Dorothy Atkinson

Born: 1966-01-01

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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as Paula Quick
Released: 2023-11-16

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into...

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The Mercy

as Eve Tetley
Released: 2018-02-09

In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and...

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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

as Mrs Du Frayne
Released: 2021-10-21

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes...

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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

as Mrs. DuFrayne
Released: 2021-10-21

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes...

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Mr. Turner

as Hannah Danby
Released: 2014-10-31

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes...

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All or Nothing

as Silent Passenger
Released: 2002-05-17

Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry...

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Peterloo

as Singing Weaver
Released: 2018-11-01

An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a...

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Topsy-Turvy

as Jessie Bond
Released: 1999-12-15

After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship...

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Chatroom

as Emily’s Mother
Released: 2010-08-11

When strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom,...

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Peter & Wendy

as Nurse Doyle
Released: 2015-12-26

Lucy is a young girl admitted to Great Ormond Street with a heart condition. Whilst there she...

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Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2022-01-02

Biographical documentary about the life and career of the film star. What lies behind the...

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Keep the Aspidistra Flying

as Dora
Released: 1997-11-20

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer....

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That Day We Sang

as Gertrude Riall
Released: 2014-12-26

TV Film adaptation of Victoria Wood's hit musical set in Manchester in 1929 and 1969. When...

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The Final Curtain

as Betty
Released: 2002-10-12

The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter...

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Housewife, 49

as Mrs Mac
Released: 2006-12-10

Downtrodden wife and mother Nella's life takes an unexpected turn for the better after she joins...

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Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas

as uncredited
Released: 2009-12-24

This is the time of year when friends and family gather round the television to exchange the...

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Midsomer Murders

as Angela Lawrence
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Vera

as Shirley Hewarth
First aired: 2011-05-01

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England,...

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Call the Midwife

as Jane Sutton
First aired: 2012-01-15

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of...

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Skins

as Receptionist
First aired: 2007-01-25

Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable...

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Heartbeat

as Connie Gibson
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Heartbeat

as Carol Parsons
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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All Creatures Great & Small

as Diana Brompton
First aired: 2020-09-01

The heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the...

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Inside No. 9

as Sheila
First aired: 2014-02-05

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

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Peak Practice

as Woman Driver
First aired: 1993-05-10

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...

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Peep Show

as Therapist
First aired: 2003-09-19

Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has...

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Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

as Mary Pennyworth
First aired: 2019-07-28

The origin story of Bruce Wayne's legendary butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British SAS...

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Harlots

as Florence Scanwell
First aired: 2017-03-27

Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.

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Strike

as Kathryn Kent
First aired: 2017-08-27

A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street....

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Ludwig

as DCS Carol Shaw
First aired: 2024-09-25

John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of...

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Magpie Murders

as Lady Frances Pye
First aired: 2022-02-10

An editor gets drawn into a web of intrigue and murder when she receives an unfinished manuscript.

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The Long Shadow

as Betty Hoban
First aired: 2023-09-25

Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world,...

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The Gold

as Jeannie Savage
First aired: 2023-02-12

On 26 November 1983, six armed men break into the Brink's-Mat security depot, stumbling across...

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London's Burning

as Zoe Parrish
First aired: 1986-12-07

London's Burning is a British television drama programme produced by London Weekend Television...

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Pistol

as Sylvia Cook
First aired: 2022-05-31

The story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring,...

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Next of Kin

as Annabel Ghillies
First aired: 2018-01-08

Whip-smart general practitioner Dr. Mona Harcourt lives in London with her political lobbyist...

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Stonehouse

as Betty Boothroyd
First aired: 2023-01-02

Drama following the life and times of disgraced Labour politician John Stonehouse, a high-flying...

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Mum

as Pauline
First aired: 2016-05-13

A comedy about a mother at a milestone in her life. We follow her and her family through a year...

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Code of a Killer

as Barbara Ashworth
First aired: 2015-04-06

Based on the extraordinary true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its...

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Murder in Mind

as Julie
First aired: 2001-04-22

Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories...

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Without Sin

as Jessie Cole
First aired: 2022-12-28

Explores the relationship which develops between a grieving mother and the man she believes...

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The Town

as Ann
First aired: 2012-12-05

Following a family tragedy, 30-year-old Mark Nicholas returns to the town where he grew up....

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Secrets of the Museum

as Self - Narrator
First aired: 2020-02-06

Unique arts series venturing behind the scenes at the world famous museum of art, design and...

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Sunshine

as Jennifer
First aired: 2008-10-07

Sunshine is a three-part comedy drama that began on 7 October 2008 on BBC1 from the co-writers...

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