About
Dorothy Atkinson
Overview
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
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| 2024 | Ludwig | Actor | DCS Carol Shaw | 71 Good |
| 2023 | Saltburn | Actor | Paula Quick | 67 Fair |
| 2023 | Stonehouse | Actor | Betty Boothroyd | 67 Fair |
| 2022 | Without Sin | Actor | Jessie Cole | 68 Fair |
| 2022 | Magpie Murders | Actor | Lady Frances Pye | 70 Good |
| 2022 | Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Actor | Mrs Du Frayne | 63 Fair |
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Actor | Mrs. DuFrayne | 63 Fair |
| 2020 | Secrets of the Museum | Actor | Self - Narrator | 70 Good |
| 2019 | Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler | Actor | Mary Pennyworth | 77 Good |
| 2018 | Peterloo | Actor | Singing Weaver | 61 Fair |
| 2018 | The Mercy | Actor | Eve Tetley | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Maigret's Night at the Crossroads | Actor | Claire Grandjean | 61 Fair |
| 2016 | Mum | Actor | Pauline | 71 Good |
| 2015 | Peter & Wendy | Actor | Nurse Doyle | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Code of a Killer | Actor | Barbara Ashworth | 70 Good |
| 2014 | That Day We Sang | Actor | Gertrude Riall | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2014 | Mr. Turner | Actor | Hannah Danby | 61 Fair |
| 2012 | The Town | Actor | Ann | 70 Good |
| 2010 | Chatroom | Actor | Emily’s Mother | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2008 | Sunshine | Actor | Jennifer | 70 Good |
| 2006 | Housewife, 49 | Actor | Mrs Mac | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | Actor | Betty | 58 Average |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | Actor | Silent Passenger | 61 Fair |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Actor | Jessie Bond | 60 Fair |
| 1997 | Keep the Aspidistra Flying | Actor | Dora | 59 Average |