Monica Dolan

Monica Dolan
Born Monica Margaret Dolan
(1969-03-15) 15 March 1969
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Occupation Actress
Years active 1993–present
Awards BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress

Monica Margaret Dolan (born 15 March 1969) is a British actress[1] who has appeared on stage and on television.

Born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama her credits include Agatha Christie's Poirot, Dalziel and Pascoe, Tipping the Velvet (with Rachael Stirling) and Judge John Deed and starred in ITV drama U Be Dead.[2][3][4][5]

Her stage appearances include She Stoops to Conquer,[6] King Lear[7] and The Seagull[8] both with Ian McKellen.

She starred as British serial killer Rosemary West in controversial ITV drama Appropriate Adult in 2011, receiving critical acclaim and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress,[9][10] beating Dame Maggie Smith, Miranda Hart and Anna Chancellor.[11]

Dolan starred as Loretta in Chalet Lines, written by Lee Mattinson, at the Bush Theatre.[12] In 2013, she portrayed twin sisters Meg and Maeve Carter in Call the Midwife. More recently, she appeared in W1A (a four-part follow-up to BBC2's BAFTA-winning comedy series Twenty Twelve), as Senior Communications Officer Tracey Pritchard.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1993 The Bill Mrs. Heaton/Ruth Bell TV series (2 episodes: 1993-1997)
1996 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia
1998 The Gift Jo TV movie
1999 Topsy-Turvy Miss Barnes
2001 Judge John Deed Natalie Abbott TV series (1 episode: "Rough Justice")
2002 Dalziel and Pascoe Megan Lowry TV series (1 episode: "The Unwanted")
Tipping the Velvet Alice Astley TV mini-series
2003 She Stoops to Conquer Miss Kate Hardcastle video
2005 Guernsey Claire
Wallis & Edward Elizabeth TV movie
2006 Agatha Christie's Poirot Cora/Miss Gilchrist TV series (1 episode: "After the Funeral")
The Commander: Blacklight DC Pamela Hayes TV movie
2007 The History of Mr. Polly Annie Larkins TV movie
Hope Mother short
2008 Great Performances Regan TV series (1 episode: "King Lear")
2009 Occupation Nicky Swift TV series (3 episodes)
Within the Whirlwind Pitkowskaya
U Be Dead Maria Marchese TV movie
Midsomer Murders Imogen Stroud TV series (1 episode: "The Great and the Good")
2010 The Arbor Ann documentary
Never Let Me Go Nurse
Excluded Amanda TV movie
DCI Banks: Aftermath Maggie Forrest TV series (2 episodes)
2011 Appropriate Adult Rosemary West Won BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
Meconium Kel (voice) short
2012 Sightseers Janice
Spoof or Die Lisa short
Coming Up Lisa TV series (1 episode: "Spoof or Die")
2013 Call the Midwife Mave/Meg Carter TV series (1 episode: "Episode #2.3")
Complicit Judith TV movie
Bed Trick Beatrice short
Kick-Ass 2 Tommy's Mum
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Angela
Out of Darkness Female short
Vice of Mind Mother's Voice short
Twelve Jodie short
2014–present W1A Tracey Pritchard TV series (Series 1–2)
2014 Pride Marion Cooper
The Falling Miss Alvaro post-production
2015 Wolf Hall Alice More
The Casual Vacancy Tessa Wall TV series (3 episodes)
Eye in the Sky Angela North

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