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

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, including ''

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'', '' 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. In television, she has appeared as Zoe Parrish on ITV drama '' London's Burning'', Jane Sutton in the

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drama ''

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'', Pauline in the

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sitcom '' Mum'', Florence Scanwell in the ITV Encore drama '' Harlots'', and Mary Pennyworth in the Epix/

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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.

Personal life

Atkinson is from

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of the Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area and the second largest settlement in Nottinghamshire (following the city ...

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

. Her father was a

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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.

Filmography

Film

Television

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. 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 ''Brief Encounter'' is a 1945 British Romance film#Romantic drama, romantic drama film directed by David Lean from a screenplay by Noël Coward, based on his 1936 one-act play ''Still Life (play), Still Life''. The film stars Celia Johnson and ...

'', 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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