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.

Known For

Emmerdale

Waterloo Road

Celebrity Catchphrase

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

The Real Hustle

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

Boogie Woogie

Hollyoaks: In the City

All Movies (13)

• CBeebies Musical: The Great Ice Cream Hunt2025
• My Bloody Valentine2019 · as Her
• Cain Hill2017 · as Elizabeth
• Fever2016 · as Rhea Wagner
• The Abba Christmas Party2015 · as Self
• The Confusion of Tongues2014 · as Angel
• The Sweet Shop2013 · as Katie Powell
• The Dyatlov Pass Incident2013 · as Denise Evers
• Airborne2012 · as Harriett
• How to Stop Being a Loser2011 · as Hannah
• 13Hrs2010 · as Emily
• Baseline2010 · as Karen
• Boogie Woogie2010 · as Charlotte Bailey

All TV Shows (10)

• Gemma & Gorka: Life Behind the Lens2023 · as Self
• Celebrity Catchphrase2018
• Keep It in the Family2014 · as Self - Guest
• Hollyoaks: In the City2006 · as Lisa Hunter
• Waterloo Road2006 · as Mandy Bellows
• The Real Hustle2006 · as Self
• Hollyoaks: Let Loose2005
• The Friday Night Project2005 · as Self
• I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!2002 · as Self
• Emmerdale1972 · as Carly Hope