Gemma Atkinson reveals why she snubbed Hollyoaks’ pleas for her to return

The actress addresses a soap comeback (Picture: Corbis via Getty Images)

Former Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson has revealed that bosses have asked her to return to the soap ‘a few times’ but insists she won’t be heading back anytime soon.

The actress, 41, became a household name playing Lisa Hunter between 2001 and 2005, before going on to star as Carly Hope in Emmerdale.

While Gemma did make a brief return to Hollyoaks in 2022, she’s now admitted that chapter of her career is firmly behind her.

Opening up on her podcast Lost in Translation, which she hosts with fiancé Gorka Márquez, Gemma explained that the demands of filming a soap simply don’t fit with family life anymore.

During a chat about her acting career, she revealed that Hollyoaks has approached her on more than one occasion about reprising the role that launched her career.

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