Gemma Arterton is slapped with a fine after she is caught speeding behind the wheel of her Toyota in Sussex

By Richard Eden[1]

Published: 00:56, 13 January 2024 | Updated: 01:47, 13 January 2024

She's moved at pace ever since starring opposite Daniel Craig[2] as Bond girl Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace.

But Gemma Arterton[3] is now in danger of being confined to the slow lane, after she was caught speeding in her Toyota.

The British actress, 37, is accused of exceeding the 30mph speed limit on the A270, a road which alternates between dual and single carriageway.

She was caught by an automatic camera while driving in East Sussex and fined by Brighton[4] magistrates - thought to be for around GBP100.

Gemma lives in a GBP1.8 million farmhouse near Brighton with her Irish actor husband Rory Keenan and their one-year-old son.

The actress tied the knot to Rory who starred in Peaky Blinders, in a secret ceremony,[5] four years after her divorce from Italian businessman Stefano Catelli, who she married in 2010.

Gemma Arterton has been fined by Brighton magistrates after a speed camera snared her Toyota exceeding 30mph on the A270

Gemma shot to fame after she beat 1,500 other hopefuls to the role of Strawberry in Quantum of Solace[6], who becomes romantically involved with the MI6 agent.

She later admitted that aged 21, she took the job to pay off her student loan because she was 'as poor as a church mouse', adding that she now sees 'so much wrong' with 007 female characters.

Reflecting on the acting opportunity, she said in an interview with The Sun[7]: 'At the beginning of my career, I was poor as a church mouse and I was happy just to be able to work and earn a living.

'I still get criticism for accepting 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 realised there was so much wrong with Bond women.

Strawberry should have just said no, really, and worn flat shoes.'

Last year, Gemma spoke very candidly about sexism still present in the film industry and slammed the 'dinosaurs' still working with outdated attitudes[8].

The actress admitted she was told to be less vocal about feminism before the #MeToo movement and shared her frustration about the 'hypocrisy' in the industry.

The British actress, 37, who lives in a GBP1.8 million farmhouse was fined by Brighton magistrates - thought to be for around GBP100

The actress tied the knot with Peaky Blinders star Rory Keenan in a secret ceremony in 2019 and the pair welcomed their son three years later (pictured here in 2018)

She said although things are getting better, there are still 'old dinosaurs' who have outdated attitudes and behaviours and said it is 'tragic' people are still facing sexism

Speaking on the Reign with Josh Smith podcast, she said: 'There are certain dinosaurs that are still working to this day.

'It has changed a lot thankfully since the sixties but there's definitely still things where I feel like it's more about the old dinosaurs that are still working where you kind of have to shake them and go, "hello this is 2023, we don't do that anymore!"'

Gemma revealed she was also told to be less opinionated about feminism by a Hollywood manager and said she was told it could 'hold' her career back.

She fumed over the 'hypocrisy' in the industry as she said the same manager then supported the #MeToo movement years later, when feminism became 'fashionable'.

She said: 'I think back when all of this Times Up, #MeToo stuff was happening, it just felt like this is the time to speak up but even before then, I was speaking up and I remember I was speaking up about equal pay or something, you know, just feminist s**t.

'And this American manager came to see me in a show and he literally said, "can you stop the feminism thing because it's not doing you any favours".

References

1. ^ Richard Eden (www.dailymail.co.uk)
2. ^ Daniel Craig (www.dailymail.co.uk)
3. ^ Gemma Arterton (www.dailymail.co.uk)
4. ^ Brighton (www.dailymail.co.uk)
5. ^ tied the knot to Rory who starred in Peaky Blinders, in a secret ceremony, (www.dailymail.co.uk)
6. ^ Strawberry in Quantum of Solace (www.dailymail.co.uk)
7. ^ The Sun (www.thesun.co.uk)
8. ^ slammed the 'dinosaurs' still working with outdated attitudes (www.dailymail.co.uk)