HARPER’S BAZAAR UK – Gemma Arterton has just returned from finding God in Nepal. “I’ve been learning all about Christianity,” she tells me cheerfully, when we meet for coffee in the cosy Drawing Room of London’s Soho Hotel. Arterton is dressed casually in jeans, a soft black woollen jumper and a pair of chunky crocodile-effect boots, her skin so impossibly luminous that you wouldn’t for a moment image she has recently stepped off a long-haul flight from the Himalayas.

If it sounds as though she has gone all Eat, Pray, Love on us, that impression is swiftly dispelled. Arterton’s trip to Jomsom, a spectacularly scenic village in Nepal’s Mustang District, was to film Black Narcissus, a BBC TV adaptation of Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel about a group of Anglican nuns sent to the mountains to open a convent, and her interest in religion is purely academic. “I’ve been reading this amazing book about becoming a nun – you have to kind of shut yourself down and then start again in God’s vision,” she says. “My character, Sister Clodagh, has managed to close off her entire personality, and then when she gets to Nepal, the sheer beauty of the place opens her up again, and she unravels.”

Brought up in a down-to-earth, straight-talking family in Kent, Arterton herself has had no such crises of faith to contend with, though she acknowledges having some kind of ‘higher beliefs’. “I don’t have a religion, but I’m into spirituality,” she says. “I definitely like the idea there’s something else, and who knows what that is? I think I’d feel saddened to think this is it.” Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that her forthcoming projects deal with the tension between reality and something just beyond it. While Black Narcissus shows a woman falling apart in the face of her own spiritual doubt, Arterton’s newest film, the beautifully shot World War II drama Summerland, tells a rather more hopeful story of a reclusive writer, Alice, who becomes progressively more open-minded – and open-hearted – as the narrative progresses. “I do tend to get those parts now – the really cranky people who soften,” reflects Arterton.

Yesterday night (October 01) Gemma attended the BFI Luminous Fundraising Gala held at The Roundhouse in London.

She looked splendid! She was wearing a velvet dress from the Emilia Wickstead Fall 2019 collection with Aquazzura ruffled suede sandals and Annoushka drop earrings.

Several photos from the evening have now been added to the gallery! Enjoy

Back on Tuesday night (June 11), Gemma attended the Sentebale Audi Concert at Hampton Court Palace in London. Sentebale charity was founded by Their Royal Highnesses The Duke of Sussex and Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso in 2006.

Gemma was wearing a gold sequinned mini-dress which she styled up with a grey polo neck underneath, complete with some edgy black sandals.

Several photos from the event have now been added to the gallery, enjoy!

Last night (May 09) Gemma attended a private dinner hosted by Michael Kors to celebrate the new Collection Bond St Flagship Townhouse opening in London. She looked so amazing! I’m very glad to see her out again. I missed her face!

Photos from the event can now be found in the gallery. Enjoy!

The site has been updated with some news on Vita & Virginia! Finally we have a trailer for the movie and also a promotional poster which has been added to the gallery, together with some new production stills.

The trailer sadly doesn’t featured a release date yet but let’s hope it’ll be soon.

Enjoy!

Yesterday (March 21) Gemma attended the Vita & Virginia premiere during the opening night of the BFI Flare Festival. The movie will be released in the UK later in the summer (July).

Several photos from the event have now been added to the gallery, be sure to check them out and enjoy!

Back on February 26 Gemma attended the Christian Dior Show during the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020. Gemma looked amazing wearing all things Dior!

Several photos from the event have been added to our gallery, from both the arrival and first row. Enjoy!