{{Short description|English actress and singer}} {{for|the American historian|Dorothy Atkinson (historian)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Dorothy Atkinson | image = Dorothy Atkinson at Mr Turner premiere (cropped).jpg | caption = Atkinson in 2014 | birth_name = Dorothy Caroline Atkinson | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England | years_active = 1988–present | occupation = Actress | spouse = Martin Savage | children = 1 }}
'''Dorothy Caroline Atkinson''' (born 1966) is an English actress and singer.<ref name="curtisbrown">{{cite web|url=http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/dorothy-atkinson/works/|title=Dorothy Atkinson credits|website=Curtisbrown.co.uk|accessdate=2014-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/the-indiewire-springboard-mr-turner-and-mike-leigh-muse-dorothy-atkinson|title=The Indiewire Springboard: 'Mr. Turner' Breakout and Mike Leigh Muse Dorothy Atkinson Says 'No' to Vanity|website=Indiewire.com|date=16 May 2014 |accessdate=21 August 2020}}</ref> 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 for Best Supporting Actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/526946/Call-the-Midwife-Dorothy-Atkinson|title=Actress Dorothy Atkinson on Call the Midwife and Mr Turner - Life - Life & Style - Daily Express|author=Pauline McLeod|website=Express.co.uk|date=2014-10-26}}</ref>
In television, she has appeared as Zoe Parrish on ITV drama ''London's Burning'', Jane Sutton in the BBC One drama ''Call the Midwife'', Pauline in the BBC Two sitcom ''Mum'', Florence Scanwell in the ITV Encore drama ''Harlots'', and Mary Pennyworth in the Epix/HBO Max drama ''Pennyworth''. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/patricia-hodge-replaces-diana-rigg-on-all-creatures-great-and-small-1234729997/|title=Patricia Hodge Replaces The Late Diana Rigg On Channel 5/PBS Series 'All Creatures Great & Small'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=8 April 2021 |access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Three-Faces-of-BRIEF-ENCOUNTERs-Dorothy-Atkinson-20101115|title=The Three Faces of BRIEF ENCOUNTER's Dorothy Atkinson|author=Adrienne Onofri|website=BroadwayWorld}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |- | 1997 | ''Keep the Aspidistra Flying'' | Dora | |- | 1999 | ''Topsy-Turvy'' | Jessie Bond | |- | rowspan="2"|2002 | ''All or Nothing'' | Silent Passenger | |- | ''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 |- | rowspan="2"|2009 | ''May Contain Nuts'' | Mrs. Whimhurst | TV film |- | ''Mid Life Christmas'' | Kerry Perry | TV film |- | 2010 | ''Chatroom'' | Emily's Mother | |- | rowspan="2"|2014 | ''Mr. Turner'' | Hannah Danby | |- | ''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=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Network ! Notes |- | 1991–1993 | ''London's Burning'' | Zoe Parrish | rowspan=3 | ITV | Series regular |- | rowspan="2"|1994 | ''Peak Practice'' | Woman Driver | Episode: "Long Weekend" |- | ''Heartbeat'' | Connie Gibson | Episode: "Nice Girls Don't" |- | 2001 | ''Murder in Mind'' | Julie | rowspan=2 | BBC One | Episode: "Vigilante" |- | 2003 | ''Holby City'' | Trudi Halliday | Episode: "End of the Line" |- | rowspan="2"|2004 | ''Life Begins'' | Female Organiser | rowspan=2 | ITV | Episode: "Maggie & Helen" |- | ''Murder City'' | Gill Grieves | Episode: "Mr. Right" |- | rowspan="2"|2005 | ''No Angels'' | Caroline | Channel 4 | Episode: #2.7 |- | ''Bodies'' | Sarah Tankard | BBC Three | 2 episodes |- | rowspan="2"|2006 | ''Heartbeat'' | Carol Parsons | ITV | Episode: "The Dying of the