Happy Birthday Gemma Chan! One of her earliest works is the 2009 episode of Doctor Who, "The Waters of Mars”, playing Maggie Cain, a crew member of Bowie Base One on Mars. Then, she two episodes in 2010 of the perfect comedy, The IT Crowd; an exclusive member, Ivana, of the 8+ game show club, she starred with Benedict Wong (later Wong in the Doctor Strange films). She was also the female Sulu in Douglas Reynolm’s video. Chan followed it up with the "Blind Baker" episode of Sherlock Holmes with Benedict Cumberbatch (now Doctor Strange). Also that year, she was in the directoral debut of Richard Ayoade (from IT Crowd)'s adaptation, Submarine.
Next she starred as Charlotte in the Secret Diary of a Call Girl that featured Billie Piper, as Belle de Jour, from Doctor Who. Chan was Amy Chang in the Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) film, spinning off the Tom Clancy books, and directed by Kenneth Branagh. Her next series was Humans (2015-2018) where she played the synth, Mia. Next, Chan had a cameo in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). She had leading lady status with Crazy Rich Asians (2018) as Astrid Leong-Teo based on the Kevin Kwan novel. Chan followed it up with Captain Marvel (2019) playing Minn-Erva, Kree member of Starforce. This year, she voiced Naamari in the animated movie, Raya and the Last Dragon. Now, Chan is Sersei inThe Eternals, directed by Chloé Zhao!
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