
Monica Dolan
Known for Acting · 66 credits
- Born
- 1969-03-15 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Моника Долан · مونیکا دولان
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (26)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Imogen Stroud

Death in Paradise
2011
as Patricia Lawrence

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Miss Gilchrist / Cora Gallaccio

Black Mirror
2011
as Janet McCardle / CS Linda Grace

Inside No. 9
2014
as May

Strike
2017
as Leonora Quine

Wolf Hall
2015
as Alice More

DCI Banks
2011
as Maggie Forrest

Sherwood
2022
as Ann Branson

A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Mrs. Dorman

W1A
2014
as Tracey Pritchard

The Escape Artist
2013
as Eileen Morris

A Very English Scandal
2018
as Marion Thorpe

Tipping the Velvet
2002
as Alice Astley

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
2010
as Angela

Mr Bates vs The Post Office
2024
as Jo Hamilton

The Casual Vacancy
2015
as Tess Wall

Hang Ups
2018
as Alison Jones

The Witness for the Prosecution
2016
as Janet McIntyre

The Change
2023
as Carmel

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
2022
as Anne Darwin

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
2020
as Lorna

Appropriate Adult
2011
as Rose West

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016

Occupation
2009
as Nicky Swift

Smoggie Queens
2024
as Paula
Movies (40)

Kick-Ass 2
2013
as Tommy's Mum

Never Let Me Go
2010
as Nurse

Eye in the Sky
2015
as Angela Northman

Official Secrets
2019
as Fiona Bygate

Pride
2014
as Marion

Topsy-Turvy
1999
as Miss Barnes

The Dig
2021
as May Brown

Cyrano
2021
as Marie

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
2013
as Angela

The Falling
2015
as Miss Martha Alvaro

Empire of Light
2022
as Rosemary Bates

Sightseers
2012
as Janice

Rialto
2020
as Claire

This Time Next Year
2024
as Connie

King Lear
2008
as Regan

National Theatre Live: All About Eve
2019
as Karen Richards

The Arbor
2010
as Ann Hamilton

Within the Whirlwind
2009
as Pitkowskaya

Typist Artist Pirate King
2023
as Audrey Amiss

Wallis & Edward
2005
as Elizabeth

Occupation
2009
as Nicky Swift

Days of the Bagnold Summer
2020
as Sue

U Be Dead
2009
as Maria Marchese

The History of Mr Polly
2007
Elsinore

The Gift
1998
as Jo

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1996
as Hermia

Complicit
2013
as Judith
The Lost Children of Tuam
as Catherine Corless

My Name Is Leon
2022
as Maureen

A Woman Walks Into A Bank
2022
as Narrator

She Stoops to Conquer
2003
as Miss Kate Hardcastle

Guernsey
2005
as Claire
Excluded
2010
as Amanda

Book Club
as Jane

Meconium
2011
as Kel (voice)

Fern
2017
as Woman

A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
2024
as Mrs. Dorman
The Jubilee of '77: Pomp, Pageantry & Parties
2025
as Self (Narrator)

Out of Darkness
2013
About 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: Af… With 66 credits spanning from 1971 to 2025, Monica Dolan has appeared in 40 films and 26 TV shows.
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- Kick-Ass 2 (2013) — as Tommy's Mum
- Never Let Me Go (2010) — as Nurse
- Eye in the Sky (2015) — as Angela Northman
- Official Secrets (2019) — as Fiona Bygate
- Pride (2014) — as Marion
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