
Dorothy Atkinson
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1966-01-01
Place of birth: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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.
Known for

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021Mrs Du Frayne
That Day We Sang
2014Gertrude Riall
Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy
2022Narrator (voice)
Saltburn
2023Paula Quick
Chatroom
2010Emily’s Mother
The Final Curtain
2002Betty
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021Mrs. DuFrayne
Mr. Turner
2014Hannah Danby
Housewife, 49
2006Mrs Mac
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
All or Nothing
2002Silent PassengerVictoria Wood - That Musical We Made
2014Self
Topsy-Turvy
1999Jessie Bond
The Mercy
2018Eve Tetley
Peterloo
2018Singing Weaver
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997Dora
Peter & Wendy
2015Nurse Doyle