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Gemma Atkinson
Occupation:Actor
Born:November 16, 1984
Birthplace:Greater Manchester, England
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Gemma Atkinson is a British actress and model. She is best known for acting in the TV show Hollyoaks, modeling for lingerie brands and men`s magazines, and dating Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

Early Life
Gemma Louise Atkinson was born in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, on 16 November 1984. Before getting into acting and modeling, she studied at Castlebrook High School. Atkinson started out as a teen model, reportedly earning as much as 10,000 pounds per shoot.

Personal Life
In the year 2005, Gemma Atkinson reportedly started seeing actor Cleveland Campbell for a brief period of time. In 2007, she began dating then-Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. The two soon broke up but neither of them divulged any details on the highly-discussed split. Later that year, she began seeing another footballer, Marcus Bent. The couple even got engaged but broke up the following year.

Atkinson and martial arts instructor Liam Richards were once an item. They called it off in 2013 and the Hollyoaks star began going out with former rugby player and fitness trainer Olly Foster. Atkinson revealed the news of their break-up in 2016.

TV Career
Atkinson`s most prominent acting role came on the teenage soap opera Hollyoaks from 2001 to 2005. She played the role of Lisa Hunter and was subsequently cast in three Hollyoaks spinoffs. In 2007, the actress appeared as a contestant in the shows Soapstar Superstar and I`m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! In 2011, she began appearing in the British medical drama Casualty and the soap opera Emmerdale, in 2015.

Movie Career
The year 2009 saw Gemma Atkinson make her film debut with a small role in the comedy film Boogie Woogie. The following year saw her featured in a more prominent role in the horror film 13Hrs. She was then seen in a lead role in the comedy film How to Stop Being a Loser (2011), opposite Simon Phillips. A year later, she reunited with the actor for the horror film Airborne, which also stars Mark Hamill. After acting in Devil`s Pass (2013) and The Confusion of Tongues (2014), Gemma Atkinson made her Bollywood debut with Rajeev Jhaveri`s suspense thriller Fever (2016). The actress admits that she found delivering dialogues in Hindi difficult but would love to be a part of more Bollywood movies.

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Did You Know? (2)

  • Gemma Atkinson regularly appears in men's magazines like Arena, FHM, Maxim, Zoo, Nuts, and Loaded. In October 2006 she actually appeared on three magazine covers.
  • Gemma Atkinson repeatedly appears in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women list, going as high up as number 18 in 2008.
  • Personal Quotes (2)

  • "I’d much rather be having a pajama night with my friends or in my trackies cuddled up with my two dogs than dressed to the nines and getting special treatment."
  • "If you've got a day in the studio, you need to eat well and get a workout in, in the morning to get you through. Weekends you can treat yourself, though, life's too short not to eat cake."