Finn Atkins

Finn Atkins
Born Finn Rosanna Atkins[1]
(1989-06-21) 21 June 1989[1]
Nottingham, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 1999–present
Website http://www.kenmcreddie.com/Artistsdetails.asp?AType=2&Asx=2&artistID=257

Finn Rosanna Atkins (born 21 June 1989 in Nottingham) is a British film, television and stage actress.

Early life

Growing up in the Clifton area of Nottingham, Atkins attended Greencroft Primary School, Farnborough School and High Pavement College.[2] She has been a member of the Television Workshop since she was at primary school.[2]

Career

Atkins' breakthrough came early, in Shane Meadows' 2002 film Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, in which she played Marlene, the daughter of Shirley (Shirley Henderson) and Jimmy (Robert Carlyle). Although opinions on the film were divided, everyone seemed to agree about Atkins' contribution. Evening Standard journalist Neil Norman, in his review of the film in the Daily Mail, stated that it contained "good performances from everyone — and a stunning one from 12-year-old Finn Atkins… she can hold the screen like a pro and takes a close-up better than many actors twice her age."[3] In The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw wrote of the film: "there is a cracking turn from Finn Atkins as Shirley's daughter…[4] a bouquet is due."[5] Whilst The Telegraph's Sukhdev Sandhu exclaimed: "Finn Atkins is superb as Shirley Henderson's whey-faced daughter."[6]

In January 2009 she appeared as teenage prostitute Marissa in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.[2] She has since become a regular in Sky1's hit comedy drama 'Starlings' where she plays Charlie Starling; the football mad daughter to Jan & Terry Starling (Lesley Sharp & Brendan Coyle).

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

  1. 1 2 "Birth Registration Details" Ancestry.co.uk (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)
  2. 1 2 3 "From Cannes to Walford for Clifton's Finn" ThisIsNottingham.co.uk, 4 February 2009 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)
  3. 1 2 Norman, Neil; "Once Upon A Time In The Midlands (Cert 15)" DailyMail.co.uk, 9 September 2002 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)
  4. Bradshaw, Peter; "Once Upon a Time in the Midlands" Guardian.co.uk, 6 September 2002 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)
  5. "Brits, hits and the rest" Guardian.co.uk, 24 May 2002 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)
  6. Sandhu, Sukhdev; "Shooting at England's heart" Telegraph.co.uk, 6 September 2002 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)
  7. "Filmography: ATKINS, Finn" BFI.org (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)
  8. Wilson, Jared; "We Happy Few at the Nottingham Arts Theatre" LeftLion.co.uk, 26 February 2009 (Retrieved: 21 July 2009)

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