Background
Ethnicity:
Bellman was born in New Zealand to Jewish parents of Russian and Polish origin who emigrated to New Zealand from England in the 1950s
Bellman was born in New Zealand to Jewish parents of Russian and Polish origin who emigrated to New Zealand from England in the 1950s. Her family returned to the United Kingdom when she was eleven years old.
Gina Bellman was once in a long term relationship with Sam Rockwell, splitting up some time in 2004. Bellman is currently married to Lucho Brieva, since July 2005. They have a daughter, Romy, born in late 2009.
Career
After making her debut in an episode of Into the Labyrinth in 1982, and a two-episode stint in Grange Hill in 1984, she became a household name for her performance in the title role in Dennis Potter's drama Blackeyes. She is also well known for playing Jane in the sitcom Coupling. Her other TV roles include Waking the Dead, Jonathan Creek, Little Napoleons, and one-off appearances in Only Fools and Horses and Hotel Babylon.
She has also appeared in several feature films including King David, which starred Richard Gere and Edward Woodward.
She co-starred alongside James Nesbitt in the 2007 BBC One drama serial Jekyll, a modern-day sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, written by Coupling author Steven Moffat.
In 2008 she began appearing on the TNT channel's serial drama Leverage, starring Timothy Hutton.