Gemma Atkinson

Gemma Atkinson is an English influencer, media personality, and author, best known for the bestselling health and wellness guides The Ultimate Body Plan and The Ultimate Body Plan for New Mums +6+6+6. Born on 16 November 1984 in Bury, Greater Manchester, she first became a household name playing Lisa Hunter on the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks from 2001 to 2005, later appearing in Emmerdale and Casualty before transitioning into a career in fitness writing, radio presenting, and lifestyle broadcasting amazon.co.uk+12+12+12.

Her book The Ultimate Body Plan features 75 easy recipes and a 12‑week workout program designed to help readers build strength, lose fat, and cultivate a more positive self‑image—a direct result of her own experiences coping with the pressures of public scrutiny and media commentary over nearly two decades in the spotlight +6+6+6. She followed this with The Ultimate Body Plan for New Mums, a guide tailored to postpartum recovery, self-care, and reclaiming fitness after childbirth.

Among Gemma Atkinson’s notable quotes, she embraces body positivity and self-acceptance. In recent media interviews, she reflected: “I feel the best I've felt” after restructuring her lifestyle around fitness and mental wellness in her 40s +4+4+4+15thesun.co.uk+15thesun.co.uk+15. She also candidly shared, “with any picture I look back on… I relate it to how I felt at that time, which can either make me smile or feel a little sad”, emphasizing the emotional weight of her past body image struggles—and why healthy habits now matter more than ever thesun.co.uk.