‘I just had a baby, he was my little Christmas elf!’ Gemma Arterton reveals she gave birth to her first child in December
Gemma Arterton has confirmed that she welcomed her first child in December.
The actress went public with her pregnancy in November and during an appearance on Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Wednesday, she revealed the happy news of the birth of her son.
“We are very, very happy, he was born just before Christmas. A little Christmas Elf,” Gemma gushed.
The little boy is the first child for Gemma and her actor husband Rory Keenan, who starred in Peaky Blinders.
The 36-year-old actress announced her pregnancy by showing off her burgeoning baby bump at the Raindance Film Festival Awards in November.
Good news: Gemma Arterton has confirmed she welcomed her first child in December, after revealing her pregnancy in November (pictured arriving at Radio 2 on Wednesday)
Zoe told Gemma she looked fabulous after arriving at the breakfast show in a pink satin mini dress and matching coat and heels.
“It’s the power of the brush,” emphasized the new mom.
The daughter of a welder and a cleaner, Gemma grew up on a council estate in Gravesend, Kent, and won a scholarship to train at RADA before starring in the 2008 Bond film Quantum of Solace as the seductress Strawberry Fields. occurred.
The actress – who tied the knot with Peaky Blinders star Rory in a secret ceremony in 2019 – said in previous interviews that she was unsure about having children.
“I don’t think you can ever plan for the right, exact time,” she told The Times in 2013.
“I don’t feel ready for kids because I want to know that I can come back and still be valuable to the industry.”
“That will only happen when I feel a little more accomplished…or at least when I’ve achieved something I’m proud of.”
Gemma rose to fame after beating 1,500 other hopefuls for the role of Strawberry in Quantum of Solace, who forms a romantic relationship with MI6 agent played by Daniel Craig.
Breaking news: The actress spilled the happy news during an appearance on Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Wednesday, and gushed, “We’re very, very happy.”
She later admitted that she took the job at age 21 to pay off her student loans because she was “poor as a church mouse,” adding that she now sees “so much wrong” with female 007 characters .
In an interview with The Sun, she said of the acting opportunity: “At the beginning of my career I was poor as a church mouse and I was lucky just to be able to work and make a living.
“I still get criticized for taking Quantum of Solace, but I was 21, I had a student loan, and you know, it was a Bond film.
“But as I got older, I realized there was so much wrong with Bond women. Strawberry should have just said no, really, and worn flats.”
Baby news: The 36-year-old actress announced her pregnancy by showing off her burgeoning baby bump at the Raindance Film Festival Awards in November
Married: The actress, who tied the knot in a secret ceremony with Peaky Blinders star Rory Keenan in 2019 (pictured in 2018)
The actress launched her career when, at the age of 18, she received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
She has starred in a number of productions including St. Trinian’s, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Kingsman: The Secret Service and Clash Of The Titans.
Gemma is currently on the promo trail for her new Sky series Funny Woman in which she plays a beauty queen striving for TV fame.
The sitcom is based on the novel by Nick Hornby. Arterton plays Barbara Parker, a regional beauty queen (Miss Blackpool) who moves to London in search of TV fame.
New mum: Zoe told Gemma she looked fabulous after arriving at the breakfast show in a pink satin mini dress and matching coat and heels
Make-up: “It’s the power of the brush,” the new mother emphasized her glamorous look in the early morning