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Eileen Atkins is a three-time Olivier Award-winning actress and four-time Tony Award nominee. She originated the role of Madeleine in the original London production of The Height of the Storm in 2018. She is widely known for her BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning performance in Cranford, as well as major roles in Upstairs Downstairs and Doc Martin. She last appeared with Manhattan Theatre Club on Broadway in Doubt. She has received Best Actress Tony nominations for her work in The Killing of Sister George, Vivat! Vivat Regina!, Indiscretions opposite Jude Law and Retreat from Moscow opposite John Lithgow. Off-Broadway appearances include Vita & Virginia, which she wrote and co-starred opposite Vanessa Redgrave, and A Room of One’s Own, for which she won the Lucille Lortel and Obie Awards. Atkins’ West End appearances include Semi-Detached opposite Lawrence Olivier, The Unexpected Man and Honour. She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter two, and the Best Supporting Actress Olivier Award for Peter Hall’s production of The Winter’s Tale. She co-created Upstairs Downstairs and The House of Eliott, and won the Evening Standard Award for Best Screenplay for Mrs. Dalloway. Films include Gosford Park, The Hours and Paddington 2. She can be seen most recently as Queen Mary in Netflix’s The Crown. In 2001, Eileen Atkins was made a Dame of the British Empire for services to drama.