Dorothy Atkinson
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.
Known for
Acting49
tvAgatha Christie's Seven Dials
2026
Lady Maria Coote
tvJoan
2024
Mrs. May
tvLudwig
2024
DCS Carol Shaw
movieSaltburn
2023
Paula Quick
tvThe Long Shadow
2023
Betty Hoban
tvThe Gold
2023
Jeannie Savage
tvStonehouse
2023
Betty Boothroyd
tvWithout Sin
2022
Jessie Cole
tvPistol
2022
Sylvia Cook
tvMagpie Murders
2022
Lady Frances Pye
movieTom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
Mrs Du Frayne / Mrs. DuFrayne
tvAll Creatures Great & Small
2020
Diana Brompton
tvSecrets of the Museum
2020
Self - Narrator
tvPennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019
Mary Pennyworth
tvHanna
2019
Therapist
moviePeterloo
2018
Singing Weaver
movieThe Mercy
2018
Eve Tetley
tvNext of Kin
2018
Annabel Ghillies
tvStrike
2017
Kathryn Kent
tvHarlots
2017
Florence Scanwell
tvMum
2016
Pauline
moviePeter & Wendy
2015
Nurse Doyle
tvCode of a Killer
2015
Barbara Ashworth
movieThat Day We Sang
2014
Gertrude Riall
movieMr. Turner
2014
Hannah Danby
tvInside No. 9
2014
Sheila
tvCall the Midwife
2012
Jane Sutton
tvVera
2011
Shirley Hewarth
movieChatroom
2010
Emily’s Mother
movieMay Contain: Nuts
2009
Mrs. Whimhurst
tvSunshine
2008
Jennifer
tvSkins
2007
Receptionist
movieHousewife, 49
2006
Mrs Mac
tvPeep Show
2003
Therapist
movieAll or Nothing
2002
Silent Passenger
tvMurder in Mind
2001
Julie
movieTopsy-Turvy
1999
Jessie Bond
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Angela Lawrence
tvPeak Practice
1993
Woman Driver
tvHeartbeat
1992
Connie Gibson / Carol Parsons
tvLondon's Burning
1986
Zoe Parrish