Acting

Dorothy Atkinson

Born 1966-01-01 · Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

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.

Credits

Newest first

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