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Dame Eileen June Atkins, is an English actress and occasional screenwriter. She has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953. In 2008, she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Cranford. She is also a three-time Olivier Award winner, winning Best Supporting Performance in 1988 and Best Actress for The Unexpected Man (1999) and Honour (2004). She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1990 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2001.
Birth Name
Eileen June Atkins
Born
Saturday, 16 June 1934
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Getting Away with Murder(s) | (voice) | 2021 |
| Tea With the Dames | Herself / Self | 2018 |
| Paddington 2 | Madame Kozlova | 2017 |
| Carnage | Dorothy | 2017 |
| ChickLit | Peggy Law | 2016 |
| The Crown | Queen Mary | 2016 |
| Valentine's Kiss | Catherine Maier | 2015 |
| Suite Française | Denise Epstein | 2014 |
| Magic in the Moonlight | Aunt Vanessa | 2014 |
| Vicious | Rosemary | 2013 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Getting Away with Murder(s) | (voice) | 2021 |
| Tea With the Dames | Herself / Self | 2018 |
| Paddington 2 | Madame Kozlova | 2017 |
| Carnage | Dorothy | 2017 |
| ChickLit | Peggy Law | 2016 |
| The Crown | Queen Mary | 2016 |
| Valentine's Kiss | Catherine Maier | 2015 |
| Suite Française | Denise Epstein | 2014 |
| Magic in the Moonlight | Aunt Vanessa | 2014 |
| Vicious | Rosemary | 2013 |
| Beautiful Creatures | Gramma / Emmaline Duchannes | 2013 |
| The Scapegoat | Lady Spence | 2012 |
| Upstairs Downstairs | Maud, Lady Holland | 2010 |
| This September | Violet Aird | 2010 |
| The Many Faces of... | Self | 2010 |
| Wild Target | Louisa Maynard / Mother | 2010 |
| Robin Hood | Eleanor of Aquitaine | 2010 |
| This Is Jinsy | Miss Penny | 2010 |
| Psychoville | Nurse Edwina Kenchington | 2009 |
| Last Chance Harvey | Maggie / Maggie Walker | 2008 |
| Ballet Shoes | Madame Fidolia | 2007 |
| Cranford | Miss Deborah Jenkyns | 2007 |
| Evening | The Night Nurse / Nachtschwester | 2007 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Iris | 2006 |
| Ask the Dust | Mrs. Hargraves | 2006 |
| The Feast of the Goat | Aunt Adelina | 2005 |
| Agatha Christie's Marple | Lady Tressilian | 2004 |
| Vanity Fair | Miss Matilda Crawley | 2004 |
| The 58th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2004 |
| Doc Martin | Ruth Ellingham | 2004 |
| Cold Mountain | Maddy | 2003 |
| A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda | Amanda | 2003 |
| What a Girl Wants | Jocelyn Dashwood | 2003 |
| The Hours | Barbara in the Flower Shop | 2002 |
| Bertie and Elizabeth | Queen Mary | 2002 |
| Gosford Park | Mrs. Croft | 2001 |
| Women Talking Dirty | Emily Boyle | 2001 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | 2001 |
| Wit | Evelyn 'E.M.' Ashford / Evelyn 'E.M' Ashford | 2001 |
| David Copperfield | Miss Jane Murdstone | 2000 |
| Waking the Dead | Abigail Dusniak | 2000 |
| Madame Bovary | Marie Louise | 2000 |
| Loose Women | Herself | 1999 |
| The Avengers | Alice | 1998 |
| A Dance to the Music of Time | Brightman | 1997 |
| Theater Talk | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| The 49th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1995 |
| Jack & Sarah | Phil | 1995 |
| Cold Comfort Farm | Judith Starkadder | 1995 |
| Wolf | Mary | 1994 |
| Let Him Have It | Lillian Bentley / Lilian Bentley | 1991 |
| Performance | Mrs. May Maitland | 1991 |
| A Room of One's Own | Virginia Woolf | 1991 |
| Chillers | Mrs. Waggoner | 1990 |
| Poirot | Princess Dragomiroff | 1989 |
| A Hazard of Hearts | Lady Harriet's Maid | 1987 |
| Screen Two | Helen Marriner, Kitty Higdon | 1985 |
| A Better Class of Person | Nellie Osborne | 1985 |
| The Dresser | Madge | 1983 |
| Nelly's Version | Nelly | 1983 |
| Shades of Darkness | Mrs. Rutledge | 1983 |
| Smiley's People | Madame Ostrakova | 1982 |
| Oliver Twist | Mrs. Mann | 1982 |
| Equus | Hesther Saloman | 1977 |
| Working in the Theatre | Self - Actor | 1976 |
| Arena | Herself (as Dame Eileen Atkins), Self | 1975 |
| Sharon's Baby | Sister Albana | 1975 |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | Lady Maud Holland | 1971 |
| Inadmissible Evidence | Shirley | 1968 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Catherine Sloper, Olga, Titania, Electra | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| The Wednesday Play | Joan, Mabel, The Girl, Woman | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Eileen | 1964 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2011 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie | Nominated |
| 2009 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2008 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Won |
