
Eileen Atkins
Highest Rated: 100% The Dresser (1983)
Lowest Rated: 5% The Avengers (1998)
Birthday: Jun 16, 1934
Birthplace: Clapton, London, England, UK
Veteran British star of both stage and screen, Eileen Atkins rose from her working-class roots to become one of the most accomplished and decorated actresses to cross the Atlantic. Though not as well known across the pond as contemporaries Judi Dench or Helen Mirren, Atkins nonetheless thrived on the stage, earning numerous awards and nominations, especially for her several transformative performances as novelist Virginia Woolf. While acting remained her bread and butter, Atkins occasionally used her talents as a writer to create unforgettable television like the popular "Upstairs, Downstairs" (ITV, 1971-75), the acclaimed stage play "Vita & Virginia" (1994) and the well-regarded screenplay for "Mrs. Dalloway" (1997). All throughout her career, she remained in an unparalleled class, building a sterling résumé that eventually earned her a place in the Theater Hall of Fame in 1998. While her feature career remained relatively muted compared to her stage work - a few highlights like "Gosford Park" (2001) and "Cold Mountain" (2003) stood out - Atkins nonetheless established herself as an actress of unending verve and talent.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
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98% | 77% | Nothing Like a Dame | Herself (Character) | $858.9K | 2018 |
42% | 61% | Vita & Virginia | Screenwriter | $32.8K | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nothing Like a Dame | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
100% | 88% | Paddington 2 | Madame Kozlova (Character) | $38.4M | 2017 |
13% | 17% | ChickLit | Peggy Law (Character) | - | 2016 |
51% | 45% | Magic in the Moonlight | Aunt Vanessa (Character) | $10.5M | 2014 |
47% | 54% | Beautiful Creatures | Gramma (Character) | $19.4M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 78% | The Scapegoat | Lady Spence (Character) | - | 2012 |
43% | 58% | Robin Hood | Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (Character) | $105.2M | 2010 |
33% | 56% | Wild Target | Mother (Character) | $117.2K | 2010 |
71% | 53% | Last Chance Harvey | Maggie (Character) | $14.9M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marple Mystery: Towards Zero | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
100% | 66% | Ballet Shoes | Madame Fidolia (Character) | - | 2007 |
50% | 49% | Scenes of a Sexual Nature | Iris (Character) | - | 2006 |
35% | 41% | Ask the Dust | Mrs. Hargraves (Character) | $742.6K | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 73% | The Feast of the Goat | Aunt Adelina (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 26% | The Queen of Sheba's Pearls | School Matron (Character) | - | 2004 |
49% | 50% | Vanity Fair | Miss Matilda Crawley (Character) | $16.1M | 2004 |
35% | 62% | What a Girl Wants | Lady Jocelyn (Character) | $36M | 2003 |
71% | 77% | Cold Mountain | Maddy (Character) | $95.6M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Again | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Het Pesten Et Budan Egy | Amanda (Character) | - | 2003 |
80% | 84% | The Hours | Barbara (Character) | $41.6M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Bertie & Elizabeth | Queen Mary (Character) | - | 2002 |
83% | 91% | Wit | Evelyn "E.M." Ashford (Character) | - | 2001 |
86% | 78% | Gosford Park | Mrs. Croft (Character) | $41.3M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sleeper | Violet Moon (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Madame Bovary | Marie Louise (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Women Talking Dirty | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
5% | 15% | The Avengers | Alice (Character) | $23.4M | 1998 |
71% | 57% | Mrs. Dalloway | Writer | $3.3M | 1997 |
74% | 79% | Jack & Sarah | Phil (Character) | $114.8K | 1995 |
83% | 82% | Cold Comfort Farm | Judith Starkadder (Character) | $5.6M | 1995 |
61% | 42% | Wolf | Mary (Character) | $65M | 1994 |
84% | 86% | Let Him Have It | Lilian Bentley (Character) | $83.3K | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 79% | The Lost Language of Cranes | Rose Benjamin (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Vision | Helen Marriner (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Roman Holiday | Countess (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Burston Rebellion | Kitty Higdon (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Better Class of Person | Nellie Osborne (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Children's Rebellion | Unknown (Character) | - | 1985 |
100% | 87% | The Dresser | Madge (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nelly's Version | Nelly (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Oliver Twist | Mrs. Mann (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She Fell Among Thieves | Vanity Fair (Character) | - | 1980 |
65% | 78% | Equus | Hesther Saloman (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Raku Fire | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 14% | I Don't Want to Be Born (The Baby)(It Lives Within Her)(Sharon's Baby) | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | 13% | Sharon's Baby | Sister Albana (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inadmissible Evidence | Shirley (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
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82% | 100% | Doc Martin |
Ruth Ellingham (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2019 2017 2015 2013 2011 |
91% | 89% | The Crown | Queen Mary (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | 94% | Vicious | Rosemary (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Theater Talk | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Upstairs Downstairs | Maud (Character) | 2012 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Mystery! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cranford | Deborah Jenkins (Character) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Agatha Christie's Marple | Unknown (Character) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Classic | Unknown (Character) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 2004 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | David Copperfield | Unknown (Character) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madame Bovary | Marie Louise (Character) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The House of Eliott | Writer | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chillers | Unknown (Character) | 1990 |
QUOTES FROM Eileen Atkins CHARACTERS
Ridley says: And here comes our much beloved grandma
Ridley says: And here comes our much beloved grandma.
Gramma says: Let me have a look at you child
Gramma says: Let me have a look at you child.
Mother says: A Barrette for your seventh birthday. A Barrette the pistol of princes. No boy could have assed for more.
Mother says: A Beretta for your seventh birthday. A Beretta the pistol of princes. No boy could have asked for more.