Dorothy Atkinson

She is from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Her father was bursar of a school in Nottinghamshire and she has one sister. She is known as "Dot". She is married to Martin Savage and they have one son.[4]

Atkinson made her Broadway debut in the 2010 production of Brief Encounter, 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.

In 2009 Atkinson played Vera in Just Between Our Selves by Alan Ayckbourn at Northampton's Royal & Derngate Theatre. In 2006 she 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 2003 she played Marie in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Beauty and the Beast by Laurence Boswell.[5]

She 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, Atkinson 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.

• Dorothy Atkinson at IMDb
• Dorothy Atkinson at the Internet Broadway Database