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Dorothy Atkinson

Acting Born Jan 1, 1966 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Midsomer Murders (1997) as Angela Lawrence
  • Vera (2011) as Shirley Hewarth
  • Skins (2007) as Receptionist
  • Call the Midwife (2012) as Jane Sutton
  • Peak Practice (1993) as Woman Driver
  • Heartbeat (1992) as Connie Gibson
  • Heartbeat (1992) as Carol Parsons
  • All Creatures Great & Small (2020) as Diana Brompton
  • Inside No. 9 (2014) as Sheila
  • Strike (2017) as Kathryn Kent
  • Peep Show (2003) as Therapist
  • The Gold (2023) as Jeannie Savage
  • Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler (2019) as Mary Pennyworth
  • Hanna (2019) as Therapist
  • London's Burning (1986) as Zoe Parrish
  • Harlots (2017) as Florence Scanwell
  • Ludwig (2024) as DCS Carol Shaw
  • Agatha Christie's Seven Dials (2026) as Lady Maria Coote
  • Murder in Mind (2001) as Julie
  • Saltburn (2023) as Paula Quick
  • Magpie Murders (2022) as Lady Frances Pye
  • The Long Shadow (2023) as Betty Hoban
  • Pistol (2022) as Sylvia Cook
  • Mum (2016) as Pauline