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Dorothy Perpetua Wells is a British actress and writer. She co-wrote and starred in the Sky Living series Doll & Em (2014–15) with best friend Emily Mortimer, and wrote and directed the 2019 comedy-drama Good Posture. Her other television work includes roles in Star Stories (2006–08), Some Girls (2012–14), Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy (2012–14), Blunt Talk (2015–16) and Dracula (2020).
Birth Name
Dorothy Perpetua Gatacre
Born
Sunday, 05 December 1971
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Susie Searches | Professor Gallagher | 2023 |
Three Birthdays | Marian | 2023 |
Inside Man | Janice Fife | 2022 |
And Just Like That... | Joy | 2021 |
The Outlaws | Margaret | 2021 |
Around the World in 80 Days | Estella | 2021 |
Love Spreads | Julie | 2021 |
The Pursuit of Love | Aunt Sadie | 2021 |
Here We Go | Penny | 2020 |
The Stand In | Second AD Daisy | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Susie Searches | Professor Gallagher | 2023 |
Three Birthdays | Marian | 2023 |
Inside Man | Janice Fife | 2022 |
And Just Like That... | Joy | 2021 |
The Outlaws | Margaret | 2021 |
Around the World in 80 Days | Estella | 2021 |
Love Spreads | Julie | 2021 |
The Pursuit of Love | Aunt Sadie | 2021 |
Here We Go | Penny | 2020 |
The Stand In | Second AD Daisy | 2020 |
Soulmates | Jennifer | 2020 |
Dracula | Sister Agatha / Sister Agatha van Helsing | 2020 |
The Return of the Yuletide Kid | Agent | 2019 |
Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Anna | 2018 |
Boundaries | Sofia | 2018 |
Furlough | SA Group Leader | 2018 |
Dinnerladies Diaries | Hannah | 2018 |
Home Again | Tracy | 2017 |
I Do... Until I Don't | Vivian / Vivian Prudeck | 2017 |
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town | The Woman in the Field | 2017 |
Room 104 | Catherine | 2017 |
Bridget Jones's Baby | Woney | 2016 |
Black Mountain Poets | Claire | 2016 |
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies | Mrs. Featherstone | 2016 |
Blunt Talk | Celia Havemeyer / Celia | 2015 |
45 Years | Sally | 2015 |
Younger | Stephanie | 2015 |
Jolene: The Indie Folk Star Movie | Rosamund | 2014 |
Doll & Em | Doll / Dolly | 2013 |
Some Girls | Anna Hitchcock | 2012 |
Tumult | Tour Guide | 2012 |
Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life | Annabel Swanson | 2012 |
Starlings | Annika | 2012 |
Pramface | Ante-natal instructress | 2012 |
Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy | Dolly / Various Characters / Needle / Mom Peggy / Leek / Garden Decoration Deer Creature | 2012 |
Spy | Judith | 2011 |
Portlandia | Dolly | 2011 |
Campus | Lydia Tennant | 2009 |
Mr. Right | Fizz | 2009 |
Franklyn | Nurse | 2009 |
Free Agents | Sarah | 2009 |
Comedy Showcase | Lydia Tennant | 2007 |
Chelsea Lately | Dolly in 'Doll & Em' | 2007 |
Star Stories | Nicole Kidman / Ballet Teacher / Christy Turlington / Teacher / Gwyneth Paltrow / Heather Mills / Lisa Kudrow / Princess Lady Di | 2006 |
The IT Crowd | Miranda / Paula | 2006 |
Sex Traffic | Sarah | 2004 |
Peep Show | Paula | 2003 |
Comedy Connections | Hannah | 2003 |
The Mighty Boosh | Methuselah | 2003 |
I Capture the Castle | Fur Department Vendeuse | 2003 |
Nobody Needs to Know | Dolly | 2003 |
Morvern Callar | Susan | 2002 |
The Gathering Storm | Sarah Churchill | 2002 |
Bertie and Elizabeth | Princess Mary | 2002 |
Murphy's Law | Susan Green | 2001 |
Bridget Jones's Diary | Woney | 2001 |
Doctors | Claire Morris | 2000 |
In the Name of Love | Helen Walters | 1999 |
Dinnerladies | Hannah | 1998 |
The Sea Change | Jane | 1998 |
Midsomer Murders | Ava Rokeby | 1997 |
Goodnight Sweetheart | Celia Johnson | 1993 |
Casualty | Josie Betts / Chloe | 1986 |
The Bill | Janet James | 1984 |
The South Bank Show | Hannah | 1978 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Good Posture | 2019 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Good Posture | 2019 |
Doll & Em | 2013 |
Nobody Needs to Know | 2003 |