Dorothy Atkinson
Dorothy Atkinson | |
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Atkinson in 2014 | |
| Born | Dorothy Caroline Atkinson 1966 (age 58–59) Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse | Martin Savage |
| Children | 1 |
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 for Best Supporting Actress.
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.