Person · Actress and screenwriter · Active since 1953
Eileen Atkins
b. 1934, London
British actress and screenwriter, born in London. Appeared in 24 films on this site, including Robin Hood (2010), Paddington 2 (2017) and Beautiful Creatures (2013).
She is a three-time Olivier Award winner, winning Best Supporting Performance in 1988 (for Multiple roles) and Best Actress for The Unexpected Man (1999) and Honour (2004).
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She also wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film Mrs Dalloway.
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Films in this guide
Best known
- Robin Hood 2010actress, as Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Paddington 2 2017actress
- Beautiful Creatures 2013actress
- Magic in the Moonlight 2014actress
- What a Girl Wants 2003actress
- Wolf 1994actress
1970s
- I Don't Want to Be Born (1975)actress
- Equus (1977)actress
1980s
- The Dresser (1983)actress
1990s
- Let Him Have It (1991)actress
- The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)actress
- Wolf (1994)actress
- Jack and Sarah (1995)actress
- Mrs Dalloway (1997)screenwriter
- The Avengers (1998)actress
- Women Talking Dirty (1999)actress
2000s
- What a Girl Wants (2003)actress
- Vanity Fair (2004)actress, as Miss Matilda Crawley
- The Feast of the Goat (2005)actress
- Ask the Dust (2006)actress
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006)actress
- Evening (2007)actress
- Last Chance Harvey (2008)actress
2010s
- Robin Hood (2010)actress, as Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Wild Target (2010)actress
- Beautiful Creatures (2013)actress
- Magic in the Moonlight (2014)actress
- Suite française (2015)actress
- Paddington 2 (2017)actress
- Vita and Virginia (2018)screenwriter
2020s
- Wicked Little Letters (2023)actress, as Mabel
- Bunker (2026)actress