Dora Carrington — Carrington Character Profile

About Dora Carrington

Central protagonist of the film. Her complex romantic and sexual relationships with Lytton Strachey, Ralph Partridge, Mark Gertler, Gerald Brenan, and several women drive the narrative. She navigates a polyamorous household, pursues art, and faces terminal loss before ultimately taking her own life.

Dora Carrington — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Emma Thompson

Appears in

Carrington (1995)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (8)

• Dora Carrington — Social Acquaintance — Clive Bell (Richard Clifford)

  Part of the same social circle

• Dora Carrington — Social Acquaintance — Lady Ottoline Morrell (Penelope Wilton)

  Part of the same social circle

• Dora Carrington — Social Friend — Vanessa Bell (Janet McTeer)

  Friends, Vanessa hosts Lytton when they first meet

• Dora Carrington — Romantic Lover — Beacus Penrose (Jeremy Northam)

  Brief relationship during her lesbian awakening phase

• Dora Carrington — Romantic Lover — Gerald Brenan (Samuel West)

  Affair while married to Ralph

• Dora Carrington — Family Spouse — Ralph Partridge (Steven Waddington)

  Married relationship but continues living with Lytton

• Dora Carrington — Romantic Unrequited Suitor — Mark Gertler (Rufus Sewell)

  Gertler pursues Carrington for years but she doesn't reciprocate

• Dora Carrington — Romantic Lover — Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce)

  Complex romantic relationship with sadomasochistic elements

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More characters from Carrington

• Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce)
• Ralph Partridge (Steven Waddington)
• Gerald Brenan (Samuel West)
• Mayor (David Ryall)
• Mark Gertler (Rufus Sewell)
• Lady Ottoline Morrell (Penelope Wilton)
• Phillip Morrell (Peter Blythe)
• Military Rep (Stephen Boxer)
• Porter (Daniel Betts)
• Mary Hutchinson (Annabel Mullion)
• Roger Senhouse (Sebastian Harcombe)
• Johnny Boy (uncredited) (Mark Chapman)