Name	Emma Atkins
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	31-March-1975
Place of Birth	Morecambe, England, UK
Famous for	Acting

Emma Atkins is an English actress best known for the role of Charity Tate in the ITV1 Soap Opera Emmerdale from 2000 to 2005 and from 2009 to the present, which was her first role on British Television.

Atkins is best known for playing the role of Charity Tate on the ITV1 Soap Opera Emmerdale from 2000 to 2005 which was her first appearance on British Television. Since leaving Emmerdale, Atkins has appeared in episodes of the BBC series Dalziel and Pascoe, Mayo, I'm with Stupid, New Street Law, Doctors, Casualty and Coronation Street played Maria's Aunt. Emma has been up for numerous awards at the British Soap Awards. She is nominated for Best Actress at the 2010 British Soap Awards. Atkins is an experienced Voice-over artiste as well as a Television and Stage actress. She is a former student at Our Lady's R.C. High School in Lancaster, before becoming a student at Salford University. Atkins made an appearance in Heartbeat. On 18 March 2009, it was revealed that Atkins would be returning to Emmerdale and reprising her role of Charity, and made her reappearance on 1 October 2009.

Atkins has most recently been heard playing the role of "Amy" in Murder in the Afternoon The Longest Journey, an Afternoon Play by Peter Whally broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Atkins has been heard on BBC Radio 3 in Dead Code Ghosts of the Digital Age by Jeff Noon for BBC Radio 3.