Rebecca Atkinson is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 actress and model. She is best known for playing Jamie Maguire's wife, Karen Maguire in Channel 4

Channel 4

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's Shameless

Shameless

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, and she has been in the show since the inception. She has also appeared in Life On Mars

Life on Mars (TV series)

Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural....

, Ideal

Ideal (TV series)

Ideal is a British comedy-drama, or dark comedy originally broadcast on digital channel BBC Three, created by Graham Duff and produced by BBC Comedy North and Baby Cow Productions. It stars Johnny Vegas as small-time cannabis dealer Moz....

and BBC Three's new "multi-platform sitcom" Trexx and Flipside

Trexx and Flipside

Trexx and Flipside is a multi-platform British sitcom shown as part of BBC Three's spring schedule. It follows the story of Trexx and Flipside, two "wannabe hip hop stars". The duo are managed by "Wu Hah Management", as shown in the first episode...

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She has had minor parts in many shows, including playing Asia in four episodes of BBC comedy series Ideal

Ideal (TV series)

Ideal is a British comedy-drama, or dark comedy originally broadcast on digital channel BBC Three, created by Graham Duff and produced by BBC Comedy North and Baby Cow Productions. It stars Johnny Vegas as small-time cannabis dealer Moz....

, and two episodes of New Street Law

New Street Law

New Street Law is a British legal drama television series produced by Red Production Company in association with One-Eyed Dog Ltd for BBC One. The series was created by G. F. Newman and Matthew Hall, and starred an ensemble cast headed by John Hannah and Paul Freeman...

, where she played a character named Susie Hardwick. She appeared in Heartbeat in 2002 and 2006 playing two different characters. Shows she has had a single appearance in include Life on Mars

Life on Mars (TV series)

Life on Mars is a British television series broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007. The series combines elements of science fiction and police procedural....

 (The Stabbing

Series 1: Episode 3 (Life on Mars)

The third episode of the first series of the British time travel police procedural television series, Life on Mars, was first broadcast on 23 January 2006. It was produced by Kudos Film & Television for BBC One.-Synopsis:...

), Holby City

Holby City

Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...

, The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

, Doctors

Doctors (BBC Soap Opera)

Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the City of Birmingham. It was created by Chris Murray; Mal Young drove its development, and Carson Black was the original producer. The first episode was broadcast on...

 and The Royal

The Royal

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. She has also appeared in Children's Ward

Children's Ward

Children's Ward is a British children's television drama series produced by Granada Television and broadcast on the ITV network as part of its Children's ITV strand on weekday afternoons...

 at a young age.

She also appeared in the film adaptation of Kevin Sampson's Awaydays

Awaydays

Awaydays is a 2009 British film directed by Pat Holden and stars Stephen Graham. It is based on the novel of the same name by Kevin Sampson, originally published eleven years previously in 1998....

, released in 2009.

Atkinson grew up on Weaste Lane in Salford and went to All Souls

All Souls

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 primary school on Kintyre Avenue, which was also the primary school of Warrington Wolves

Warrington Wolves

Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003....

 prop Adrian Morley

Adrian Morley

Adrian Morley is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Europe's Super League...

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She attended the David Johnson Drama and taught dancing in Goostrey

Goostrey

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for The Glenda Ann School of Dancing before appearing on TV.