Gemma Arterton
Gemma Arterton

Gemma Arterton

  • Actor and producer

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Funny Woman Series 2 begins production

Production is underway on the second series of Funny Woman, the Sky comedy drama starring Gemma Arterton. Tim Key, Gemma Whelan and Roisin Conaty are amongst those joining the cast.

British Comedy Guide, 12th January 2024

Funny Woman to return for Series 2

Sky has recommissioned period comedy Funny Woman, about a female comedian and writer in the 1960s, starring Gemma Arterton.

British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2023

Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2023 nominees

Big Boys, Derry Girls, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Everyone Else Burns, Extraordinary, Trying, Late Night Lycett, Taskmaster and The Graham Norton Show are amongst the nominees in the Edinburgh TV Awards 2023 shortlists.

British Comedy Guide, 27th June 2023

Gemma Arterton interview

'In real life, I'm quite silly'. The actor and producer on the joy of clowning around in her new comedy Funny Woman, how female solidarity has changed her professional life, and her top choice for a karaoke belter.

Michael Hogan, The Observer, 19th March 2023

The week in TV: Funny Woman

Gemma Arterton's Blackpool sitcom queen is an idealised trailblazer.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 13th February 2023

Funny Woman review

Funny Woman, with a stinging script by Morwenna Banks, shamelessly revels in all the raunchy sexism of the 1960s while mocking the men who assumed every attractive female figure was topped off by a head full of air.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th February 2023

Funny Woman reviewed by comedian and The Traitors star Hannah Byczkowski

Why Gemma Arterton's new drama drove me mad.

Hannah Byczkowski and Ruth Lawes, Metro, 9th February 2023

Funny Woman review

Gemma Arterton is absolutely captivating in this Nick Hornby adaptation.

Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 9th February 2023

Funny Woman review

Gemma Arterton stars in a paean to a certain era of innocent, slapstick comedy.

Jessie Thompson, The Independent, 9th February 2023

Funny Woman review

Arterton shines through the showbiz clichés.

Carol Midgley, The Times, 9th February 2023

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