Dorothy Atkinson
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Mrs Du Frayne
2021
That Day We Sang
as Gertrude Riall
2014
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Saltburn
as Paula Quick
2023
The Final Curtain
as Betty
2002
Chatroom
as Emily’s Mother
2010
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Mrs. DuFrayne
2021
Mr. Turner
as Hannah Danby
2014
Housewife, 49
as Mrs Mac
2006
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
All or Nothing
as Silent Passenger
2002
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
as Self
2014
Topsy-Turvy
as Jessie Bond
1999
The Mercy
as Eve Tetley
2018
Peterloo
as Singing Weaver
2018
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Dora
1997
Peter & Wendy
as Nurse Doyle
2015
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
as Self
2024
TV Appearances
Skins
as Receptionist
2007
The Gold
as Jeannie Savage
2023
Secrets of the Museum
as Self - Narrator
2020
Vera
as Shirley Hewarth
2011
Peak Practice
as Woman Driver
1993
All Creatures Great & Small
as Diana Brompton
2020
Peep Show
as Therapist
2003
Mum
as Pauline
2016
Magpie Murders
as Lady Frances Pye
2022
Strike
as Kathryn Kent
2017
Heartbeat
as Connie Gibson
1992
Next of Kin
as Annabel Ghillies
2018