Studied law at the University of Oxford, but declined a job at the law firm Slaughter and May after graduation, and chose to pursue a career in acting.
Reached the final 3 in the first season of Sky One's Project Catwalk in 2006.
Worked as a model for a year to raise money for drama school, applying without her parents' knowledge.
Appeared in the play Turandot at the Hampstead Theatre in London in 2008.
Sold the dress she wore to the 2013 BAFTA Awards for eBay's Big Charity 50, donating the money to Breast Cancer Care.
Gemma Chan
November 29, 1982 (age 41)
London, England, UK
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Studied law at the University of Oxford, but declined a job at the law firm Slaughter and May after graduation, and chose to pursue a career in acting.
Reached the final 3 in the first season of Sky One's Project Catwalk in 2006.
Worked as a model for a year to raise money for drama school, applying without her parents' knowledge.
Appeared in the play Turandot at the Hampstead Theatre in London in 2008.
Sold the dress she wore to the 2013 BAFTA Awards for eBay's Big Charity 50, donating the money to Breast Cancer Care.