Monica Dolan

Monica Dolan

1969-03-15 Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK 39 Credits

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 Gilch...

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The Jubilee of '77: Pomp, Pageantry & Parties

2025

as Self (Narrator)

Acting

Documentary looking back at Elizabeth II's memorable Silver Jubilee, when large-scale parties and parades were held across the Commonwealth. The celeb...

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone

A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone

2024

as Mrs. Dorman

7.2
Acting

Newlywed couple Jack and Laura move to a village where a legend says marble knight effigies in the church come alive on Christmas Eve. Jack dismisses ...

This Time Next Year

This Time Next Year

2024

as Connie

6.1
Acting

Minnie and Quinn were both born in London on New Year’s Day, in the same hospital, one minute apart. Thirty years later — and very different people — ...

Typist Artist Pirate King

Typist Artist Pirate King

2023

as Audrey Amiss

6.8
Acting

In a last-ditch mission to get recognition for her talent, Audrey Amiss (Monica Dolan) persuades her psychiatric nurse, Sandra Panza (Kelly Macdonald)...

A Woman Walks Into A Bank

A Woman Walks Into A Bank

2022

as Narrator

Acting

A Woman Walks into a Bank is about a young woman’s journey from normality to extremism and back again. The film is told through increasingly elaborate...

Empire of Light

Empire of Light

2022

as Rosemary Bates

6.6
Acting

The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England...

My Name Is Leon

My Name Is Leon

2022

as Maureen

2.5
Acting

Leon, a mixed-race boy, and Jake, his white baby brother, are separated after their mother has a breakdown. Leon is determined to find him and gets un...

Cyrano

Cyrano

2021

as Marie

6.3
Acting

A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. But, conv...

The Dig

The Dig

2021

as May Brown

6.9
Acting

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the ec...

Days of the Bagnold Summer

Days of the Bagnold Summer

2020

as Sue

6.0
Acting

Sue works in a library. Daniel eats crisps and listens to Metallica. This was the summer Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's new ...

Rialto

Rialto

2020

as Claire

6.4
Acting

Colm is in his mid-forties, married, with two teenage children. Still grieving the death of his father, a destructive figure in his life, Colm struggl...

Official Secrets

Official Secrets

2019

as Fiona Bygate

7.2
Acting

The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint U...

National Theatre Live: All About Eve

National Theatre Live: All About Eve

2019

as Karen Richards

8.5
Acting

The story of Margo Channing. Legend. True star of the theatre. The spotlight is hers, always has been. But now there’s Eve. Her biggest fan. Young, be...

Fern

Fern

2017

as Woman

6.0
Acting

A woman loses her husband and finds a potted plant.

The Witness for the Prosecution

The Witness for the Prosecution

2016

7.0
Acting

The hunt is on to find the murderer of a wealthy glamorous heiress who is found dead in her London townhouse. Based on the short story by Agatha Chris...

Eye in the Sky

Eye in the Sky

2015

as Angela Northman

7.0
Acting

A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bom...

The Falling

The Falling

2015

as Miss Martha Alvaro

5.1
Acting

England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they att...

Pride

Pride

2014

as Marion

7.7
Acting

In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one p...

Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness

2013

8.0
Acting

A unique story told by nine different actors which explores the haunting of a conscience by lost souls that won't let go.

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

2013

as Angela

6.6
Acting

When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to ...

Kick-Ass 2

Kick-Ass 2

2013

as Tommy's Mum

6.4
Acting

After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these a...

Complicit

Complicit

2013

as Judith

5.5
Acting

An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or ...

Sightseers

Sightseers

2012

as Janice

6.3
Acting

Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.

Meconium

Meconium

2011

as Kel (voice)

6.0
Acting

Owain's girlfriend Lorna has gone into labour unexpectedly. The baby is stuck in its sac and Owain's the only one who can do anything about it. Has he...

The Arbor

The Arbor

2010

as Ann Hamilton

7.2
Acting

The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 1...

Excluded

2010

6.2
Acting

Ian, a newly qualified teacher, comes up against Mark, a troubled and disruptive pupil who teachers want to see excluded from school. Against the odds...

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

2010

as Nurse

6.9
Acting

As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come...

Within the Whirlwind

Within the Whirlwind

2009

as Pitkowskaya

5.2
Acting

During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everythi...

U Be Dead

U Be Dead

2009

as Maria Marchese

5.2
Acting

A doctor and his girlfriend are stalked by a woman who claims to be in love with him. Meanwhile, the man falls in love with a younger woman. Based on ...

Occupation

Occupation

2009

as Nicky Swift

7.8
Acting

Three ex-servicemen return to Basra, each for a different reason.

King Lear

King Lear

2008

as Regan

6.7
Acting

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

The History of Mr Polly

The History of Mr Polly

2007

6.0
Acting

When Alfred Polly fails to find fulfilment as a shop keeper, he leaves his wife and sets out on the open road to see where freedom leads.

Wallis & Edward

Wallis & Edward

2005

as Elizabeth

5.1
Acting

In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice divorced American. These events caused a scandal around t...

Guernsey

Guernsey

2005

as Claire

5.7
Acting

Guernsey is the story of a woman who suddenly looks at her own life and wonders how she became miles apart from the people she is closest to.

She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer

2003

as Miss Kate Hardcastle

4.0
Acting

Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners tells of the clever schemes and comic ruses that unfold one night at a country house. An ambitious step-m...

Topsy-Turvy

Topsy-Turvy

1999

as Miss Barnes

6.6
Acting

After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Th...

The Gift

The Gift

1998

as Jo

Acting

When housewife Lynn learns of her terminal cancer she decides that her daughter Amy will not be left with the same sad legacy that she herself was lef...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1996

as Hermia

5.6
Acting

A film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, based on a popular stage production by the Royal Shakespeare Company. A small boy dreams the play, which un...

Book Club

Book Club

N/A

as Jane

Acting

The first meeting of a new community book club is thrown off-track when an overly-zealous attendee tries to convince the group to read his favourite b...