- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1966
- Place of Birth
- Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Dorothy Atkinson
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.
Filmography
tvAgatha Christie's Seven Dials
2026 · Lady Maria Coote
movieInside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024 · Self
tvJoan
2024 · Mrs. May
tvLudwig
2024 · DCS Carol Shaw
movieSaltburn
2023 · Paula Quick
tvThe Long Shadow
2023 · Betty Hoban
tvThe Gold
2023 · Jeannie Savage
tvStonehouse
2023 · Betty Boothroyd
tvWithout Sin
2022 · Jessie Cole
tvPistol
2022 · Sylvia Cook
tvMagpie Murders
2022 · Lady Frances Pye
movieTom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
2022 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021 · Mrs Du Frayne, Mrs. DuFrayne
tvAll Creatures Great & Small
2020 · Diana Brompton
tvSecrets of the Museum
2020 · Self - Narrator
tvPennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019 · Mary Pennyworth
tvHanna
2019 · Therapist
moviePeterloo
2018 · Singing Weaver
movieThe Mercy
2018 · Eve Tetley
tvNext of Kin
2018 · Annabel Ghillies
tvStrike
2017 · Kathryn Kent
tvHarlots
2017 · Florence Scanwell
tvMum
2016 · Pauline
moviePeter & Wendy
2015 · Nurse Doyle
tvCode of a Killer
2015 · Barbara Ashworth
movieThat Day We Sang
2014 · Gertrude Riall
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
movieVictoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014 · Self
movieMr. Turner
2014 · Hannah Danby
tvInside No. 9
2014 · Sheila
tvThe Town
2012 · Ann
tvCall the Midwife
2012 · Jane Sutton
tvVera
2011 · Shirley Hewarth
tvPhoneShop
2010 · Sue
movieChatroom
2010 · Emily’s Mother
movieVictoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
movieMay Contain: Nuts
2009 · Mrs. Whimhurst
tvSunshine
2008 · Jennifer
tvSkins
2007 · Receptionist
movieHousewife, 49
2006 · Mrs Mac
tvPeep Show
2003 · Therapist
movieAll or Nothing
2002 · Silent Passenger
movieThe Final Curtain
2002 · Betty
tvMurder in Mind
2001 · Julie
movieTopsy-Turvy
1999 · Jessie Bond
movieKeep the Aspidistra Flying
1997 · Dora
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Angela Lawrence
tvPeak Practice
1993 · Woman Driver
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Connie Gibson, Carol Parsons
tvLondon's Burning
1986 · Zoe Parrish