Dorothy Atkinson

Dorothy Atkinson
Atkinson in 2014
Born
Dorothy Caroline Atkinson

1966 (age 57–58)
OccupationActress
Years active1988–present
SpouseMartin Savage
Children1

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 for Best Supporting Actress.[3]

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.[4]

  1. ^ "Dorothy Atkinson credits". Curtisbrown.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Pauline McLeod (26 October 2014). "Actress Dorothy Atkinson on Call the Midwife and Mr Turner - Life - Life & Style - Daily Express". Express.co.uk.
  4. ^ "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.