---
name: "Rebecca Atkinson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rebecca-atkinson"
fi1m_id: "rebecca-atkinson"
imdb_id: "nm1519450"
tmdb_id: 1216097
wikidata_id: "Q7301658"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 September 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T23:05:56.936323+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rebecca Atkinson

## Identity

Rebecca Atkinson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rebecca-atkinson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rebecca-atkinson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1519450
- **TMDB ID:** 1216097
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7301658
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Atkinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7301658, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216097

Actor. Born 22 September 1983 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 September 1983, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
- **Active:** 2004–2006
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Atkinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7301658, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216097

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Shameless*](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rebecca Atkinson is an English actress. She is known for her role as Karen Maguire in the Channel 4 comedy-drama series *Shameless*, which she played from 2004 to 2013 across all 11 series.

Atkinson studied theatre and dance at Preston College. She had earlier guest roles in series including *Coronation Street*, *Heartbeat* and *The Royal*, and has appeared in *Life on Mars* (2006), *Ideal* (2005) as Asia, and the film *Awaydays* (2009) as Sonya. Later credits include *River City* as Belinda Roberts.

*Sources: imdb.com, shameless.fandom.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Life on Mars* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Tina — [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Ideal* (2005), Fi1m 71, as Asia — [page](https://film.one/tv/ideal.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, as Karen Maguire — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Can* (2024), as Karen
- *Wait for Me* (2023), as Lisa
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Kaycee
- *Awaydays* (2009), as Sonya
- *New Street Law* (2006), series, as Suzie Hardwick, Susie Hardwick
- *Life on Mars* (2006), series, as Tina — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Ideal* (2005), series, as Asia — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/ideal.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Karen Maguire — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *The Royal* (2003), series, as Suzannne
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Linda, Hayley Felton
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, as Mandy Waring, Stephanie Mills — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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