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Gemma Chan was born the 29th November 1982, in London, England, of Chinese and Hong Kong origin, and is an actress and model, perhaps best known for starring in the film “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”, the television series “Humans series”, and landing a supporting role in the film “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”. She has been active in the entertainment industry since 2006.

How much is the net worth of Gemma Chan? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $6 million, as of the data given at the start of 2018. Film and television are the major sources of Chan’s income.

Gemma Chan Net Worth $6 million

To begin with, Gemma Chan was raised in the London district of Southwark; her father was an engineer, whereas her mother worked as a pharmacist. Gemma was educated at the girls’ school Newstead Wood in Orpington, then she studied law at Worcester College, Oxford. After graduation, she was an intern at the law firm Slaughter and May, but preferred to devote herself to an acting career, and so studied at the Drama Centre in London. Producer Damian Jones noticed her, and then hired Nicki van Gelder as her agent.

Concerning her modelling career, Chan was one of the candidates for the first season of “Project Runway”, the British version of the US program of the same name. She was photographed by Rankin for a Nivea Visage campaign after working as a model to support her studies, and training at the theatre school, appearing in the Nokia and Selfridges campaigns and in magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan and The Times Style Sunday, so establishing her net worth.

Regarding her career as the actress, in 2009 she starred alongside Adar Beck and Chris Carey in the psychological thriller film “Exam” by Stuart Hazeldine, then in 2010, she was cast as a main in the feature films “Pimp”, “Shanghai” and “Submarine”. The following year, she was offered the regular role of Charlotte in the series “Secret Diary of a Call Girl”, and the recurring role of Ruth in the series “Fresh Meat”; more, she appeared as a regular in the second season of the television series “Bedlam”, adding steadily to her net worth.

In 2013, Gemma was seen in the black comedy film “The Double” by Richard Ayoade, and 2014, was marked by the roles of Amy Chang in the film “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”, and Petronella in “London Fields”. Since 2015, Chan has been in the main cast of the television series “Humans”, and concurrently she had a recurring role in the series “Brotherhood”. It should be said also that Gemma Chan had a supporting role in the fantasy film directed by David Yates– “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (2016) – which grossed $810 million at the box office. What is more, she starred in another blockbuster, “Transformers: The Last Knight” (2017), which grossed $605.4 million at the box office, and the same year she starred opposite Dominic Cooper in the film directed by Simon West, “Stratton”.

In 2018, she will be seen in several films which are scheduled to be released, including “Crazy Rick Asians” and “Mary Queen of Scots”. Gemma Chan has landed roles on the stage, too; she is known to have been working among others at the Royal National Theatre, in which she had a role in the play “Yellow Face”. To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the total size of Chan net worth.

Finally, in the personal life of Gemma, since 2011 she has lived with the comic actor Jack Whitehall in Notting Hill, London.



Full Name Gemma Chan
Net Worth $6 million
Date Of Birth November 29, 1982
Place Of Birth London, England
Height 1.75 m
Profession Actress
Education University of Oxford, Newstead Wood School, Worcester College, Oxford
Nationality British
Partner Jack Whitehall
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Gemma-Chan-789849317755047
Twitter https://twitter.com/gemma_chan1
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gemma_chan/
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2110418/
Nominations NME Award for Best Actress
Movies Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Stratton, Transformers: The Last Knight, Submarine, Families, The Double, Exam
TV Shows Humans, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Bedlam
Fact
1 Filming as a new regular on the fourth season of Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007) with Billie Piper. [August 2010]
2 Filming as a guest star on the Autumn 2009 special of the BBC’s Doctor Who (2005), with David Tennant and Lindsay Duncan. [February 2009]
3 Appearing on stage in the British premiere of Bertolt Brecht’s final play “Turandot” – Hampstead Theatre, London [October 2008]
4 In October 2012 she witnessed a murder of a homeless gentleman outside the Putney Bridge Tube station in West London. She stayed with the gentleman while medics and police were called, but he soon expired. In September 2013 she gave evidence in the trial of the defendant.
5 Classically trained on the violin and piano, attaining the Diploma of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music on the violin whilst still at school.
6 Worked as a fashion model to fund her drama school training, appearing in campaigns for Nokia and Selfridges & Co and numerous magazines including Elle, Cosmopolitan and the Sunday Times Style.
7 Was one of three models to reach the final of the first season of Sky One’s Project Catwalk, the UK version of Miramax’s Project Runway.
8 Graduated from the Drama Centre London in 2008.
9 Studied law at Worcester College, Oxford University prior to training as an actress.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Transformers: The Last Knight 2017 post-production Quintessa
London Fields 2017 completed Petronella
Crazy Rich Asians pre-production Astrid Leong
Watership Down TV Mini-Series post-production Dewdrop
Stratton 2017 Aggy
Revolting Rhymes Part Two 2016 TV Short Snow White (voice)
Revolting Rhymes Part One 2016 TV Movie Snow White (voice)
Humans 2015-2016 TV Series Mia / Anita
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016 Madam Ya Zhou
Everyday Performance Artists 2016 Short Melody
Love Is a Four Letter Word: Worth Seven Points 2015 Short Wife
Belles familles 2015 Chen-Lin
Brotherhood 2015 TV Series Miss Pemberton
The Game 2014 TV Mini-Series Chen Mei
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 2014 Amy Chang
The Double 2013 ‘The Replicator’ – Glamourous Judge
Dates 2013 TV Series Erica
Shetland 2013 TV Series Hattie James
Death in Paradise 2013 TV Series Jennifer Cheung
Vengar 2012 Short Diana
Bedlam 2012 TV Series Kiera
True Love 2012 TV Series Kathy
Fresh Meat 2011 TV Series Ruth
Secret Diary of a Call Girl 2011 TV Series Charlotte
Submarine 2010 Kim-Lin
Sherlock 2010 TV Series Soo Lin Yao
The IT Crowd 2010 TV Series Female Sulu Ivana
Shanghai 2010 Shin Shin
Pimp 2010 Bo
Doctor Who 2009 TV Series Mia Bennett
Exam 2009 Chinese Girl
Cell: Season 2 2009 Video Isabella
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2008 Video short Sun-Lynn
When Evil Calls 2006 TV Mini-Series Molly Nelson

Self

Title Year Status Character
The Last Leg 2016 TV Series Herself – Guest
How to Build a Human 2016 TV Movie documentary Herself – Presenter
BAFTA Televsion Awards 2016 2016 TV Special Herself
Doctor Who Confidential 2009 TV Series documentary Mia Bennett
Project Catwalk 2006 TV Series documentary Herself – Model

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who 2012 TV Movie documentary Mia Bennett (uncredited)

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