Gabriella Wilde
{{short description|British actress and model (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gabriella Wilde
| image = Gabriella Wilde, The Three Musketeers, 2011 (crop).jpg
| caption = Wilde at The Three Musketeers world premiere in Westfield, London, 4 October 2011
| birth_name = Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|4|8}}
| birth_place = Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
| occupation = Actress, model
| father = John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
| mother = Vanessa Hubbard
| spouse = {{marriage|Alan Pownall|2014}}
| children = 3
| relatives = Isabella Calthorpe (paternal half-sister)
Olivia Llewellyn (maternal half-sister)
| years_active = 2003–present
}}
Gabriella Zanna Vanessa Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (born 8 April 1989),{{cite web|last=Tyrnauer|first=Matt|title=Wilde English Rose|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/02/gabriella-wilde-actress-photo|work=Vanity Fair|date=February 2014|access-date=28 April 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803100930/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/02/gabriella-wilde-actress-photo|url-status=live}} known professionally as Gabriella Wilde or Gabriella Calthorpe,{{cite web|title=Gabriella Calthorpe - FMD|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/gabriella_calthorpe/|publisher=Fashion Model Directory|access-date=15 April 2014|archive-date=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531005327/http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/gabriella_calthorpe/|url-status=live}} is an English actress and model.
She has appeared in the films St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), The Three Musketeers (2011), Carrie (2013), Endless Love (2014), and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). Her television work includes the Doctor Who episode "The Vampires of Venice" (2010) and the BBC historical drama series Poldark (2016–2019).{{cite web|title=Gabriella Wilde - Tatler|url=http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/w/gabriella-wilde|work=Tatler|access-date=15 April 2014|archive-date=1 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601231111/http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/w/gabriella-wilde|url-status=dead}}
Early life
Wilde was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire. She is descended from the aristocratic Gough-Calthorpe family.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23779851-the-saints-and-sinners-of-st-trinians.do |title=The saints and sinners of St Trinian's |publisher=This Is London |access-date=2010-09-16 |date=2009-04-12 |author=Hermione Eyre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207031658/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23779851-the-saints-and-sinners-of-st-trinians.do |archive-date=7 December 2009}} Her father, businessman John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, is a former chairman of the Watermark Group, and the grandson of Sir Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet. Her mother, Vanessa Mary Theresa (née Hubbard), is the former wife of socialite Sir Dai Llewellyn, 4th Baronet.Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 115 Vanessa is a former model who sat for David Bailey and John Swannell.
Through her maternal grandfather, Wilde's ancestors include Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon, General the Hon. Thomas Gage, and Stephanus Van Cortlandt, the first native-born Mayor of New York City. Wilde's maternal grandmother's parents were peers Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop and Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
Wilde has a younger sister, Octavia, as well as five half-siblings: Olivia and Arabella Llewellyn, from her mother's first marriage, and Georgiana, Isabella, and Jacobi, from her father's first marriage, to Lady Mary-Gaye Curzon. She is also "unofficial stepsisters" with Pandora Cooper-Key and Cressida Bonas, Lady Mary-Gaye's other daughters. Isabella, Olivia and Cressida are also actresses.
Wilde and her future husband were both educated at Windlesham House School. Afterwards she attended Heathfield St Mary's School, Ascot and St Swithun's School, Winchester, before leaving to pursue a course in art while continuing with her modelling career. She smuggled vodka into Heathfield, resulting in suspension and a transfer to St Swithun's. She studied fine art at the City and Guilds of London Art School but dropped out to pursue acting.{{cite web|title=Gabriella Wilde: Teen Tatler|url=http://www.tatler.com/bystander/events/2012/april/teen-tatler-gabriella-wilde#!/7191/image/1|work=Tatler|date=11 April 2012|access-date=15 April 2014|archive-date=30 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730030704/http://www.tatler.com/bystander/events/2012/april/teen-tatler-gabriella-wilde#!/7191/image/1|url-status=live}}
Career
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Wilde began her career as a model. Spotted at age 14 by Naomi Campbell, she joined her agency Premier Model Management and appeared in campaigns for companies including L.K.Bennett, Lacoste, Abercrombie & Fitch, Burberry, Topshop and posed for InStyle, Cosmopolitan, Vogue and Nylon.{{cite web |url=http://gabriella-wilde.com/gabriella/modeling |title=Gabriella-Wilde.com |publisher=Gabriella-Wilde.com |access-date=2012-07-28 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626110746/http://gabriella-wilde.com/gabriella/modeling |url-status=dead }}
In 2007, she was named the second-most-eligible girl in Britain{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} but rejected press attention and the "It girl" label.
