Monica Dolan
Acting
Monica Dolan is a BAFTA and Olivier Award winning actor whose work spans television, film and stage. Monica was born in March 1969 into an Irish family and has a sister Gabrielle. She studied drama at the Guildhall School in London, graduating in 1991 and soon afterwards went into television. A supremely versatile character actress, she has tended to specialize in stunning portrayals of the darker side of life, as real-life stalker Maria Marchese in U Be Dead (2009), demure but deadly Miss Gilchrist in the superior Poirot adaptation Poirot: After the Funeral (2006) and, particularly, as serial killer Rosemary West in Appropriate Adult (2011) for which she, along with fellow Guildhall graduate Dominic West, deservedly received a BAFTA award.
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movieThe Lost Children of Tuam
2026
Catherine Corless
The Jubilee of '77: Pomp, Pageantry & Parties
2025
Self (Narrator)
tvSmoggie Queens
2024
Paula
tvMr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
Jo Hamilton
movieTypist Artist Pirate King
2023
Audrey Amiss
tvThe Change
2023
Carmel
movieEmpire of Light
2022
Rosemary Bates
tvSherwood
2022
Ann Branson
movieMy Name Is Leon
2022
Maureen
tvThe Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
2022
Anne Darwin
movieCyrano
2021
Marie
movieThe Dig
2021
May Brown
movieRialto
2020
Claire
movieOfficial Secrets
2019
Fiona Bygate
movieNational Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
Karen Richards
tvHang Ups
2018
Alison Jones
tvA Very English Scandal
2018
Marion Thorpe
movieFern
2017
Woman
tvStrike
2017
Leonora Quine
tvThe Witness for the Prosecution
2016
Janet McIntyre
tvNeil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016
Dr Marshall / Café Manager / Nora / Miranda Walker
movieEye in the Sky
2015
Angela Northman
movieThe Falling
2015
Miss Martha Alvaro
tvThe Casual Vacancy
2015
Tess Wall
tvWolf Hall
2015
Alice More
moviePride
2014
Marion
tvW1A
2014
Tracey Pritchard
tvThe Escape Artist
2013
Eileen Morris
movieKick-Ass 2
2013
Tommy's Mum
movieComplicit
2013
Judith
movieSightseers
2012
Janice
tvBlack Mirror
2011
Janet McCardle / CS Linda Grace
tvDeath in Paradise
2011
Patricia Lawrence
movieMeconium
2011
Kel (voice)
tvDCI Banks
2011
Maggie Forrest
tvAppropriate Adult
2011
Rose West
movieThe Arbor
2010
Ann Hamilton
movieWithin the Whirlwind
2009
Pitkowskaya
movieU Be Dead
2009
Maria Marchese
tvOccupation
2009
Nicky Swift
movieOccupation
2009
Nicky Swift
movieKing Lear
2008
Regan
movieWallis & Edward
2005
Elizabeth
movieGuernsey
2005
Claire
movieShe Stoops to Conquer
2003
Miss Kate Hardcastle
tvTipping the Velvet
2002
Alice Astley
movieTopsy-Turvy
1999
Miss Barnes
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Imogen Stroud
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Miss Gilchrist / Cora Gallaccio
tvA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
Mrs. Dorman
movieBook Club
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