Emily Atack was a big hit on I'm a Celebrity in 2018. She finished in second place after running the gauntlet in the Australian jungle. But many fans may not be aware that she also has famous parents. And the 32-year-old star has opened up the photo album as her musician dad Keith.
Comedian and actor Emily, who shot to fame playing Charlotte Hinchcliffe on the E4 comedy series The Inbetweeners, is not the only famous one in the family. And she wished her 'rockstar' father many happy returns as she shared throwback snaps on her Instagram.
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"Happy birthday our dear papa Keith," she wrote with an adorable picture of Keith holding a baby Emily on his shoulders.
"Our favourite rockstar she wrote lovingly," with another photo of her dad performing on stage.
And with another snap of Keith and a smiling baby Emily she wrote: "We've always had a right laugh." Emily’s dad was a member of the 1970s pop group Child with his twin Tim, a British pop group consisting of singer Graham Bilbrough, guitarist Dave Cooper, Keith on bass and Tim on drums.
After Dave left to form rock band Crash Alley and Mike Mckenzie joined on bass guitar, Keith Atack switched to guitar. Their biggest hit was a cover of the Conway Twitty song It's Only Make Believe which was a top ten hit in 1978. Keith and Tim went on to become session musicians, backing the likes of David Cassidy, Rick Astley and Bonnie Tyler in the 1980s. They also formed a singing duo under the names Atack and The Duel.
"Always interesting googling your family," said Emily as she shared nostalgic photos of the twins from the 80s.
Tim became musical director to You Gotta Be hitmaker Des'ree before becoming a film and television score composer, writing for films including The Invention of Lying and Cemetery Junction. And with Des'ree he wrote the love theme for the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film Romeo and Juliet, which went on to be covered by Beyoncé.
The song was included on the film's soundtrack album and Des'ree's third studio album Supernatural. The ballad featured in Romeo and Juliet when the lead characters, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, met at a ball.
Emily's singer and actress mum Kate Robbins rose to fame in the 80s. She landed the number two spot on the British charts with her song More Than In Love while she was starring in the soapCrossroads.
She was a voice actress on the show Spitting Image parodied major figures in the 1980s. And she recently starred in the Ricky Gervais heart-warming drama series After Life as medium and erotic novelist Penny Spencer-Wright.
