
Gemma Atkinson
Biography
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.
Gemma has been in a relationship with martial arts instructor Liam Richards since 2009, they got engaged in August 2012.
Gemma found fame playing Lisa Hunter int the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. Gemma then moved on to spin off series with co-star Marcus Patric in Hollyoaks: Let Loose and Hollyoaks: In The City. Gemma has starred in many TV shows, film and even video games.
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Acting History
2025
CBeebies Musical: The Great Ice Cream Hunt
2023Gemma & Gorka: Life Behind the Lens as Self
2019My Bloody Valentine as Her
2018Celebrity Catchphrase
2017Cain Hill as Elizabeth
2016Fever as Rhea Wagner
2015The Abba Christmas Party as Self
2014The Confusion of Tongues as Angel
2013The Sweet Shop as Katie Powell
2013The Dyatlov Pass Incident as Denise Evers
2012Airborne as Harriett
2011How to Stop Being a Loser as Hannah
201013Hrs as Emily
2010Baseline as Karen
2010Boogie Woogie as Charlotte Bailey
2006Hollyoaks: In the City as Lisa Hunter
2006The Real Hustle as Self
2005Hollyoaks: Let Loose
2005The Friday Night Project as Self
2002I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! as Self
1972Emmerdale as Carly Hope









