Dorothy Atkinson

Dorothy Atkinson

Actor Jan 1 (age 60) Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 1986–2024 (38 year career)

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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

Saltburn

Saltburn

Paula Quick

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

Mary Pennyworth

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Mrs Du Frayne

Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

Hannah Danby

Strike

Strike

Kathryn Kent

Harlots

Harlots

Florence Scanwell

All or Nothing

All or Nothing

Silent Passenger

Ludwig

Ludwig

DCS Carol Shaw

Filmography

Acting (45)

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Movies (17)

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

as Self

Saltburn

Saltburn

as Paula Quick

Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy

Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy

as Narrator (voice)

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

as Mrs Du Frayne

The Mercy

The Mercy

as Eve Tetley

Peterloo

Peterloo

as Singing Weaver

Peter & Wendy

Peter & Wendy

as Nurse Doyle

That Day We Sang

That Day We Sang

as Gertrude Riall

Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner

as Hannah Danby

Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made

as Self

Chatroom

Chatroom

as Emily’s Mother

Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas

Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas

Housewife, 49

Housewife, 49

as Mrs Mac

All or Nothing

All or Nothing

as Silent Passenger

The Final Curtain

The Final Curtain

as Betty

Topsy-Turvy

Topsy-Turvy

as Jessie Bond

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

as Dora

Television (28)

Ludwig

Ludwig

as DCS Carol Shaw

The Gold

The Gold

as Jeannie Savage

The Long Shadow

The Long Shadow

as Betty Hoban

Stonehouse

Stonehouse

as Betty Boothroyd

Magpie Murders

Magpie Murders

as Lady Frances Pye

Pistol

Pistol

as Sylvia Cook

Without Sin

Without Sin

as Jessie Cole

All Creatures Great & Small

All Creatures Great & Small

as Diana Brompton

Secrets of the Museum

Secrets of the Museum

as Self - Narrator

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

as Mary Pennyworth

Next of Kin

Next of Kin

as Annabel Ghillies

Strike

Strike

as Kathryn Kent

Harlots

Harlots

as Florence Scanwell

Mum

Mum

as Pauline

Code of a Killer

Code of a Killer

as Barbara Ashworth

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

as Sheila

Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

as Jane Sutton

The Town

The Town

as Ann

Vera

Vera

as Shirley Hewarth

PhoneShop

PhoneShop

as Sue

Sunshine

Sunshine

as Jennifer

Skins

Skins

as Receptionist

Peep Show

Peep Show

as Therapist

Murder in Mind

Murder in Mind

as Julie

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as Angela Lawrence

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

as Woman Driver

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as Connie Gibson

London's Burning

London's Burning

as Zoe Parrish