Dorothy Atkinson
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Angela Lawrence
1997
Series
Call the Midwife
Jane Sutton
2012
Series
Vera
Shirley Hewarth
2011
Series
Skins
Receptionist
2007
Series
Heartbeat
Connie Gibson
1992
Series
Heartbeat
Carol Parsons
1992
Series
Peak Practice
Woman Driver
1993
Series
Inside No. 9
Sheila
2014
Series
All Creatures Great & Small
Diana Brompton
2020
Series
Peep Show
Therapist
2003
Series
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Mary Pennyworth
2019
Series
Strike
Kathryn Kent
2017
Series
Hanna
Therapist
2019
Series
The Gold
Jeannie Savage
2023
Series
Harlots
Florence Scanwell
2017
Series
Magpie Murders
Lady Frances Pye
2022
Series
London's Burning
Zoe Parrish
1986
Series
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
Lady Maria Coote
2026
Series
Murder in Mind
Julie
2001
Series
Ludwig
DCS Carol Shaw
2024
Film
Saltburn
Paula Quick
2023
Series
The Long Shadow
Betty Hoban
2023
Series
Pistol
Sylvia Cook
2022
Series
Next of Kin
Annabel Ghillies
2018
Series
Mum
Pauline
2016
Series
PhoneShop
Sue
2010
Film
Topsy-Turvy
Jessie Bond
1999
Series
Joan
Mrs. May
2024
Film
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Mrs Du Frayne
2021
Film
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Mrs. DuFrayne
2021
Series
Stonehouse
Betty Boothroyd
2023
Series
Without Sin
Jessie Cole
2022
Film
Chatroom
Emily’s Mother
2010
Film
The Mercy
Eve Tetley
2018
Series
Secrets of the Museum
Self - Narrator
2020
Series
The Town
Ann
2012
Series
Code of a Killer
Barbara Ashworth
2015
Film
Peterloo
Singing Weaver
2018
Series
Sunshine
Jennifer
2008
Film
All or Nothing
Silent Passenger
2002
Film
Mr. Turner
Hannah Danby
2014
Film
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Dora
1997
Film
Housewife, 49
Mrs Mac
2006
Film
Peter & Wendy
Nurse Doyle
2015
Film
That Day We Sang
Gertrude Riall
2014
Victoria Wood - That Musical We Made
Self
2014
Film
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
2024
Film
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
Narrator (voice)
2022
Film
The Final Curtain
Betty
2002
Film
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009