisode: "A Night"2018Safe8 episodes2022Dee Dee5 episodes
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2013At First SightAvyShort film2014Walking on SunshineTaylor2014Hide and SeekCharlotte2015Otherwise EngagedMeganShort film2015Burn Burn BurnSophie2016Total LossRebeccaShort film2018Persephone2018Peripheral2019Hayley AlienShop ManagerDirector and writerShort film2019Old BeginningsSophiaShort film2024 One More ShotHooper2024 We Are Tourists Amber2025 Bleeding Blue BirdNight
Radio YearTitleRole Notes 2012Shout to the TopRain2014Queens of NoiseRain2014Reader2 episodes2015Born in the DDRHanne
Video games YearTitleRoleNotes2015Final Fantasy XIV: HeavenswardKan-E-Senna, Meriel2017Final Fantasy XIV: StormbloodKan-E-Senna, M'naago Rahz2019Final Fantasy XIV: ShadowbringersKan-E-Senna
Stage YearTitleRoleTheatreNotes2011My City2011Almeida Theatre8 September – 5 November
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