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 ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fict ...

''.

Early life

Atkins grew up in the village of Silverdale, Lancashire, and then went to study at the

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. Atkins' mother worked in Wakefield Prison.

Career

Atkins is known for portraying the role of Charity Dingle on the ITV soap opera ''

'' since 2000. After first leaving ''

'', Atkins appeared in episodes of the

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series '' Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Mayo'', '' I'm with Stupid'', '' New Street Law'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. 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, 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

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, and in September 2018, Atkins won Best Soap Actress at the TV Choice Awards. She has also been nominated for several ''Inside Soap'' Awards. 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

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in the category of Serial Drama Performance.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Atkins, Emma 1975 births Actors from Morecambe Actresses from Lancashire Alumni of the University of Salford English radio actresses English soap opera actresses English television actresses Living people