Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1966
Place of Birth:
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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Dorothy Atkinson
Biography
Dorothy Caroline Atkinson (born 1966) is an English actress and singer. She has appeared in several plays by playwright Alan Ayckbourn and in films by Mike Leigh, including Topsy-Turvy, All or Nothing, and Mr. Turner, which premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, and for which she was nominated for the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress. An April 2021 announcement stated that Atkinson would be joining the cast of the second season of All Creatures Great and Small as Diana Brompton.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Inside No. 9: The Party's Over | Self |
| 2023 | Saltburn | Paula Quick |
| 2022 | Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy | Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Mrs Du Frayne |
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Mrs. DuFrayne |
| 2018 | The Mercy | Eve Tetley |
| 2018 | Peterloo | Singing Weaver |
| 2015 | Peter & Wendy | Nurse Doyle |
| 2014 | That Day We Sang | Gertrude Riall |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Hannah Danby |
| 2014 | Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made | |
| 2010 | Chatroom | Emily’s Mother |
| 2009 | Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas | |
| 2006 | Housewife, 49 | Mrs Mac |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | Betty |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Silent Passenger |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Jessie Bond |
| 1997 | Keep the Aspidistra Flying | Dora |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ludwig | DCS Carol Shaw |
| 2023 | The Gold | Jeannie Savage |
| 2023 | The Long Shadow | Betty Hoban |
| 2023 | Stonehouse | Betty Boothroyd |
| 2022 | Magpie Murders | Lady Frances Pye |
| 2022 | Pistol | Sylvia Cook |
| 2022 | Without Sin | Jessie Cole |
| 2020 | Secrets of the Museum | Self - Narrator |
| 2020 | All Creatures Great & Small | Diana Brompton |
| 2019 | Pennyworth | Mary Pennyworth |
| 2018 | Next of Kin | Annabel Ghillies |
| 2017 | Strike | Kathryn Kent |
| 2017 | Harlots | Florence Scanwell |
| 2016 | Mum | Pauline |
| 2015 | Code of a Killer | Barbara Ashworth |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Sheila |
| 2012 | The Town | Ann |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife | Jane Sutton |
| 2011 | Vera | Shirley Hewarth |
| 2008 | Sunshine | Jennifer |
| 2007 | Skins | Receptionist |
| 2003 | Peep Show | Therapist |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind | Julie |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Angela Lawrence |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Woman Driver |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Connie Gibson |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Carol Parsons |
| 1986 | London's Burning | Zoe Parrish |