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Dorothy Atkinson

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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.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Mercy

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Magpie Murders

As Lady Frances Pye

Without Sin

As Jessie Cole

Stonehouse

As Betty Boothroyd

Topsy-Turvy

As Jessie Bond

Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy

As Narrator (voice)

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Moana and the Sea as Mirror and Crucible

Taking the core premise of Moana (the ocean as a living force that tests, transforms, and reveals who you are) and steering it into far darker territory, this c...

8 films

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Stonehouse

2023 · Betty Boothroyd

Without Sin

2022 · Jessie Cole

Magpie Murders

2022 · Lady Frances Pye

Tom Hanks: Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy

2022 · Narrator (voice)