Monica Dolan

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…

Filmography

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A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone 2024 Smoggie Queens ★ 5.3 Smoggie Queens 2024 This Time Next Year ★ 6.1 This Time Next Year 2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office ★ 8.0 Mr Bates vs The Post Office 2024 Typist Artist Pirate King ★ 6.8 Typist Artist Pirate King 2023 The Change ★ 7.1 The Change 2023 A Woman Walks Into A Bank A Woman Walks Into A Bank 2022 Empire of Light ★ 6.6 Empire of Light 2022 Sherwood ★ 6.9 Sherwood 2022 My Name Is Leon ★ 3.7 My Name Is Leon 2022 The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe ★ 7.0 The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe 2022 Cyrano ★ 6.3 Cyrano 2021 The Dig ★ 6.8 The Dig 2021 Days of the Bagnold Summer ★ 6.2 Days of the Bagnold Summer 2020 Alan Bennett's Talking Heads ★ 7.6 Alan Bennett's Talking Heads 2020 Rialto ★ 6.2 Rialto 2020 Official Secrets ★ 7.2 Official Secrets 2019 National Theatre Live: All About Eve ★ 8.5 National Theatre Live: All About Eve 2019 Hang Ups ★ 6.4 Hang Ups 2018 A Very English Scandal ★ 7.1 A Very English Scandal 2018 Fern ★ 6.0 Fern 2017 Strike ★ 7.2 Strike 2017 The Witness for the Prosecution ★ 7.0 The Witness for the Prosecution 2016 Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories ★ 6.2 Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories 2016 Eye in the Sky ★ 7.0 Eye in the Sky 2015 The Falling ★ 5.1 The Falling 2015 The Casual Vacancy ★ 6.2 The Casual Vacancy 2015 Wolf Hall ★ 7.5 Wolf Hall 2015 Pride ★ 7.7 Pride 2014 W1A ★ 7.7 W1A 2014 Inside No. 9 ★ 8.0 Inside No. 9 2014 The Escape Artist ★ 7.1 The Escape Artist 2013 Out of Darkness ★ 8.0 Out of Darkness 2013 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa ★ 6.6 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa 2013 Kick-Ass 2 ★ 6.4 Kick-Ass 2 2013 Complicit ★ 5.3 Complicit 2013 Sightseers ★ 6.3 Sightseers 2012 Black Mirror ★ 8.3 Black Mirror 2011 Death in Paradise ★ 7.5 Death in Paradise 2011 Meconium ★ 6.0 Meconium 2011 DCI Banks ★ 7.1 DCI Banks 2011 Appropriate Adult ★ 6.7 Appropriate Adult 2011 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge ★ 7.3 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge 2010 The Arbor ★ 7.3 The Arbor 2010 Excluded ★ 6.2 Excluded 2010 Never Let Me Go ★ 6.9 Never Let Me Go 2010 Within the Whirlwind ★ 5.0 Within the Whirlwind 2009 U Be Dead ★ 6.2 U Be Dead 2009 Occupation Occupation 2009 Occupation ★ 7.8 Occupation 2009 King Lear ★ 6.7 King Lear 2008 The History of Mr Polly ★ 6.7 The History of Mr Polly 2007 Wallis & Edward ★ 5.6 Wallis & Edward 2005 Guernsey ★ 5.5 Guernsey 2005 She Stoops to Conquer ★ 7.0 She Stoops to Conquer 2003 Tipping the Velvet ★ 6.8 Tipping the Velvet 2002 Topsy-Turvy ★ 6.6 Topsy-Turvy 1999 The Gift ★ 7.0 The Gift 1998 Midsomer Murders ★ 7.5 Midsomer Murders 1997 A Midsummer Night's Dream ★ 5.9 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1996 Agatha Christie's Poirot ★ 8.2 Agatha Christie's Poirot 1989 A Ghost Story for Christmas ★ 7.4 A Ghost Story for Christmas 1971 Book Club Book Club The Lost Children of Tuam The Lost Children of Tuam Elsinore Elsinore