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Gina Bellman

British actress Gina Bellman is familiar to television audiences around the world for her performance as the unforgettable kook Jane in the hit British series Coupling. She recently co-starred in such British television productions as Jekyll, Napoleon, Nearly Famous and Ted and Ralph. She first caught the British public's attention when she was cast in the title role in Dennis Potter's groundbreaking and controversial miniseries Blackeyes. She is currently contributing to a new conceptual series for the BBC titled The CGI Sketch Show.

Bellman is an accomplished stage actress, regularly performing at the Royal National Theatre and in London's West End. Most recently, Mike Leigh directed her in his play Two Thousand Years. Her other theatrical credits include Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick, which won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy; Insignificance, in which she played Marilyn Monroe; and the West End production of Speed the Plow. She also portrayed Ophelia in Sir Peter Hall's production of Hamlet.

Bellman's film performances include such movies as Leon the Pig Farmer, Paranoid, Six Days to Live, Sitting Ducks, Silent Trigger and Dennis Potter's Secret Friends. In the United States., she has appeared in such independent films as Zerophilia and Permanent Vacation.

Born and raised in New Zealand, Bellman got her start in the business appearing at the age of 15 in The Crucible at the Royal National Theatre. A keen writer, she has published comment and travel articles and has contributed to the Observer newspaper.


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Gina Bellman Facts

OccupationActress
BirthdayJuly 10, 1966 (57)
SignCancer
BirthplaceLondon, England, United Kingdom

Selected Filmography

Silent Trigger
Leverage: The Final Season
Leverage: Season 4
Leverage: Season 2
Leverage: Season 3
Leverage: Season 1
Flushed
Jane and the Truth Snake
King David
Split
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