Eileen Atkins
Eileen Atkins
Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBEis 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 1988and Best Actress for The Unexpected Manand Honour. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth16 June 1934
The effort must be total for the results to be meaningful.
I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find it excruciating the other way around, too.
It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how many people really want to be operated upon by a surgeon who talks broad cockney?
A little allegory of the soul - wherever it hides, God will find it.
Fame means absolutely nothing except a good table at a restaurant.