Dorothy Atkinson

English actress and singer

Dorothy Atkinson
Atkinson in 2014
Born	Dorothy Caroline Atkinson 1966 (age 57–58) Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Martin Savage
Children	One

Dorothy Caroline Atkinson (born 1966) is an English actress and singer.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3]

An April 2021 announcement stated that Atkinson would be joining the cast of the second series of All Creatures Great and Small as Diana Brompton.^[4]

Personal life

Atkinson is from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Her father was a bursar for a school in Nottinghamshire and she has one sister. Her nickname is "Dot". She is married to actor Martin Savage and they have one son.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Keep the Aspidistra Flying	Dora
1999	Topsy-Turvy	Jessie Bond
2002	All or Nothing	Silent Passenger
2002	The Final Curtain	Betty (Contestant)
2004	Every Time You Look at Me	Receptionist	TV film
2005	Look at Me I'm Beautiful	Annie Joplin	Short film
2006	Housewife, 49	Mrs. Mac	TV film
2009	May Contain Nuts	Mrs. Whimhurst	TV film
2009	Mid Life Christmas	Kerry Perry	TV film
2010	Chatroom	Emily's Mother
2014	Mr. Turner	Hannah Danby
2014	That Day We Sang	Gertrude Riall	TV film
2015	Peter and Wendy	Nurse Doyle	TV film
2017	The Mercy	Eve Tetley
2018	Peterloo	Singing Weaver
2019	The Sands of Venus	Phyllida	Short film
2021	The Electrical Life of Louis Wain	Mrs. DuFrayne
2023	Saltburn	Paula Quick

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1991–1993	London's Burning	Zoe Parrish	ITV	Series regular
1994	Peak Practice	Woman Driver	ITV	Episode: "Long Weekend"
1994	Heartbeat	Connie Gibson	ITV	Episode: "Nice Girls Don't"
2001	Murder in Mind	Julie	BBC One	Episode: "Vigilante"
2003	Holby City	Trudi Halliday	BBC One	Episode: "End of the Line"
2004	Life Begins	Female Organiser	ITV	Episode: "Maggie & Helen"
2004	Murder City	Gill Grieves	ITV	Episode: "Mr. Right"
2005	No Angels	Caroline	Channel 4	Episode: #2.7
2005	Bodies	Sarah Tankard	BBC Three	2 episodes
2006	Heartbeat	Carol Parsons	ITV	Episode: "The Dying of the Light"
2006	The Innocence Project	Fiona Kinsella	BBC One	Episode: #1.3
2007	Skins	Receptionist	E4	Episode: "Effy"
2007	Peep Show	Therapist	Channel 4	Episode: "Holiday"
2008	Sunshine	Jennifer	BBC One	Mini-series, episode: #1.2
2009	Casualty 1909	Nurse Granger	BBC One	Episode: #1.1
2010	PhoneShop	Sue	E4	Episode: "Soldier, Swinger, Shelley, Shelley"
2011	Midsomer Murders	Angela Lawrence	ITV	Episode: "Not in My Back Yard"
2012	Coronation Street	Yvonne Perry	ITV	2 episodes
2012	The Town	Ann	ITV	Mini-series, 2 episodes
2013	Call the Midwife	Jane Sutton	BBC One	Series regular
2015	Code of a Killer	Barbara Ashworth	ITV	Mini-series, 2 episodes
2016	Vera	Shirley Hewarth	ITV	Episode: "The Moth Catcher"
2016–2019	Mum	Pauline	BBC Two	Series regular
2017	Maigret	Claire Grandjean	ITV	Episode: "Night at the Crossroads"
	Comedy Playhouse	Teresa Smith	BBC One	Episode: "Mister Winner"
	Strike	Kathryn Kent	BBC One	Episode: "The Silkworm"
2017–2018	Harlots	Florence Scanwell	ITV Encore	Series regular
2018	Next of Kin	Annabel Ghillies	ITV	Mini-series, 3 episodes
2019	Hanna	Therapist	Amazon Prime Video	2 episodes: "Town" & "Mother"
2019–present	Pennyworth	Mrs. Pennyworth	Epix	Series regular
2020–present	Secrets of the Museum	Narrator	BBC Two	Documentary series
2021	All Creatures Great and Small	Diana Brompton	Channel 5	3 episodes
2022	Magpie Murders	Lady Pye	BBC One	5 episodes
	Pistol	Sylvia Cook	FX	Mini-series, 4 episodes
	Without Sin	Jessie Cole	ITV 1	Mini-series, 4 episodes
2023	Stonehouse	Betty Boothroyd	ITV 1	3 episodes^[6]
2023	The Gold	Jeannie Savage	BBC One	4 episodes^[7]

Theatre

Atkinson made her Broadway debut in the 2010 production of Brief Encounter, playing three roles (Dolly/Hermione/Beryl). This production was conceived originally with the Kneehigh Theatre Company (of which she is a member) and she stayed with the show when it moved to New York.

In 2009 Atkinson played Vera in Just Between Ourselves by Alan Ayckbourn at Northampton's Royal & Derngate Theatre. In 2006 she played Nora in Epitaph for George Dillon at the Comedy Theatre and in 2007 the Woman in A Matter of Life and Death at the National Theatre. In 2003 she played Marie in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Beauty and the Beast by Laurence Boswell.^[8]

She has performed many shows at the Stephen Joseph Theatre with Alan Ayckbourn, including The Boy Who Fell Into a Book, in which she originated the role of the Queen in 1998.

In 2002, Atkinson was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Eden End as Lillian, by the Barclays Theatre Awards, an award recognising regional British theatre.

References

^ "Dorothy Atkinson credits". Curtisbrown.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
^ "The Indiewire Springboard: 'Mr. Turner' Breakout and Mike Leigh Muse Dorothy Atkinson Says 'No' to Vanity". Indiewire.com. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ Pauline McLeod (26 October 2014). "Actress Dorothy Atkinson on Call the Midwife and Mr Turner - Life - Life & Style - Daily Express". Express.co.uk.
^ "Patricia Hodge Replaces The Late Diana Rigg On Channel 5/PBS Series 'All Creatures Great & Small'". Deadline.com. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ Adrienne Onofri. "The Three Faces of BRIEF ENCOUNTER's Dorothy Atkinson". BroadwayWorld.
^ "Meet the cast of Stonehouse and their real-life counterparts". Radio Times. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
^ "First Look images and further casting announced for upcoming BBC Drama The Gold". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
^ "Brief Encounter Inside The Playbill on Broadway - Information, Cast, Crew, Synopsis and Photos - Playbill Vault". playbillvault.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.