Monica Dolan is a British actress who has appeared in a number of roles in British television shows and numerous stage productions. She was born in Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a large town situated on the south bank of the River Tees in north east England, that sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire...

. Credits include Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot is a British television drama that has aired on ITV since 1989. It stars David Suchet as Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot. It was originally made by LWT and is now made by ITV Studios...

, Dalziel and Pascoe

Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series)

Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives...

, Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet is an historical novel written by Sarah Waters published in 1998. Set in Victorian England during the 1890s, it tells a coming of age story about a young woman named Nan who falls in love with a male impersonator, follows her to London, and finds various ways to support herself...

(with Rachael Stirling) and Judge John Deed

Judge John Deed

Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...

and starred in ITV drama U Be Dead

U Be Dead

U Be Dead is a British TV movie first broadcast in New Zealand in 2009. The film is based on a true story. The film was shown in the United Kingdom on 5 September 2010 on ITV1, and released in France on 2 July 2010 on television Arte HD, and in Australia premiered as a telemovie on the ABC in...

. Stage appearances include She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer

She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, son of an Anglo-Irish vicar, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a great favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in Britain and the United States. It is one of the few plays from the 18th...

 and King Lear

King Lear

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 & The Seagull

The Seagull

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 both with Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

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. She starred as British serial killer Rose West in controversial ITV drama Appropriate Adult

Appropriate Adult

Appropriate Adult is a 2011 British television film, first shown on ITV in two 90-minute parts on 4 and 11 September 2011. It starred Dominic West, Emily Watson and Monica Dolan...

in 2011.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	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 Topsy-Turvy Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 musical drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and stars Allan Corduner as Arthur Sullivan and Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert, along with Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville. The story concerns the 15-month period in 1884 and 1885 leading up to the premiere of Gilbert...	Miss Barnes
2001	Judge John Deed Judge John Deed Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...	Natalie Abbott	TV series (1 episode: "Rough Justice")
2002	Dalziel and Pascoe Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series) Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives...	Megan Lowry	TV series (1 episode: "The Unwanted")
	Tipping the Velvet	Alice Astley	TV mini-series
2003	She Stoops to Conquer She Stoops to Conquer She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith, son of an Anglo-Irish vicar, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a great favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in Britain and the United States. It is one of the few plays from the 18th...	Miss Kate Hardcastle	video
2005	Guernsey	Claire
	Wallis and Edward Wallis and Edward Wallis & Edward is a 2005 British made-for-TV movie, dramatising the events of the Edward VIII abdication crisis. It was billed as the first scripted account of the romance between Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII of the United Kingdom to view events from Wallis Simpson's point of view...	Elizabeth	TV movie
2006	Agatha Christie: 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 The History of Mr. Polly The History of Mr. Polly is a 1910 comic novel by H. G. Wells.-Plot summary:Alfred Polly is a quiet, timid and direction-less young man living in Edwardian England, in an imaginary town of Fishbourne in Kent...	Annie Larkins	TV movie
	Hope	Mother	short
2008	Great Performances	Regan	TV series (1 episode: "King Lear")
2009	Occupation Occupation (TV serial) Occupation is a BAFTA Award–winning three part drama serial broadcast by BBC One in June 2009. It was written by Peter Bowker and has been produced by Kudos for BBC Northern Ireland.It took four years to bring the serial to screen...	Nicky Swift	TV series (3 episodes)
	Within the Whirlwind	Pitkowskaya
	U Be Dead U Be Dead U Be Dead is a British TV movie first broadcast in New Zealand in 2009. The film is based on a true story. The film was shown in the United Kingdom on 5 September 2010 on ITV1, and released in France on 2 July 2010 on television Arte HD, and in Australia premiered as a telemovie on the ABC in...	Maria Marchese	TV movie
	Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...	Imogen Stroud	TV series (1 episode: "The Great and the Good")
2010	The Arbor	Ann	documentary
	Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (2010 film) Never Let Me Go is a 2010 British dystopian drama film based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Mark Romanek from a screenplay by Alex Garland. Never Let Me Go is set in an alternate history and centers on Kathy, Ruth and Tommy who are portrayed by Carey...	Nurse
	Excluded	Amanda	TV movie
	DCI Banks: Aftermath	Maggie Forrest	TV series (2 episodes)
2011	Appropriate Adult	Rose West	TV movie
	Meconium	Kel (voice)	short