In December 2009, Wilde made her acting debut in the adventure comedy film St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. In May 2010, Wilde appeared in an episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who as one of the eponymous vampires in "The Vampires of Venice".{{Cite episode |title= The Vampires of Venice |series= Doctor Who |network= BBC |date= May 2010 |series-no= 5 |number= 6 }}
In December 2010, Wilde was announced to have been cast in her film debut in the adventure film The Three Musketeers, an adaptation of the novel of the same name. Wilde portrayed the role of the queen's lady-in-waiting Constance Bonacieux. The film was released in October 2011 and went on to make over $132 million worldwide,{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=threemusketeers11.htm|title=The Three Musketeers (2011)|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date=21 November 2011|archive-date=24 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124040012/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=threemusketeers11.htm|url-status=live}} but it was poorly received by critics with a rating of 24% on Rotten Tomatoes based on reviews from 90 critics.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_three_musketeers_2011/|title=The Three Musketeers|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=28 April 2020|archive-date=14 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614012517/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_three_musketeers_2011|url-status=live}}
In March 2012, Wilde was cast in the ABC Sci-Fi television pilot Dark Horse. The series centers on a science student who learns that he is the chosen one, tasked with destroying the forces of evil. The pilot was not picked up by ABC for the 2012–2013 television season.{{cite web |first=Morgan |last=Jeffery |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a369056/the-dark-knight-star-monique-gabriela-curnen-joins-abc-pilot.html |title=The Dark Knight star Monique Gabriela Curnen joins ABC pilot |work=Digital Spy |date=2012-03-02 |access-date=2017-05-27 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925010047/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a369056/the-dark-knight-star-monique-gabriela-curnen-joins-abc-pilot.html |url-status=live }} That same year Wilde starred in the short film Il Maestro and is attached to another film titled Squatters.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
As well as Dark Horse, Wilde was cast in the 2013 remake, Carrie. The film was directed by Boys Don't Cry director Kimberly Peirce and starred Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore. Filming began in June 2012 and it was released in October 2013.{{cite web |first=Hugh |last=Armitage |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a384137/gabriella-wilde-joins-carrie.html |title=Gabriella Wilde joins Carrie |work=Digital Spy |date=2012-05-29 |access-date=2012-07-28 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015758/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a384137/gabriella-wilde-joins-carrie.html |url-status=live }}
In 2013, Wilde was cast in the second film adaptation of Scott Spencer's novel Endless Love, released 2014.{{Cite web|title=Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde to Lead ENDLESS LOVE Remake|url=https://collider.com/alex-pettyfer-gabriella-wilde-endless-love/|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|date=2013-03-21|website=Collider|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01|archive-date=8 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108153449/https://collider.com/alex-pettyfer-gabriella-wilde-endless-love/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Stevens|first=Matt|title=Endless Love: Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde Trade Their "Innocence" for American Accents|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/511715/endless-love-alex-pettyfer-and-gabriella-wilde-trade-their-innocence-for-american-accents|publisher=E!|date=17 February 2014|access-date=15 April 2014|archive-date=30 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530075329/http://www.eonline.com/news/511715/endless-love-alex-pettyfer-and-gabriella-wilde-trade-their-innocence-for-american-accents|url-status=live}} She played Caroline Penvenen in the BBC drama Poldark from 2015 to 2019.{{cite web |date=6 November 2016 |author=Paul Jones |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-11-06/who-is-new-poldark-star-gabriella-wilde/ |title=Who is new Poldark star Gabriella Wilde? |work=Radio Times |access-date=27 November 2017 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035835/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-11-06/who-is-new-poldark-star-gabriella-wilde/ |url-status=live }}
