Portrait of Dorothy Atkinson

Dorothy Atkinson

Acting

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.

Born: January 1, 1966

Place of Birth: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Filmography

2024
Ludwig

as DCS Carol Shaw

2023
Saltburn

as Paula Quick

2023
The Long Shadow

as Betty Hoban

2023
The Gold

as Jeannie Savage

2023
Stonehouse

as Betty Boothroyd

2022
Without Sin

as Jessie Cole

2022
Pistol

as Sylvia Cook

2022
Magpie Murders

as Lady Frances Pye

2022
2020
2020
Secrets of the Museum

as Self - Narrator

2018
Peterloo

as Singing Weaver

2018
The Mercy

as Eve Tetley

2018
Next of Kin

as Annabel Ghillies

2017
Strike

as Kathryn Kent

2017
Harlots

as Florence Scanwell

2016
Mum

as Pauline

2015
Peter & Wendy

as Nurse Doyle

2015
Code of a Killer

as Barbara Ashworth

2014
That Day We Sang

as Gertrude Riall

2014
Mr. Turner

as Hannah Danby

2014
Inside No. 9

as Sheila

2012
The Town

as Ann

2012
Call the Midwife

as Jane Sutton

2011
Vera

as Shirley Hewarth

2010
Chatroom

as Emily’s Mother

2008
Sunshine

as Jennifer

2007
Skins

as Receptionist

2006
Housewife, 49

as Mrs Mac

2003
Peep Show

as Therapist

2002
All or Nothing

as Silent Passenger

2002
2001
1999
Topsy-Turvy

as Jessie Bond

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Angela Lawrence

1993
Peak Practice

as Woman Driver

1992
Heartbeat

as Connie Gibson

1992
Heartbeat

as Carol Parsons

1986
London's Burning

as Zoe Parrish