Gemma Atkinson would love 'feisty' Coronation Street role

Gemma Atkinson would love to play a "feisty" \'Coronation Street\' character.

The 35-year-old star - who has appeared in the likes of \'Hollyoaks\', \'Emmerdale\', and \'Casualty\' over the years - is keen for a stint on the cobbles, particularly with its connection to her home city.

She told Inside Soap magazine: "I think the only one left for me to do is \'Corrie\', and it\'s filmed in my city so that would be perfect!

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"I\'d love to have a character like Suranne Jones had with Karen McDonald - northern, feisty, and a little bit chavvy.

"Someone who always has the right intentions, but ends up in the wrong predicament!"

Given Gemma\'s history in Soapland she has a lot of happy and emotional memories from the range of stories she\'s tackled over the years, particularly in \'Casualty\' and \'Emmerdale\' as Tamzin Bayle and Carly Hope respectively.

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She said: "In \'Casualty\' I had such a laugh with Jane Hazlegrove [aka Kathleen \'Dixie\' Dixon] and Matt Bardock [who played Jeff Collier].

"Quite often, we used mannequins on the stretchers, and the amount of times we accidentally dropped them during a scene - or its head would just roll off!

"And with \'Emmerdale\', I loved the storyline I was given about Carly\'s little boy, Billy, who died of cot death.

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"Myself and Mark Charnock [aka Marlon Dingle] - who I adore - threw ourselves into it."

Gemma left \'Emmerdale\' in 2017, and the proud mum - who has 12-month-old daughter Mia with her man Gorka Marquez - has ruled out a return unless it was just for a brief guest role.

She previously explained: "I love \'Emmerdale\'. It\'s a great show. But going back would mean doing a commute to Leeds, doing 12 hours of filming and then going back again. So I wouldn\'t see Mia.

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"People keep messaging me saying I should go back, but I can\'t go back at the moment.

"I\'m really enjoying my radio show at the moment. I get to work on my doorstep and it\'s very short hours. That means I can be at home with my daughter. I could maybe do a couple of episodes at \'Emmerdale\', but I can\'t go back long-term."