Gemma Louise Atkinson is an English actress, television personality and glamour and lingerie
model.
Personal life Originally from Bury, Greater Manchester,
Atkinson took her GCSEs at Castlebrook High School before becoming a commercial and photographic
model.
Atkinson has dated Cristiano Ronaldo and was engaged to Marcus Bent but they have since
split up Atkinson was in a relationship with martial
arts instructor Liam Richards.
The two separated in 2013.
She is now in a relationship with former rugby player Olly Foster who is a personal trainer.
Acting career
Atkinson rose to fame playing Lisa Hunter on the Channel 4 teenage soap opera Hollyoaks.
Atkinson and Marcus Patric subsequently appeared in a "spin-off" series called Hollyoaks: Let
Loose for E4, in which their characters started a new life together in Chester.
This was followed by Hollyoaks: In the City, also screened on E4.
Atkinson made her debut video game appearance in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 in the role
of Lt. Eva McKenna, which she reprised in Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising.
She also took part in EA's "Be The One" event in Trafalgar Square on 29 October 2008, which
forms part of the London Games Festival.
Atkinson has also played Goldie Lookin Chain's love interest in the music video for the single
"R'n'B" and featured on the cover of the CD single release.
In theatre, Atkinson appeared in Peter Pan at the Manchester Opera House in December
2008.
She took the title role alongside John Thomson who played Captain Hook.
Other TV roles included appearing as herself in the pilot for Plus One, part of the pilot
series Comedy Showcase in October 2009.
In early April 2009 she finished filming for an episode of The Bill.
She plays Ria Crossley the girlfriend of a drug dealer.
In film, Atkinson has appeared in the British independent film Boogie Woogie, which premiered
at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2009.
She has done filming for a forthcoming horror film called 13Hrs in February 2009 and a new
UK gangster film called Baseline in March 2009.
Atkinson appeared in the West End production of Tim Firth's Calendar Girls at the Noël
Coward Theatre, from July 28 to October 17, 2009 where she played the character of Elaine.
Atkinson also went on tour with Calendar Girls, she played Celia aka Miss September in the
production.
The January to April 2010 tour of Calendar Girls also starred Lynda Bellingham, Judith
Barker, Debbie Chazen, Letitia Dean and Jan Harvey.
Atkinson played the lead female role, Belinda, in Neil LaBute's play This Is How It Goes
at The King's Head Theatre in Islington, London from Sept 7th - Oct 3rd 2010.
In 2010 she appeared in the film The Sweet Shop, a romantic comedy about a Hollywood
superstar and a small town sweetshop owner.
She finished filming in Dec 2010 on the romantic comedy How to Stop Being a Loser with Richard
E. Grant, Jill Halfpenny and Pamela Anderson produced by 'Press On Features Ltd'.The film
is due out in October 2011.
At the beginning of May 2011 Atkinson started filming for her part in BBC medical drama
Casualty.
She played the part of Tamzin, a paramedic.
Atkinson appeared onscreen from Sat 13 August 2011, but had confirmed on Twitter that she
was only there for 10 weeks She left the show on 1 October 2011, after her sixth appearance.
It has been announced that she is rejoining the series, again playing Tamzin.
The premiere of Atkinson's latest film How to Stop Being a Loser took place on 14th Nov
2011.
Her upcoming film Airborne is still in post-production.
A first version has been displayed at the 2011 The Cannes Film Festival.
Atkinson started filming her next project on 2 Dec 2011.
It is a remake of Night of the Living Dead, which is to be shot in a 3-D format.
She plays Barbara, the main female character.
Atkinson finished filming the movie called Devil's Pass in the US and The Dyatlov Pass
Incident in the UK in March 2012, a film directed by Renny Harlin.
Atkinson has just started filming for BBC1s Casualty.
She was initially on the show for three months last year 2011, but she confirmed via Twitter
that she is currently filming new episodes in Cardiff.
She's filming until August 2012.
Atkinson has just finished filming a Bollywood movie...entitled 'FEVER'... starring Rajeev
Khandelwal and is out in Sept 2013...It was produced by Rajeev Jhaveri and is a suspense-thriller
set in Switzerland.
Atkinson's film The Dyatlov Pass Incident went on general release in the UK in August
2013 Also in 2013 Atkinson appeared in the video
to Rizzle Kicks's song Skip to the Good Bit.
Atkinson is currently filming for her part in BBC medical drama Casualty were she again
plays the part of Tamzin, a paramedic.
She finishes filming at the end of May 2014 when her episodes will be shown.
