Dorothy Atkinson

Dorothy Atkinson

Appears in 3 cozy crime TV shows on Cozy Crime Index.

Born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England · See Nottinghamshire then and now on GhostViewer →

About Dorothy Atkinson

Dorothy Atkinson is an English actress and singer who began her television career in her mid-20s with a recurring role as Zoe Parrish in London’s Burning (1991-1993). A frequent collaborator with director Mike Leigh since Topsy-Turvy (1999) — where she met her husband, actor Martin Savage — she has also worked extensively with playwright Alan Ayckbourn, made her Broadway debut in a 2010 revival of Brief Encounter, and earned acclaim (including a British Independent Film Award nomination) for Mr. Turner (2014). Her other television credits include Call the Midwife, Harlots, Pennyworth, All Creatures Great and Small, and Saltburn.

Dorothy Atkinson TV shows

Strike (C.B. Strike)

as Kathryn Kent

United Kingdom2017 · 6 seasons · BBC

War veteran Cormoran Strike operates a struggling private detective agency from a cramped London office, taking on complex cases that have baffled the police, aided by his assistant Robin Ellacott who proves far more capable than her temporary secretary role suggests. As they solve increasingly dangerous cases together, Strike battles his physical and psychological war wounds whilst an unspoken attraction grows between the mismatched pair, complicated by Robin's engagement and Strike's determination to keep their relationship strictly professional.

Ludwig

as DCS Carol Shaw

United Kingdom2024 · 2 seasons · BBC

John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts.

Magpie Murders

as Lady Frances Pye

United Kingdom2022 · 1 season · BBC

When book editor Susan Ryeland receives the unfinished manuscript of bestselling author Alan Conway's latest Atticus Pünd mystery, she discovers the final chapter is missing and Conway is dead. As Susan searches for the missing pages, she realises that Conway's 1950s whodunit contains thinly veiled caricatures of real people in his life, and that his apparent suicide may actually be murder.

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