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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.

Known for

The Jubilee of '77: Pomp, Pageantry & Parties
2025 • Self (Narrator)
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone
2024 • Mrs. Dorman
This Time Next Year
This Time Next Year
2024 • Connie
Typist Artist Pirate King
Typist Artist Pirate King
2023 • Audrey Amiss
A Woman Walks Into A Bank
A Woman Walks Into A Bank
2022 • Narrator
Empire of Light
Empire of Light
2022 • Rosemary Bates
My Name Is Leon
My Name Is Leon
2022 • Maureen
Cyrano
Cyrano
2021 • Marie

Full filmography

Empire of Light
Empire of Light
2022 • Rosemary Bates
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Cyrano
Cyrano
2021 • Marie
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The Dig
The Dig
2021 • May Brown
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Rialto
Rialto
2020 • Claire
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Official Secrets
Official Secrets
2019 • Fiona Bygate
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Fern
Fern
2017 • Woman
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Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky
2015 • Angela Northman
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The Falling
The Falling
2015 • Miss Martha Alvaro
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Pride
Pride
2014 • Marion
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Kick-Ass 2
Kick-Ass 2
2013 • Tommy's Mum
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Complicit
Complicit
2013 • Judith
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Sightseers
Sightseers
2012 • Janice
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Meconium
Meconium
2011 • Kel (voice)
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The Arbor
The Arbor
2010 • Ann Hamilton
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Within the Whirlwind
Within the Whirlwind
2009 • Pitkowskaya
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U Be Dead
U Be Dead
2009 • Maria Marchese
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Occupation
Occupation
2009 • Nicky Swift
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King Lear
King Lear
2008 • Regan
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After the Funeral
After the Funeral
2006 • Miss Gilchrist / Cora Gallaccio
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Wallis & Edward
Wallis & Edward
2005 • Elizabeth
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Guernsey
Guernsey
2005 • Claire
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She Stoops to Conquer
She Stoops to Conquer
2003 • Miss Kate Hardcastle
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Topsy-Turvy
Topsy-Turvy
1999 • Miss Barnes
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Elsinore
Unknown year
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The Lost Children of Tuam
Unknown year • Catherine Corless
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Book Club
Book Club
Unknown year • Jane
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