Her performance in the made-for-TV movie "Our Town" garnered her a Satellite Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Atkinson is married to actor Michel Gill, with whom she has one son. Atkinson and Gill met when they appeared together in a 1989 production of "The Heiress" at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. They both appeared in "House of Cards" (though not as a couple: Gill played President Garrett Walker and Atkinson played Secretary of State Catherine Durant).