Dorothy Atkinson
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Acting Credits
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
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
2026
as Lady Maria Coote
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
as Self
Ludwig
2024
as DCS Carol Shaw
Joan
2024
as Mrs. May
Saltburn
2023
as Paula Quick
The Gold
2023
as Jeannie Savage
The Long Shadow
2023
as Betty Hoban
Stonehouse
2023
as Betty Boothroyd
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Pistol
2022
as Sylvia Cook
Without Sin
2022
as Jessie Cole
Magpie Murders
2022
as Lady Frances Pye
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Mrs Du Frayne
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
as Mrs. DuFrayne
Secrets of the Museum
2020
as Self - Narrator
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
as Diana Brompton
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019
as Mary Pennyworth
Hanna
2019
as Therapist
The Mercy
2018
as Eve Tetley
Peterloo
2018
as Singing Weaver
Next of Kin
2018
as Annabel Ghillies
Strike
2017
as Kathryn Kent
Harlots
2017
as Florence Scanwell
Mum
2016
as Pauline
Peter & Wendy
2015
as Nurse Doyle
Code of a Killer
2015
as Barbara Ashworth
That Day We Sang
2014
as Gertrude Riall
Mr. Turner
2014
as Hannah Danby
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014
as Self
Inside No. 9
2014
as Sheila
The Town
2012
as Ann
Call the Midwife
2012
as Jane Sutton
Vera
2011
as Shirley Hewarth
Chatroom
2010
as Emily’s Mother
PhoneShop
2010
as Sue
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
May Contain: Nuts
2009
as Mrs. Whimhurst
Sunshine
2008
as Jennifer
Skins
2007
as Receptionist
Housewife, 49
2006
as Mrs Mac
Peep Show
2003
as Therapist
The Final Curtain
2002
as Betty
All or Nothing
2002
as Silent Passenger
Murder in Mind
2001
as Julie
Topsy-Turvy
1999
as Jessie Bond
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997
as Dora
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Angela Lawrence
Peak Practice
1993
as Woman Driver
Heartbeat
1992
as Connie Gibson
Heartbeat
1992
as Carol Parsons
London's Burning
1986
as Zoe Parrish