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Dorothy Atkinson

Known for acting · Born 1 January 1966 · 60 · Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

50 credits

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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Known for

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

2019

Mr. Turner

2014

Harlots

2017

Ludwig

2024

Mum

2016

Call the Midwife

2012

London's Burning

1986

Hanna

2019

Secrets of the Museum

2020

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

2026

Strike

2017

Topsy-Turvy

1999

Acting (50)

2026Agatha Christie's Seven DialsLady Maria Coote · 3 episodesSeries
2024LudwigDCS Carol Shaw · 12 episodesSeries
2024JoanMrs. May · 5 episodesSeries
2024Inside No. 9: The Party's OverSelfFilm
2023SaltburnPaula QuickFilm
2023The Long ShadowBetty Hoban · 2 episodesSeries
2023The GoldJeannie Savage · 4 episodesSeries
2023StonehouseBetty Boothroyd · 3 episodesSeries
2022PistolSylvia Cook · 4 episodesSeries
2022Magpie MurdersLady Frances Pye · 5 episodesSeries
2022Without SinJessie Cole · 4 episodesSeries
2022Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice GuyNarrator (voice)Film
2021The Electrical Life of Louis WainMrs Du Frayne, Mrs. DuFrayneFilm
2020All Creatures Great & SmallDiana Brompton · 2 episodesSeries
2020Secrets of the MuseumSelf - Narrator · 18 episodesSeries
2019HannaTherapist · 2 episodesSeries
2019Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's ButlerMary Pennyworth · 30 episodesSeries
2018The MercyEve TetleyFilm
2018PeterlooSinging WeaverFilm
2018Next of KinAnnabel Ghillies · 2 episodesSeries
2017StrikeKathryn Kent · 2 episodesSeries
2017HarlotsFlorence Scanwell · 16 episodesSeries
2016MumPauline · 18 episodesSeries
2015Code of a KillerBarbara Ashworth · 2 episodesSeries
2015Peter & WendyNurse DoyleFilm
2014Mr. TurnerHannah DanbyFilm
2014Inside No. 9SheilaSeries
2014That Day We SangGertrude RiallFilm
2014Victoria Wood - That Musical We MadeSelfFilm
2012Call the MidwifeJane Sutton · 6 episodesSeries
2012The TownAnn · 3 episodesSeries
2011VeraShirley HewarthSeries
2010ChatroomEmily’s MotherFilm
2010PhoneShopSueSeries
2009Victoria Wood's Midlife ChristmasFilm
2009May Contain: NutsMrs. WhimhurstFilm
2008SunshineJennifer · 3 episodesSeries
2007SkinsReceptionistSeries
2006Housewife, 49Mrs MacFilm
2003Peep ShowTherapistSeries
2002All or NothingSilent PassengerFilm
2002The Final CurtainBettyFilm
2001Murder in MindJulieSeries
1999Topsy-TurvyJessie BondFilm
1997Midsomer MurdersAngela LawrenceSeries
1997Keep the Aspidistra FlyingDoraFilm
1993Peak PracticeWoman DriverSeries
1992HeartbeatConnie Gibson, Carol ParsonsSeries
1986London's BurningZoe Parrish · 17 episodesSeries
—Untitled 13Film