Anna Gilthorpe (born 4 February 1984) is an English actress from

Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located o ...

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 service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes for a 16 to 34-year-old target aud ...

sitcom '' The Gemma Factor''. She is on screen alongside Claire King, Angus Barnett,

Ross Adams Ross Adams (born 5 May 1984) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of Scott Drinkwell in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' from 2015 to 2024, for which he won the British Soap Award for Best Male Dramatic Performance for in ...

and

Gwyneth Powell Gwyneth Leith (5 July 1946 – 8 September 2022), better known by her stage name Gwyneth Powell, was an English actress. She was best known for her portrayal of headmistress Bridget McClusky in the BBC television series ''Grange Hill'' for elev ...

in the sitcom, which is written by

Tony Pitts Anthony Pitts (born 10 October 1962) is an English actor, most notable for playing Archie Brooks in the long-running British soap '' Emmerdale Farm'' between 1983 and 1993. Early life Pitts was born in Sheffield, England. His family was wo ...

. Gilthorpe grew up in

Gosforth Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, situated north of the Newcastle City Centre, City Centre. It constituted a separate Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district of Northumberland from 1895 until 1974 before of ...

, and went to Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School. She joined the

National Youth Music Theatre The National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) is an arts organisation in the United Kingdom providing pre-professional education and musical theatre stage experience for young people. Based in London, it is constituted as a private limited company (or ...

and, after leaving school, studied musical theatre at the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools 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 firs ...

. 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 George III authorised the founding of a theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne in the 1780s. Newcastle's original Theatre Royal o ...

and Pimlico Opera, and in a production of

Mack & Mabel ''Mack & Mabel'' is a musical with a book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman. The plot involves the tumultuous romantic relationship between Hollywood director Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand (transformed from an artist's mod ...

and an episode of

Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a Spin-off (media), spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' ...

, before being offered the leading role of Gemma in The Gemma Factor. She has also appeared in Doctors and Holby City.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilthorpe, Anna Living people English television actresses 1984 births Actresses from Newcastle upon Tyne