Light" |- | ''The Innocence Project'' | Fiona Kinsella | BBC One | Episode: #1.3 |- | rowspan="2"|2007 | ''Skins'' | Receptionist | E4 | Episode: "Effy" |- | ''Peep Show'' | Therapist | Channel 4 | Episode: "Holiday" |- | 2008 | ''Sunshine'' | Jennifer | rowspan=2 | BBC One | Mini-series, episode: #1.2 |- | 2009 | ''Casualty 1909'' | Nurse Granger | Episode: #1.1 |- | 2010 | ''PhoneShop'' | Sue | E4 | Episode: "Soldier, Swinger, Shelley, Shelley" |- | 2011 | ''Midsomer Murders'' | Angela Lawrence | rowspan=3 | ITV | Episode: "Not in My Back Yard" |- | rowspan="2"|2012 | ''Coronation Street'' | Yvonne Perry | 2 episodes |- | ''The Town'' | Ann | Mini-series, 2 episodes |- | 2013 | ''Call the Midwife'' | Jane Sutton | BBC One | Series regular |- | 2015 | ''Code of a Killer'' | Barbara Ashworth | rowspan=2 | ITV | Mini-series, 2 episodes |- | 2016 | ''Vera'' | Shirley Hewarth | Episode: "The Moth Catcher" |- | 2016–2019 | ''Mum'' | Pauline | BBC Two | Series regular |- | rowspan="3"|2017 | ''Maigret'' | Claire Grandjean | ITV | Episode: "Night at the Crossroads" |- | ''Comedy Playhouse'' | Teresa Smith | rowspan=2 | BBC One | Episode: "Mister Winner" |- | ''Strike'' | Kathryn Kent | 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" |- | 2019–2022 | ''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 |- | rowspan="3"|2022 | ''Magpie Murders'' | Lady Pye | BBC One | 5 episodes |- | ''Pistol'' | Sylvia Cook | FX | Mini-series, 4 episodes |- | ''Without Sin'' | Jessie Cole | rowspan=2 | ITV 1 | Mini-series, 4 episodes |- | rowspan="3"|2023 | ''Stonehouse'' | Betty Boothroyd | 3 episodes<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the cast of Stonehouse and their real-life counterparts |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/stonehouse-cast-matthew-macfadyen/ |website=Radio Times |access-date=14 February 2023 |date=5 January 2023}}</ref> |- | ''The Gold'' | Jeannie Savage | BBC One | 4 episodes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/the-gold-first-look-pictures|title=First Look images and further casting announced for upcoming BBC Drama The Gold|website=bbc.co.uk/mediacentre|access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref> |- | ''The Long Shadow'' | Betty Hoban | ITV 1 | Mini-series, 3 episodes |- | rowspan="3"|2024 | ''Inside No. 9'' | Sheila | rowspan=2 | BBC One | Series 9, episode 3: "Mulberry Close" |- | ''Ludwig'' | DCS Carol Shaw | Series regular |- | ''Joan'' | Mrs. May | ITV 1 | Mini-series, 5 episodes |- | 2026 | ''Agatha Christie's Seven Dials'' | Lady Maria Coote | Netflix | Mini-series |}
==Theatre== Atkinson 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, she 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.
In 2003, she played Marie in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of ''Beauty and the Beast'' by Laurence Boswell.<ref name="playbillvault">{{cite web|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/Whos_who/13662/4176/Brief-Encounter|title=Brief Encounter Inside The Playbill on Broadway - Information, Cast, Crew, Synopsis and Photos - Playbill Vault|publisher=playbillvault.com|accessdate=2014-07-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728145946/http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/Whos_who/13662/4176/Brief-Encounter|archivedate=2014-07-28}}</ref>
In 2006, Atkinson 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 2009, she played Vera in ''Just Between Ourselves'' by Alan Ayckbourn at Northampton's Royal & Derngate 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.
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