Emily Atack

Emily Jane Atack (born 18 December 1989) is an English actress, television presenter, and author. She is best known for playing Charlotte Hinchcliffe on the E4 comedy series The Inbetweeners. Atack is also known for her roles in Keith Lemon shows, Lemon La Vida Loca, The Keith Lemon Sketch Show and The Keith & Paddy Picture Show.

Emily Atack
Atack performing on the Dancing on Ice tour in April 2010
Born	Emily Jane Atack (1989-12-18) 18 December 1989 Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Occupation	Actress, television presenter, author
Years active	2007–present
Relatives	Kate Robbins (mother) Ted Robbins (uncle) Amy Robbins (aunt) Simon Shelton (uncle) Paul McCartney (first cousin, twice removed)

Following her popular appearance on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2018, Atack landed her own show titled Emily Atack: Adulting on W, has hosted several shows including Singletown, an episode of This Morning and is currently the co-host of I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp.

Early life

Emily Jane Atack was born on 18 December 1989[1] in Luton, Bedfordshire,[2] the daughter of actress Kate Robbins and musician Keith Atack (formerly of pop band Child).[3][4] She was the niece of actor Simon Shelton.[5]

Career

Acting career

Aside from The Inbetweeners (Channel 4), Atack has starred in films such as the remake of Dad's Army opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones and Bill Nighy. She starred alongside Harvey Keitel and Gabriel Byrne in British film Lies We Tell and has also starred in television programmes such as Rock and Chips (BBC), Little Crackers (Sky), The Keith Lemon Sketch Show (ITV2) and Tracey Ullman's Show (BBC).

Other ventures

Atack was a contestant on Dancing on Ice in 2010. She was partnered with professional ice skater Fred Palascak; they were voted off in the eighth week.[6] In 2011, Atack presented a stylised public service announcement titled Ready, Steady, Drink, showing the dangers of drinking alcohol.[7]

On 12 November 2018, Atack was confirmed to be participating in that year's series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[8] She eventually finished in second place behind Harry Redknapp.[9] She released her first book, Are We There Yet?: To indignity ... and beyond!, on 31 October 2019.[10] In November 2019 she began co-hosting I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp alongside Joel Dommett and Adam Thomas.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2011	Outside Bet	Katie
2013	Get Lucky	Bridget
2014	Almost Married	Lydia
	Unforgivable	Kirsty
2015	The Hoarder	Molly
2016	Dad's Army	Daphne
	Broken Glass	Marie
	Ibiza Undead	Liz
	The Tourist	Colleen
	Felo De Se	Carly
	Iron Sky: The Coming Race	Tyler
2017	Lies We Tell	Tracey
2018	Patrick	Becky
2019	Dark Cloud	Aida

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Blue Murder	Kelly Lang	Episode: "Not a Matter of Life and Death"
2008	Heartbeat	Cathy Dee	Episode: "You Never Can Tell"
2009	Victoria Wood's Mid Life Christmas	Cranchesterford teenager
2010	Rock & Chips	Marion	Episode: "Pilot"
2008–2010	The Inbetweeners	Charlotte Hinchcliffe	Recurring role
2010	Little Crackers	Charlie	Episode: "Julia Davis's Little Cracker: The Kiss"
	Dancing on Ice	Herself
	Big Brother's Little Brother	Herself
2011	Ready, Steady, Drink	Herself/presenter
2012	Britain Unzipped	Herself/guest
	Celebrity Juice	Herself/guest
	Me and Mrs Jones	Frosty Girl	Episode 1.1
	Lemon La Vida Loca	Herself	Episode: "Christmas Special: Merry Keithmas - Part One"
	Sunday Brunch	Herself/guest
2014	The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night	Herself
2015–2016	The Keith Lemon Sketch Show	Various
2016–2017	Tracey Ullman's Show	Various
2017	Father Brown	Fifi Caviara	Episode 5.8 "The Crimson Feather"
	The Keith & Paddy Picture Show	Herself/Ghost	Episode 1.2 "Ghostbusters"
	Birds of a Feather	Jodie	ITV Series 3 2017 Christmas Special "The House For The Rising Sons"
2018	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	Herself	Series 18, runner-up
2019–present	Almost Never	Meg	Recurring role
2019	This Morning	Co-presenter	Guest host with John Barrowman
2019	Shopping with Keith Lemon	Guest	Herself
2019	Emily Atack: Adulting	Herself	Four-part documentary/reality series aired on W
2019	Celebrity Gogglebox	Herself
2019	Singletown	Co-presenter
2019	I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp	Co-presenter

References

1. Atack, Emily (18 December 2017). "28 today!!!". Retrieved 19 December 2017 – via Instagram.
2. "Atack the ice, judges tell Luton skating star". Luton Today. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
3. "Bedfordshire's Emily Atack skates off 'Dancing on Ice'". News.BBC.co.uk. 11 January 2010. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
4. Eden, Richard (24 December 2006). "Yesterday, the musical". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
5. "Teletubbies' Tinky Winky actor Simon Shelton dies aged 52". BBC News. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
6. "Dancing on Ice – Week 8". DancingOnIce.ITV.com. 27 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 February 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2019 – via Wayback machine.
7. metrowebukmetro (17 January 2011). "Ready Steady Drink was amusing and depressing in equal measure". Metro.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
8. Griffiths, Emmy (11 November 2018). "I'm a Celebrity 2018: Celebs officially confirmed: see the line-up here". HelloMagazine.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
9. "'King' Harry Redknapp helps make I'm A Celebrity 2018 a ratings hit". BBC News. BBC News. 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
10. Atack, Emily (31 October 2019). Are We There Yet?: To indignity ... and beyond!. The Daily Telegraph. ISBN 9781841883687. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
11. Warner, Sam (9 October 2019). "I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp confirms new hosts". Digital Spy. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

External links

• Emily Atack on Twitter
• Emily Atack on IMDb