Person
Dorothy Atkinson
Acting · Born 1966-01-01 · Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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
Midsomer Murders
Angela Lawrence
Heartbeat
Connie Gibson
Call the Midwife
Jane Sutton
Skins
Receptionist
Vera
Shirley Hewarth
Peak Practice
Woman Driver
All Creatures Great & Small
Diana Brompton
Inside No. 9
Sheila
Peep Show
Therapist
Saltburn
Paula Quick
Filmography
- 2026Agatha Christie's Seven DialsLady Maria Coote
- 2024Inside No. 9: The Party's OverSelf
- 2024JoanMrs. May
- 2024LudwigDCS Carol Shaw
- 2023SaltburnPaula Quick
- 2023The Long ShadowBetty Hoban
- 2023The GoldJeannie Savage
- 2023StonehouseBetty Boothroyd
- 2022Without SinJessie Cole
- 2022PistolSylvia Cook
- 2022Magpie MurdersLady Frances Pye
- 2022Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice GuyNarrator (voice)
- 2021The Electrical Life of Louis WainMrs Du Frayne
- 2020All Creatures Great & SmallDiana Brompton
- 2020Secrets of the MuseumSelf - Narrator
- 2019Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's ButlerMary Pennyworth
- 2019HannaTherapist
- 2018PeterlooSinging Weaver
- 2018The MercyEve Tetley
- 2018Next of KinAnnabel Ghillies
- 2017StrikeKathryn Kent
- 2017HarlotsFlorence Scanwell
- 2016MumPauline
- 2015Peter & WendyNurse Doyle
- 2015Code of a KillerBarbara Ashworth
- 2014That Day We SangGertrude Riall
- 2014Victoria Wood - That Musical We MadeSelf
- 2014Mr. TurnerHannah Danby
- 2014Inside No. 9Sheila
- 2012The TownAnn
- 2012Call the MidwifeJane Sutton
- 2011VeraShirley Hewarth
- 2010PhoneShopSue
- 2010ChatroomEmily’s Mother
- 2009Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
- 2009May Contain: NutsMrs. Whimhurst
- 2008SunshineJennifer
- 2007SkinsReceptionist
- 2006Housewife, 49Mrs Mac
- 2003Peep ShowTherapist
- 2002All or NothingSilent Passenger
- 2002The Final CurtainBetty
- 2001Murder in MindJulie
- 1999Topsy-TurvyJessie Bond
- 1997Keep the Aspidistra FlyingDora
- 1997Midsomer MurdersAngela Lawrence
- 1993Peak PracticeWoman Driver
- 1992HeartbeatConnie Gibson
- 1986London's BurningZoe Parrish
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