Gemma Atkinson

Gemma Louise Atkinson was born in Bury (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury), England on 16 November 1984. She is best known as a celebrity, model and actor. Atkinson's debut was in the teenage soap opera "Hollyoacs" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112004/), which had several sequels from 2001 to 2006. Since 2001, Atkinson has made many public appearances - in TV shows, videos, calendars and video games. This famous blonde (originally brunette) is probably most widely known for her appearances in reality TV series "I'm a Celebrity... Get me Out of Here!" (2006), "Celebrity Weakest Link" (2006) and "Soapstar Superstar" (2007). In the latter, she performed the following songs: Pink's (http://www.pinkspage.com/us/home) "Who knew", Eva Cassidy's (http://www.evacassidy.org/eva/eva.shtml) "Fields of gold", The Arrows' (http://uk.geocities.com/arrowfan4life/) "I love Rock n' Roll", Kylie Minogue's (http://www.kylie.com/) "Love at First Sight", Shania Twain's (http://www.shaniatwain.com/) "You're Still the One" and The Pretenders' (http://www.thepretenders.com/) "Brass in Pocket".

In 2007, Atkinson participated in a charity run, aimed to increase Breast Cancer awareness. She has had a rich charity "career". Beside the abovementioned run, she also took a 228 kilometer-long walk along the Great Chinese Wall (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/438) in April 2008 - as a part of Olivia Newton-John's (http://www.olivianewton-john.com/) breast cancer awareness charity event. She participated in various charity events aimed to aid different health causes.

Atkinson is also well known in the fast-growing video game industry. She made her debut in the tremendous "Command & Concuer: Red Alert 3", reappearing in "Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising" (http://portal.commandandconquer.com/redalert/).

As for her acting career, she has a role in the movie "Boogie Woogie" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1134664/), set to have had premiere in June 2009 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/). Atkinson also appeared in "Peter Pan" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan) at the Manchester Opera House (http://www.livenationtheatres.co.uk/index.asp?VenueID=105), alongside John Thompson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0861027/) as Captain Hook (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Hook).

According to Atkinson in "I'm a Celebrity... Get me Out of Here!", she underwent a breast enlargement surgery in early 2006. She said her fitness regime had brought to weight loss, whereby her breasts had declined.

Atkinson's modeling career mainly consists of cover-shots for men's magazines, such as Arena (http://www.arenamagazine.co.uk/), FHM (http://www.fhm.com/), Loaded (http://www.loaded.co.uk/), Maxim (http://www.maxim.com/)... Those earned her great fame in the UK. In late 2006, she lent her name to Zoo Weekly's (http://www.zootoday.com/) "Sex and relationships" column. In May 2007, she was appointed official mascot of "Hi-octane" championship (http://www.hioctaneracing.com.au/) at Silverstone (held on July 8).

Atkinson is currently focused on acting career, and is often traveling to the US. Her official webpage (http://www.gemmaatkinson.tv/index.htm) features regular updates, and the celebrity may be contacted via the contact section.