Monica Dolan

Monica Dolan

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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2024

This Time Next Year
This Time Next Year
as Connie
Movie - Released: 6/3/2024
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone
as Mrs. Dorman
Movie - Released: 12/24/2024
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
as Jo Hamilton
TV - Released: 1/1/2024

2023

Typist Artist Pirate King
Typist Artist Pirate King
as Audrey Amiss
Movie - Released: 10/27/2023
The Change
The Change
as Carmel
TV - Released: 6/21/2023

2022

Empire of Light
Empire of Light
as Rosemary Bates
Movie - Released: 12/9/2022
My Name Is Leon
My Name Is Leon
as Maureen
Movie - Released: 6/10/2022
A Woman Walks Into A Bank
A Woman Walks Into A Bank
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/30/2022
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
as Anne Darwin
TV - Released: 4/17/2022
Sherwood
Sherwood
as Ann Branson
TV - Released: 6/13/2022

2021

Cyrano
Cyrano
as Marie
Movie - Released: 4/14/2021
The Dig
The Dig
as May Brown
Movie - Released: 1/14/2021

2020

Days of the Bagnold Summer
Days of the Bagnold Summer
as Sue
Movie - Released: 8/13/2020
Rialto
Rialto
as Claire
Movie - Released: 5/8/2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
as Lorna
TV - Released: 6/23/2020

2019

National Theatre Live: All About Eve
National Theatre Live: All About Eve
as Karen Richards
Movie - Released: 3/11/2019
Official Secrets
Official Secrets
as Fiona Bygate
Movie - Released: 8/30/2019

2018

A Very English Scandal
A Very English Scandal
as Marion Thorpe
TV - Released: 5/20/2018
Hang Ups
Hang Ups
as Alison Jones
TV - Released: 8/8/2018

2017

Fern
Fern
as Woman
Movie - Released: 9/21/2017
Strike
Strike
as Leonora Quine
TV - Released: 8/27/2017

2016

The Witness for the Prosecution
The Witness for the Prosecution
Movie - Released: 12/26/2016
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
TV - Released: 5/26/2016
The Witness for the Prosecution
The Witness for the Prosecution
as Janet McIntyre
TV - Released: 12/26/2016

2015

The Falling
The Falling
as Miss Martha Alvaro
Movie - Released: 4/24/2015
Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky
as Angela Northman
Movie - Released: 9/7/2015
The Casual Vacancy
The Casual Vacancy
as Tess Wall
TV - Released: 2/15/2015
Wolf Hall
Wolf Hall
as Alice More
TV - Released: 1/21/2015

2014

Pride
Pride
as Marion
Movie - Released: 9/12/2014
W1A
W1A
as Tracey Pritchard
TV - Released: 3/19/2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9
as May
TV - Released: 2/5/2014

2013

Kick-Ass 2
Kick-Ass 2
as Tommy's Mum
Movie - Released: 7/17/2013
Complicit
Complicit
as Judith
Movie - Released: 2/16/2013
Out of Darkness
Out of Darkness
Movie - Released: 10/8/2013
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
as Angela
Movie - Released: 7/24/2013
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist
as Eileen Morris
TV - Released: 10/29/2013

2012

Sightseers
Sightseers
as Janice
Movie - Released: 11/30/2012

2011

Meconium
Meconium
as Kel (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/24/2011
Appropriate Adult
Appropriate Adult
as Rose West
TV - Released: 9/4/2011
DCI Banks
DCI Banks
as Maggie Forrest
TV - Released: 9/16/2011
Black Mirror
Black Mirror
as Janet McCardle
TV - Released: 12/4/2011
Black Mirror
Black Mirror
as CS Linda Grace
TV - Released: 12/4/2011
Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise
as Patricia Lawrence
TV - Released: 10/25/2011

2010

The Arbor
The Arbor
as Ann Hamilton
Movie - Released: 10/22/2010
Excluded
Excluded
Movie - Released: 9/20/2010
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
as Nurse
Movie - Released: 3/18/2010
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
as Angela
TV - Released: 11/5/2010

2009

Occupation
Occupation
as Nicky Swift
Movie - Released: 6/15/2009
Within the Whirlwind
Within the Whirlwind
as Pitkowskaya
Movie - Released: 9/18/2009
U Be Dead
U Be Dead
as Maria Marchese
Movie - Released: 7/5/2009
Occupation
Occupation
as Nicky Swift
TV - Released: 6/16/2009

2008

King Lear
King Lear
as Regan
Movie - Released: 8/6/2008

2007

The History of Mr Polly
The History of Mr Polly
Movie - Released: 5/7/2007

2005

Guernsey
Guernsey
as Claire
Movie - Released: 8/25/2005
Wallis & Edward
Wallis & Edward
as Elizabeth
Movie - Released: 12/18/2005

2003

She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer
as Miss Kate Hardcastle
Movie - Released: 4/8/2003

2002

Tipping the Velvet
Tipping the Velvet
as Alice Astley
TV - Released: 12/9/2002

1999

Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy
as Miss Barnes
Movie - Released: 12/15/1999

1997

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Imogen Stroud
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Hermia
Movie - Released: 11/29/1996

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Miss Gilchrist / Cora Gallaccio
TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1971

A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as Mrs. Dorman
TV - Released: 12/24/1971