TV personality
Atkinson has appeared as a contestant on reality TV series such as I'm a Celebrity...Get Me
Out of Here!, Celebrity Weakest Link in December 2006, Celebrity MasterChef and ITV's Soapstar
Superstar in January 2007.
She reached the last four stage of Soapstar Superstar.
Songs performed on Soapstar Superstar: Day 1: "Who Knew"
Day 2: "Fields of Gold" Day 3: "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"/Joan Jett & The
Blackhearts Day 4: "Love at First Sight"
Day 5: "You're Still the One" Day 6: "Brass in Pocket"; Pink Medley: "Just
like a Pill"/"Feel Good Time"/"Last to Know" In November 2007, she appeared on ITV in I'm
a Celebrity...
Get Me Out of Here! in Australia, coming fifth in the competition.
In January 2008, Atkinson appeared on Celebrity Mastermind, with Marcus Patric.
On 15/16 March 2008, Atkinson co-presented the Play.com Live gaming expo at Wembley Stadium
with Virgin Radio presenter Iain Lee.
Atkinson and her family appeared on All Star Family Fortunes on 20 September 2008, competing
against Antony Cotton and his family.
The Atkinsons did not win the show; however, Gemma was given £1,000 for her chosen charity.
On 12 November 2008, she appeared in Jack Osbourne's ITV2 show Adrenaline Junkie filmed
in South Africa.
She did a bungee jump, a skydive, a glider flight and swam with great white sharks.
Glamour modelling In early 2006, Atkinson underwent breast enlargement
surgery, which took her bra size to a 34E.
She said in an interview that she lost weight due to a fitness regimen and her bust size
declined and that the surgery then gave them the original size and shape they once had.
Since launching her parallel career as a glamour model, Atkinson has appeared in provocative
photoshoots in lingerie and swimwear, for men's magazines such as Arena, FHM, Loaded,
Maxim, Zoo and Nuts.
In October 2006, she appeared in three of the aforementioned magazines in one month,
becoming one of the most prolific celebrity glamour models in the UK.
She has also released calendars yearly since 2006, with the 2008 and 2009 being shot in
Thailand.
Since 2006, she has appeared in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list, debuting at number 32
in 2006; following her appearance on the cover of FHM, she moved up to 23 in 2007; rising
again to 18 in 2008 and falling to 81 in 2009.
She ranked number 46 in AskMen.com's 99 Sexiest Women of 2008.
Promotional work Atkinson has undertaken a wide range of promotional
work; she was the female face of the 2007 British Grand Prix and worked for the Orange
promotion "On Yer Bike London" prior to the Tour De France.
She has also modelled for lingerie brands, including being the face of La Senza and Ultimo's
D-G range.
She opened Ultimo stores within Debenhams branches in London, Belfast and Glasgow.
Charity work In September 2007, Atkinson did a five-kilometre
charity run for breast cancer awareness.
She embarked upon a 228 kilometres walk along the Great Wall of China in April 2008, as
part of a charity event organised by Olivia Newton-John's breast cancer awareness charity.
She was joined on her section of the walk by celebrities Marcus Patric and Ant and Dec
amongst others.
The walk was intended to symbolise the steps cancer patients must take on their road to
recovery.
Atkinson visited The Home and Garden Show at Chester Racecourse on 5 June 2008 to unveil
the room she designed with furniture store owner Arighi Bianchi which would be suitable
for teenagers in conjunction with the Teenage Cancer Trust charity.
Her room design later won first prize and she collected a trophy for her efforts.
It was created in association with Teenage Cancer Trust, the Home and Garden Show's official
charity, and the design will now be incorporated into the TCT unit at Christie Hospital, Manchester.
Atkinson has also been asked to become a full ambassador for the TCT charity.
On 8 January 2009, Atkinson was at Spinningfields in Manchester helping to launch The Great
Manchester Run, a 10 kilometres run for charity that took place on 17 May 2009.
At the launch, she was joined by singer Russell Watson, and actors Anthony Cotton and Britt
Ekland.
Atkinson ran to raise funds for the New Children's Hospital appeal.
She finished the 10k run on 17 May 2009 with a time of 1 hour 6 mins.
In May 2010 Atkinson again took part in the Great Manchester Run, she was competing on
behalf of Manchester's Christie Hospital.
She hoped to beat her time from the previous year's run of 1 hour 6 mins.
She ran a time of 57 minutes, beating her 2009 time by 9 minutes.
In 2011 she again beat her previous year's time, running 55 minutes.
Filmography See also
List of glamour models References
External links Official website
Gemma Atkinson at the Internet Movie Database