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.

Filmography

• 2025CBeebies Musical: The Great Ice Cream Hunt
• Gemma & Gorka: Life Behind the Lens — Self, Associate Producer
• 2019My Bloody Valentine — Her
• Celebrity Catchphrase
• 2017Cain Hill — Elizabeth
• 2016Fever — Rhea Wagner
• 2014The Confusion of Tongues — Angel
• 2013The Dyatlov Pass Incident — Denise Evers
• 2013The Sweet Shop — Katie Powell
• 2012Airborne — Harriett
• 2011How to Stop Being a Loser — Hannah
• 201013Hrs — Emily
• 2010Baseline — Karen
• 2010Boogie Woogie — Charlotte Bailey
• Hollyoaks: In the City — Lisa Hunter
• Waterloo Road — Mandy Bellows
• Hollyoaks: Let Loose — Lisa Hunter
• Emmerdale — Carly Hope

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2015The Abba Christmas Party — Self
• Keep It in the Family — Self - Guest
• The Real Hustle — Self
• The Friday Night Project — Self
• I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! — Self