Dorothy Atkinson | |
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Born | Dorothy Caroline Atkinson 1966 (age 57–58) Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1988–present |
Spouse | Martin Savage |
Children | One |
Dorothy Caroline Atkinson (born 1966) is an English actress and singer. [1] [2] 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. [3]
An April 2021 announcement stated that Atkinson would be joining the cast of the second series of All Creatures Great and Small as Diana Brompton. [4]
Atkinson is from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Her father was a bursar for a school in Nottinghamshire and she has one sister. Her nickname is "Dot". She is married to actor Martin Savage and they have one son. [5]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Keep the Aspidistra Flying | Dora | |
1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Jessie Bond | |
2002 | All or Nothing | Silent Passenger | |
The Final Curtain | Betty (Contestant) | ||
2004 | Every Time You Look at Me | Receptionist | TV film |
2005 | Look at Me I'm Beautiful | Annie Joplin | Short film |
2006 | Housewife, 49 | Mrs. Mac | TV film |
2009 | May Contain Nuts | Mrs. Whimhurst | TV film |
Mid Life Christmas | Kerry Perry | TV film | |
2010 | Chatroom | Emily's Mother | |
2014 | Mr. Turner | Hannah Danby | |
That Day We Sang | Gertrude Riall | TV film | |
2015 | Peter and Wendy | Nurse Doyle | TV film |
2017 | The Mercy | Eve Tetley | |
2018 | Peterloo | Singing Weaver | |
2019 | The Sands of Venus | Phyllida | Short film |
2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Mrs. DuFrayne | |
2023 | Saltburn | Paula Quick | |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
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1991–1993 | London's Burning | Zoe Parrish | ITV | Series regular |
1994 | Peak Practice | Woman Driver | ITV | Episode: "Long Weekend" |
Heartbeat | Connie Gibson | ITV | Episode: "Nice Girls Don't" | |
2001 | Murder in Mind | Julie | BBC One | Episode: "Vigilante" |
2003 | Holby City | Trudi Halliday | BBC One | Episode: "End of the Line" |
2004 | Life Begins | Female Organiser | ITV | Episode: "Maggie & Helen" |
Murder City | Gill Grieves | ITV | Episode: "Mr. Right" | |
2005 | No Angels | Caroline | Channel 4 | Episode: #2.7 |
Bodies | Sarah Tankard | BBC Three | 2 episodes | |
2006 | Heartbeat | Carol Parsons | ITV | Episode: "The Dying of the Light" |
The Innocence Project | Fiona Kinsella | BBC One | Episode: #1.3 | |
2007 | Skins | Receptionist | E4 | Episode: "Effy" |
Peep Show | Therapist | Channel 4 | Episode: "Holiday" | |
2008 | Sunshine | Jennifer | BBC One | Mini-series, episode: #1.2 |
2009 | Casualty 1909 | Nurse Granger | BBC One | Episode: #1.1 |
2010 | PhoneShop | Sue | E4 | Episode: "Soldier, Swinger, Shelley, Shelley" |
2011 | Midsomer Murders | Angela Lawrence | ITV | Episode: "Not in My Back Yard" |
2012 | Coronation Street | Yvonne Perry | ITV | 2 episodes |
The Town | Ann | ITV | Mini-series, 2 episodes | |
2013 | Call the Midwife | Jane Sutton | BBC One | Series regular |
2015 | Code of a Killer | Barbara Ashworth | ITV | Mini-series, 2 episodes |
2016 | Vera | Shirley Hewarth | ITV | Episode: "The Moth Catcher" |
2016–2019 | Mum | Pauline | BBC Two | Series regular |
2017 | Maigret | Claire Grandjean | ITV | Episode: "Night at the Crossroads" |
Comedy Playhouse | Teresa Smith | BBC One | Episode: "Mister Winner" | |
Strike | Kathryn Kent | BBC One | Episode: "The Silkworm" | |
2017–2018 | Harlots | Florence Scanwell | ITV Encore | Series regular |
2018 | Next of Kin | Annabel Ghillies | ITV | Mini-series, 3 episodes |
2019 | Hanna | Therapist | Amazon Prime Video | 2 episodes: "Town" & "Mother" |
2019–present | Pennyworth | Mrs. Pennyworth | Epix | Series regular |
2020–present | Secrets of the Museum | Narrator | BBC Two | Documentary series |
2021 | All Creatures Great and Small | Diana Brompton | Channel 5 | 3 episodes |
2022 | Magpie Murders | Lady Pye | BBC One | 5 episodes |
Pistol | Sylvia Cook | FX | Mini-series, 4 episodes | |
Without Sin | Jessie Cole | ITV 1 | Mini-series, 4 episodes | |
2023 | Stonehouse | Betty Boothroyd | ITV 1 | 3 episodes [6] |
The Gold | Jeannie Savage | BBC One | 4 episodes [7] | |
2024 | Inside No 9 | Sheila | BBC One | Series 9 episode 3: "Mulberry Close" |
Atkinson made her Broadway debut in the 2010 production of Brief Encounter , playing three roles (Dolly/Hermione/Beryl). This production was conceived originally with the Kneehigh Theatre Company (of which she is a member) and she stayed with the show when it moved to New York.
In 2009 Atkinson played Vera in Just Between Ourselves by Alan Ayckbourn at Northampton's Royal & Derngate Theatre. In 2006 she played Nora in Epitaph for George Dillon at the Comedy Theatre and in 2007 the Woman in A Matter of Life and Death at the National Theatre. In 2003 she played Marie in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Beauty and the Beast by Laurence Boswell. [8]
She has performed many shows at the Stephen Joseph Theatre with Alan Ayckbourn, including The Boy Who Fell Into a Book , in which she originated the role of the Queen in 1998.
In 2002, Atkinson was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Eden End as Lillian, by the Barclays Theatre Awards, an award recognising regional British theatre.
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