I’m a Celeb star Emily Atack reveals that acting jobs had ‘dried up’ before stint on reality series: ‘I couldn’t play the sexy school girl anymore’

Actor made it to the final of 2018’s season

Emily Atack has revealed that she was struggling to book acting jobs before she starred in I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

The actor – best known for portrayal as Charlotte Hinchliffe in The Inbetweeners – has opened up about her previous struggles with typecasting.

During an interview on Alison Hammond’s podcast My Life in TV, Atack said: “I’d been typecast as a blonde girl next door type. I was getting a bit older, things were getting a bit lower down.

“Those roles stopped coming in. I couldn’t play the sexy school girls anymore, the femme fatale sexy girl with the stockings on who seduces the male lead. It all dried up for me.”

In 2018, the 30-year-old entered the jungle for ITV’s reality series where she quickly became a fan favourite among I’m a Celeb viewers.

Atack became a fan favourite on 2018’s season of I’m a Celeb (Rex Features/ITV)

Before her stint on the hit series, however, Atack said that she had been going through a rough period, stating that she “had no money” and was “lost in life”.

She added: “In this industry, it’s easy to take things personally. I had no money and I was all heartbroken from a relationship. I was a bit lost in life."

“I felt I wasn’t getting the jobs I should have been getting, all the jobs I would have got three or four years earlier,” she said. “I really just hit a wall with everything. I thought, ‘I need some excitement in my life again, I need to pick it up.’”

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She went on to say that she “felt a lot of rejection” during that time, but that “the jungle helped me overcome it”.

The actor certainly made her mark on I’m a Celeb, making it all the way to the final only to be one-upped by Harry Redknapp who was crowned 2018’s winner.

I’m a Celeb continues tonight at 9pm on ITV.