Atkinson rose to fame taking part in Lisa Hunter on the Channel 4 teenage cleaning soap opera Hollyoaks. Atkinson and Marcus Patric (who played the character Ben Davies) subsequently appeared in a "spin-off" collection called Hollyoaks: Let Loose for E4, during which their characters started a new life collectively in Chester. This was followed by Hollyoaks: Within the City, additionally screened on E4.
Different TV roles included appearing as herself in the pilot for Plus One, a part of the pilot collection Comedy Showcase in October 2009. In early April 2009 she completed filming for an episode of The Bill. She plays Ria Crossley the girlfriend of a drug dealer.
In film, Atkinson has appeared within the British impartial movie Boogie Woogie, which premiered on the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2009. She has executed filming for a forthcoming horror movie known as 13Hrs in February 2009 and a new UK gangster film known as Baseline in March 2009.
In theatre, Atkinson appeared in Peter Pan at the Manchester Opera Home in December 2008. She took the title function alongside John Thomson who played Captain Hook. Gemma appeared within the West End production of Tim Firth's Calendar Women on the Noel Coward Theatre, from July 28 to October 17 the place she played the character of Elaine.
Gemma additionally went on tour with Calendar Ladies, she played Celia aka Miss September within the production. The January to April 2010 tour of The Calendar Ladies starred Lynda Bellingham, Gemma Atkinson, Judith Barker, Debbie Chazen, Letitia Dean and Jan Harvey.
Gemma played the lead female position, Belinda, in Neil LaBute's play 'That is The way it Goes' at The King's Head Theatre in Islington, London from Sept seventh - Oct 3rd 2010.
Atkinson made her debut online game appearance in Command & Conquer: Crimson Alert 3 (2008) within the function of Lt. Eva McKenna, which she reprised in Command & Conquer Crimson Alert three: Uprising (2009). She additionally took half in EA's "Be The One" event in Trafalgar Square on 29 October 2008, which types a part of the London Games Festival.
Atkinson has also performed Goldie Lookin Chain's love curiosity within the music video for the single "R'n'B" and featured on the duvet of the CD single release.
In 2010 she's going to appear within the movie The Candy Store, a romantic comedy about a Hollywood famous person and a small town sweetshop owner. She started to work on the movie The Candy Store on Wednesday 5 Might 201
