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Emily Atack

Emily Atack

English actress and comedian

Jun 7, 2026

51:43
Yeah.
51:43
And, and I, and we were all j- everyone was there for each other, and you know, it was just that sort of thing.
51:47
And I think it ramped up as well because it was lockdown.
51:50
I was used to getting, um, videos and pictures and really disgusting messages, but it was like it had really stepped up a gear.
51:59
I mean, they were finding new things to shove up their arse or whatever it was.
52:04
And, um, it was just getting wor...
52:06
It was getting so bad, and it, it, it started to really affect me personally, and it ga- it gave me anxiety, and, um, obviously, you know, the, the whole world was kind of, um, ending at the time as it was.
53:40
You can do what you want, right?
15:24
I'm sorry.
15:25
And people underestimate, um, families splitting up as well.
15:29
So when I was 16, my mom and dad split up.
15:32
They're great friends now, and it's all fine now, but at the time, it was really awful.
15:38
And my brother was only 13, and Martha was, um, 15.
15:43
And my mom, God love her, she, she couldn't cope.
15:48
It was, it was really, really difficult.

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44:05
Yes.
23:43
Yeah, but I, I was living in a flat with my, my little sister, and I needed to pay the rent, and I, uh-
23:50
uh-I had to...
23:52
I, I just said to my sister, "It's okay.
23:54
I'm gonna become a famous actress, and then it's gonna be fine." So I had no choice.
23:59
[laughs] Um, and I, I got The Inbetweeners very quickly.
24:03
Um, and then I just made sure that I...
24:06
Uh, there was no other...
24:09
Mm

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