Emma Atkins
{{short description|English actress (born 1975)}}
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| name = Emma Atkins
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| birth_name = Emma Jayne Atkins
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|03|31|df=y}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Interview+Emma+Atkins%3a+Giving+my+all+to+Charity%3b+Emmerdale+star+Emma...-a074728737|title=Interview Emma Atkins: Giving my all to Charity|last=Cunningham|first=Tessa|date=19 May 2001|work=Daily Mirror|publisher=Trinity Mirror|access-date=25 January 2012}}
| birth_place = Morecambe, Lancashire, England
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1999–present
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| children = 1
| known_for = Role of Charity Dingle in Emmerdale (2000–2005, 2009–)
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Emma Jayne Atkins (born 31 March 1975) is an English actress, best known for her role as Charity Dingle in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
Early life
Atkins grew up in the village of Silverdale, Lancashire,{{Cite news|url=https://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/emmerdale-actress-emma-stars-in-silverdale-pub-opening-1-7905587|title=Emmerdale actress Emma stars in Silverdale pub opening|work=The Visitor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227160202/https://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/emmerdale-actress-emma-stars-in-silverdale-pub-opening-1-7905587 | archive-date=27 February 2017 | date=12 May 2016}} and then went to study at the University of Salford.{{Cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/emmerdale-has-faith-in-charity-928115.amp|title=Emmerdale has faith in Charity|work=Manchester Evening News|access-date=23 January 2020}} Atkins' mother worked in Wakefield Prison.
Career
Atkins is known for portraying the role of Charity Dingle on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale since 2000.{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CHRISTMAS+SOAPS%3b+This+Christmas+is+going+to+be+a+real+cracker.-a080361381|title=This Christmas is going to be a real cracker|last=Brown|first=Merle|date=28 November 2001|work=Daily Record|publisher=Trinity Mirror|access-date=25 January 2012}} After first leaving Emmerdale, Atkins appeared in episodes of the BBC series Dalziel and Pascoe, Mayo, I'm with Stupid, New Street Law, Doctors and Casualty. In 2008 she played Lesley Ashton in Heartbeat series 17 episode 8
On 18 March 2009, it was revealed that Atkins would be returning to Emmerdale, reprising her role of Charity,{{cite news |title=Charity's coming back |url=http://www.itv.com/Soaps/emmerdale/newsandgossip/Charityscomingback159/default.html |publisher=ITV.com |date=18 March 2009 |access-date=3 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321100948/http://www.itv.com/Soaps/emmerdale/newsandgossip/Charityscomingback159/default.html |archive-date=21 March 2009 }} and she made her reappearance on 1 October 2009. She took a brief break in 2015 when she gave birth to her son, but returned shortly after.
Awards and nominations
Atkins has been nominated for numerous awards for her work on Emmerdale. She was nominated for Best Actress in 2010 and 2018 at the British Soap Awards, and in September 2018, Atkins won Best Soap Actress at the TV Choice Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2018-09-11/emmerdales-emma-atkins-is-best-soap-actress/|title=Emmerdale's Emma Atkins is Best Soap Actress|website=ITV News}} She has also been nominated for several Inside Soap Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a862268/inside-soap-awards-2018-full-longlist-coronation-street-eastenders-emmerdale-hollyoaks/|title=Inside Soap Awards 2018 full longlist revealed|first=Megan|last=Davies|date=23 July 2018|website=Digital Spy}} In October 2018, she was named as the Inside Soap Awards Best Actress, and she was announced as Best Actress at the 2018 Daily Star Soap Awards on 26 December 2018. In January 2019, Atkins was nominated for the National Television Awards in the category of Serial Drama Performance.{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Bea |title=EastEnders' Danny Dyer and Emmerdale's Emma Atkins are among the National Television Awards 2019 soap nominees |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a25774648/national-television-awards-2019-soap-nominees/ |access-date=9 January 2019 |work=Digital Spy |publisher=Hearst Magazines UK |date=7 January 2019}}
References
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Category:Actors from Morecambe
Category:Actresses from Lancashire
Category:Alumni of the University of Salford
Category:English radio actresses
Category:English soap opera actresses