Gina Bellman
Gina Bellman
Gina Bellmanis a New Zealand-born British actress best known to American audiences as grifter Sophie Devereaux on the 2008 TNT television series Leverage. For other audiences, she's probably best known as Jane Christie in BBC's hit comedy show Coupling...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth10 July 1966
CityAuckland, New Zealand
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There is nothing worse than sitting in the make-up trailer knowing that the whole crew are twiddling their thumbs waiting for you to change your hair from straight to curly or up to down. Sometimes it can't be avoided.
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Some directors are really strong on action, manhandling you around the set; others are very focused on setting up the camera shots and practically ignore you. You have to get used to introverts, extroverts, directors who clown around for the crew, and the odd one who's monosyllabic.
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I've never worked in my natural accent, having studied so hard to get rid of it when I moved to England as a child where I was bullied at school for 'talking funny.'
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My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out.
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Many American TV actors employ agents, managers, business managers, publicists and stylists, and are now adding digital media manager to the list. Their job is to reach out to the fans, managing websites, Twitter feeds, Facebook and Wikipedia.
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I eat tons, three full meals a day, and I never go to the gym. When I was a child, my geography teacher said, 'You may be slim now but if you carry on eating like that, you'll end up being really fat.' Fortunately, I really don't think I've changed much in the past two decades, so that teacher was an idiot.
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In England, I've never had to drive myself to work. I don't think the English producers trust actors to get up at five A.M. and get to the set on time.
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I don't like dressing up, and I don't like putting on make-up or doing the red carpet. The only red carpet events I go to are if I'm supporting a friend.
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I think there was a petition online to get me involved in Doctor Who. Im not a Doctor Who fanatic, but I am a Steven Moffat fanatic.
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Every name in a TV show has to be run by the legal department first.
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Every person has parallel tracks. You have your personal life or your life as an artist, or whatever it is you do.
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French cinema allows women to look... a certain way and be talented at the same time.
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I am a big comedy fan, having been in 'Coupling.'
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I love those connections that make this big old world feel like a little village.