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From the product she can’t be without, to her mother’s skincare advice, actress Gemma Chan reveals all
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It’s fair to say actress Gemma Chan had a real-life Sliding Doors moment. Having graduated in law from Oxford University in 2004, she turned down a job with one of London’s leading law firms and changed track completely, spending a year working as a model in order to fund her studies at Drama Centre London.
“I feel so glad and fortunate to have had the education that I did but in the end, I decided to follow my passion for storytelling,” she says.
Fast-forward to 2020 and the 38-year-old actress has a CV boasting films including Crazy Rich Asians and Captain Marvel, while this month sees the release of Let Them All Talk, in which she stars alongside Meryl Streep. In addition, she is a voice for inclusivity and feminism and has just been announced as L’Oréal Paris’s new global spokesperson.