Anna Gilthorpe (born 4 February 1984) is an English actress from
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is ...
best known for playing Gemma Collinge, who "wants to be famous and hounded by the world’s press by the time she turns 21", in the
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, curre ...
sitcom ''
The Gemma Factor
''The Gemma Factor'' is a BBC Three sitcom starring Anna Gilthorpe, Claire King and Gwyneth Powell. The series premiered on Tuesday 9 March 2010, and has six episodes.
Overview
The series is set in a town called Lumb in West Yorkshire, some ...
''.
She is on screen alongside
Claire King
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,
Angus Barnett
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,
Ross Adams
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Life and career
Adams moved to Manchester ...
and
Gwyneth Powell
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Background
Po ...
in the sitcom, which is written by
Tony Pitts
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Early life
Pitts was born in Sheffield, England. His family was wor ...
.
Gilthorpe grew up in
Gosforth
Gosforth is a suburb of the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It constituted a separate Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district from 1895 until 1974 before officially merging with the city of New ...
,
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is ...
, and went to
Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School
Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School (also known locally as "Church High") was a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for girls in Jesmond, less than a mile north of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Until 2014 it ...
.
She joined the
National Youth Music Theatre
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and, after leaving school, studied musical theatre at the
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...
.
She made appearances at the
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
The Theatre Royal is a historic theatre, a Grade I listed building situated on Grey Street in Newcastle upon Tyne.
History
The theatre was designed by local architects John and Benjamin Green as part of Richard Grainger's grand design for the ce ...
and Pimlico Opera, and in a production of
Mack & Mabel
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and an episode of
Holby City
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, before being offered the leading role of Gemma in
The Gemma Factor
''The Gemma Factor'' is a BBC Three sitcom starring Anna Gilthorpe, Claire King and Gwyneth Powell. The series premiered on Tuesday 9 March 2010, and has six episodes.
Overview
The series is set in a town called Lumb in West Yorkshire, some ...
.
She has also appeared in Doctors and Holby City.
References
External links
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Living people
English television actresses
1984 births
Actresses from Newcastle upon Tyne