Wilde joined Estée Lauder as their newest spokesmodel in 2015, becoming the face of the brand's advertising campaigns.{{cite web|url=https://www.esteelauder.com.au/estee-stories-article-best-night-ever-gabriella-wilde|title=Estée Stories Article: Best Night Ever with Gabriella Wilde|publisher=Estée Lauder|access-date=3 July 2018|archive-date=22 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622195458/http://www.esteelauder.com.au/estee-stories-article-best-night-ever-gabriella-wilde|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Wilde married musician Alan Pownall on 13 September 2014, both previously having attended Windlesham House School.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} They have three sons.{{cite news|title=POWNALL|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/births/173346/pownall|access-date=7 February 2014|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=5 February 2012|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006183313/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/births/173346/pownall|url-status=live}}
Ancestry
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| 1= 1. Gabriella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
| 2= 2. John Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
| 3= 3. Vanessa Teresa Hubbard (1958-)
| 4= 4. Sir Richard Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 2nd Bt. (1908-1985)
| 5= 5. Nancy Moireach Malcolmson (1912-1976)
| 6= 6. Lt.-Cdr. Theodore Bernard Peregrine Hubbard (1923-)
| 7= 7. Lady Miriam Fitzalan-Howard (1924-1996)
| 8= 8. FitzRoy Hamilton Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 1st Baronet
| 9= 9. Hon. Rachel Gough-Calthorpe (1871-1951)
| 10= 10. Vernon Austen Malcolmson (1872-1947)
| 11= 11. Hon. Lilian Strutt (1877-1956)
| 12= 12. Theodore Stephan Hubbard (d. 1934)
| 13= 13. Lavinia May Bertie (1887-1978)
| 14= 14. Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop
| 15= 15. Mona Josephine Tempest Stapleton, 11th Baroness Beaumont
| 16= 16. Robert Hamilton Lloyd-Anstruther
| 17= 17. Gertrude Louisa Georgina FitzRoy (1850-1927),
granddaughter of Lord William FitzRoy
| 18= 18. Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe
| 19= 19. Maud Augusta Louisa Duncombe (1850-1925),
daughter of Hon. Octavius Duncombe
| 20= 20. George Forbes Malcolmson (1840-1923)
| 21= 21. Catherine Annesley Austen,
descendant of Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey
| 22= 22. Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper
| 23= 23. Lady Margaret Coke (1852-1922),
daughter of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester
| 24= 24. Thomas Hubbard (1809-1878)
| 25= 25. Emily Fanny Parish (1827-1892),
daughter of Sir Woodbine Parish
| 26= 26. Hon. Alberic Edward Bertie (1846-1928),
son of Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon
| 27= 27. Lady Caroline Elizabeth McDonnell (d. 1930),
daughter of Mark McDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim
| 28= 28. Francis Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Glossop (1859-1924),
son of Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop
| 29= 29. Clara Louisa Greenwood (1852-1887)
| 30= 30. Miles Stapleton, 10th Baron Beaumont
| 31= 31. Ethel Mary Tempest (1864-1937)
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Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film roles of Gabriella Wilde |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2009
| St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Saffy | |
| 2011
| Constance Bonacieux | |
| 2013
| Carrie | |
| 2014
| Jade Butterfield | |
| 2014
| Kelley | Direct-to-video film |
| 2020
| Raquel | {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/wonder-woman-1984-casting-ravi-patel-1202435167/|title=Ravi Patel & Gabriella Wilde Boarding Wonder Woman 1984|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=27 July 2018|access-date=27 July 2018|archive-date=29 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729085835/https://deadline.com/2018/07/wonder-woman-1984-casting-ravi-patel-1202435167/|url-status=live}} |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television roles of Gabriella Wilde |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2010
| Sister of the Water (Vampire Girl) | Episode: "The Vampires of Venice" |
| 2012
| Dark Horse | Wynter-Lee Cardigan | Unsold TV pilot |
| 2016–2019
| Poldark | Caroline Penvenen | Main role (series 2–5) |
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Category:Actresses from Basingstoke
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