
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
March 15, 1969 (age 57)
Place of Birth
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Моника Долан
مونیکا دولان
Monica Dolan
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
Midsomer Murders
Imogen Stroud
1997

TV
Death in Paradise
Patricia Lawrence
2011

TV
Black Mirror
Janet McCardle
2011

TV
Black Mirror
CS Linda Grace
2011

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

TV
Inside No. 9
May
2014

TV
Strike
Leonora Quine
2017

TV
Wolf Hall
Alice More
2015

TV
DCI Banks
Maggie Forrest
2011

Film
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Angela
2013

TV
Sherwood
Ann Branson
2022

Film
Kick-Ass 2
Tommy's Mum
2013

TV
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Mrs. Dorman
1971

TV
Hang Ups
Alison Jones
2018

TV
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
Angela
2010

TV
The Change
Carmel
2023

TV
W1A
Tracey Pritchard
2014

TV
Tipping the Velvet
Alice Astley
2002

Film
Never Let Me Go
Nurse
2010

TV
The Casual Vacancy
Tess Wall
2015
Filmography
2025FilmThe Jubilee of '77: Pomp, Pageantry & Partiesas Self (Narrator)2024FilmA Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stoneas Mrs. Dorman2024FilmThis Time Next Yearas Connie2024TVMr Bates vs The Post Officeas Jo Hamilton2023FilmTypist Artist Pirate Kingas Audrey Amiss2023TVThe Changeas Carmel2022FilmA Woman Walks Into A Bankas Narrator2022FilmEmpire of Lightas Rosemary Bates2022TVSherwoodas Ann Branson2022FilmMy Name Is Leonas Maureen2022TVThe Thief, His Wife and the Canoeas Anne Darwin2021FilmCyranoas Marie2021FilmThe Digas May Brown2020FilmDays of the Bagnold Summeras Sue2020TVAlan Bennett's Talking Headsas Lorna2020FilmRialtoas Claire2019FilmOfficial Secretsas Fiona Bygate2019FilmNational Theatre Live: All About Eveas Karen Richards2018TVHang Upsas Alison Jones2018TVA Very English Scandalas Marion Thorpe2017FilmFernas Woman2017TVStrikeas Leonora Quine2016TVThe Witness for the Prosecutionas Janet McIntyre2016TVNeil Gaiman's Likely Stories2015FilmEye in the Skyas Angela Northman2015FilmThe Fallingas Miss Martha Alvaro2015TVThe Casual Vacancyas Tess Wall2015TVWolf Hallas Alice More2014FilmPrideas Marion2014TVW1Aas Tracey Pritchard2014TVInside No. 9as May2013TVThe Escape Artistas Eileen Morris2013FilmOut of Darkness2013FilmAlan Partridge: Alpha Papaas Angela2013FilmKick-Ass 2as Tommy's Mum2013FilmComplicitas Judith2012FilmSightseersas Janice2011TVBlack Mirroras Janet McCardle2011TVDeath in Paradiseas Patricia Lawrence2011FilmMeconiumas Kel (voice)2011TVDCI Banksas Maggie Forrest2011TVAppropriate Adultas Rose West2010TVMid Morning Matters with Alan Partridgeas Angela2010FilmThe Arboras Ann Hamilton2010FilmExcluded2010FilmNever Let Me Goas Nurse2009FilmWithin the Whirlwindas Pitkowskaya2009FilmU Be Deadas Maria Marchese2009TVOccupationas Nicky Swift2009FilmOccupationas Nicky Swift2008FilmKing Learas Regan2007FilmThe History of Mr Polly2005FilmWallis & Edwardas Elizabeth2005FilmGuernseyas Claire2003FilmShe Stoops to Conqueras Miss Kate Hardcastle2002TVTipping the Velvetas Alice Astley1999FilmTopsy-Turvyas Miss Barnes1998FilmThe Giftas Jo1997TVMidsomer Murdersas Imogen Stroud1996FilmA Midsummer Night's Dreamas Hermia1989TVAgatha Christie's Poirotas Miss Gilchrist / Cora Gallaccio1971TVA Ghost Story for Christmasas Mrs. Dorman—FilmBook Clubas Jane—FilmThe Lost Children of Tuamas Catherine Corless—FilmElsinore