Dorothea trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Her theatre includes The Merchant of Venice and Pericles (Shakespeare’s Globe); Richard III and Uncle Vanya (West Yorkshire Playhouse); This Was a Man (Finborough); Arcadia, As You Like It, King Lear, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Cherry Orchard, The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory); The Misanthrope (Bristol Old Vic); The Fitzrovia Radio Hour (Edinburgh Festival/New Diorama); The Spire (Salisbury Playhouse); Present Laughter (UK tour); Transparency (Ransom Productions); She Stoops to Conquer (Birmingham Rep/The Touring Consortium); Restoration (Headlong); and Mendelssohn in Scotland (City of London Sinfonia).

TV includes Holby City, Plastic People and Judge the Obscure/Dead Man Talking. 

Film includes The Honourable Rebel, The Orchard and The Payback.