6.9
Movie
Acting
Dorothy Atkinson
- Born
- (age 60)
- Birthplace
- Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 50 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
6.9
Movie
8.1
TV
Skins
7.4
TV
Hanna
6.6
Movie
Mr. Turner
6.9
Movie
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
8.0
TV
Peep Show
7.9
TV
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
7.5
TV
Midsomer Murders
5.8
Movie
Chatroom
5.9
Movie
The Mercy
8.1
TV
Inside No. 9
7.2
TV
Strike
7.6
TV
Call the Midwife
6.3
TV
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
7.3
TV
Harlots
7.4
TV
Vera
7.1
Movie
All or Nothing
6.6
Movie
Topsy-Turvy
Acting credits 50
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Untitled 13 Film | |
| 2026 | Agatha Christie's Seven Dials TV | Lady Maria Coote (3 ep) |
| 2024 | Inside No. 9: The Party's Over Film | Self |
| 2024 | Joan TV | Mrs. May (5 ep) |
| 2024 | Ludwig TV | DCS Carol Shaw (12 ep) |
| 2023 | Saltburn Film | Paula Quick |
| 2023 | The Long Shadow TV | Betty Hoban (2 ep) |
| 2023 | The Gold TV | Jeannie Savage (4 ep) |
| 2023 | Stonehouse TV | Betty Boothroyd (3 ep) |
| 2022 | Without Sin TV | Jessie Cole (4 ep) |
| 2022 | Pistol TV | Sylvia Cook (4 ep) |
| 2022 | Magpie Murders TV | Lady Frances Pye (5 ep) |
| 2022 | Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy Film | Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Film | Mrs Du Frayne, Mrs. DuFrayne |
| 2020 | All Creatures Great & Small TV | Diana Brompton (2 ep) |
| 2020 | Secrets of the Museum TV | Self - Narrator (18 ep) |
| 2019 | Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler TV | Mary Pennyworth (30 ep) |
| 2019 | Hanna TV | Therapist (2 ep) |
| 2018 | Peterloo Film | Singing Weaver |
| 2018 | The Mercy Film | Eve Tetley |
| 2018 | Next of Kin TV | Annabel Ghillies (2 ep) |
| 2017 | Strike TV | Kathryn Kent (2 ep) |
| 2017 | Harlots TV | Florence Scanwell (16 ep) |
| 2016 | Mum TV | Pauline (18 ep) |
| 2015 | Peter & Wendy Film | Nurse Doyle |
| 2015 | Code of a Killer TV | Barbara Ashworth (2 ep) |
| 2014 | That Day We Sang Film | Gertrude Riall |
| 2014 | Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made Film | Self |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner Film | Hannah Danby |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 TV | Sheila (1 ep) |
| 2012 | The Town TV | Ann (3 ep) |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife TV | Jane Sutton (6 ep) |
| 2011 | Vera TV | Shirley Hewarth (1 ep) |
| 2010 | PhoneShop TV | Sue (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Chatroom Film | Emily’s Mother |
| 2009 | Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas Film | |
| 2009 | May Contain: Nuts Film | Mrs. Whimhurst |
| 2008 | Sunshine TV | Jennifer (3 ep) |
| 2007 | Skins TV | Receptionist (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Housewife, 49 Film | Mrs Mac |
| 2003 | Peep Show TV | Therapist (1 ep) |
| 2002 | All or Nothing Film | Silent Passenger |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain Film | Betty |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind TV | Julie (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy Film | Jessie Bond |
| 1997 | Keep the Aspidistra Flying Film | Dora |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | Angela Lawrence (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Peak Practice TV | Woman Driver (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Connie Gibson, Carol Parsons (1 ep) |
| 1986 | London's Burning TV | Zoe Parrish (17 ep) |