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Monica Dolan

Monica Dolan

Actor · Born March 15, 1969 (57) · Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

BAFTA Award winner

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.

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Born
March 15, 1969 (57)
From
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 12% in 30 days

What are Monica Dolan's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
24%
Self
19%
Survival
19%
Bonds
17%
Ideas
8%
Society
8%
Power
4%
Justice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief8 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 22 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 5 · Dark 13

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 7 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 13 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 4

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 4 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 13

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 12 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

14 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 5 of 14 analyzed roles.

Ally
5 of 14
Shadow
3 of 14
Hero
2 of 14
Mentor
2 of 14
Shapeshifter
1 of 14
Threshold guardian
1 of 14
Show the 14 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
20
Tense
16
Warm
8
Dread
6
Contemplative
6
Other
23

How their films linger

Thought-provoking14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet20
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Monica Dolan's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Monica Dolan's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Elsinore(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Lost Children of Tuam(2026)

    as Catherine Corless

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Onwards and Sideways(2026)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • A Ghost Story For Christmas: Woman of Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Mrs. Dorman

  • Smoggie Queens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · as Paula

  • This Time Next Year(2024)

    as Connie

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Comic Relief: Funny for Money(2024)

    as Tracey Pritchard

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Mr Bates vs. The Post Office(2024)

    Show 4 episodes · as Jo Hamilton

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Typist Artist Pirate King(2022)

    as Audrey Amiss

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Change(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · as Carmel

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • A Woman Walks Into A Bank (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Narrator

  • Empire of Light(2022)

    as Rosemary Bates

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Sherwood(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · as Ann Branson

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • My Name Is Leon(2022)

    as Maureen

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Anne Darwin

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Cyrano(2021)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Dig(2021)

    as May Brown

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Days of the Bagnold Summer(2019)

    as Sue

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Alan Bennett's Talking Heads(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Lorna

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Rialto(2019)

    as Claire

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Official Secrets(2019)

    as Fiona Bygate

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: All About Eve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Karen Richards

  • Hang Ups (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · as Alison Jones

  • A Very English Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · as Marion Thorpe

  • Fern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Woman

  • C.B. Strike(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Leonora Quine

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Witness for the Prosecution(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Janet McIntyre

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Café Manager · as Dr Marshall · as Miranda Walker · as Nora

  • Eye in the Sky(2015)

    as Angela Northman

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Falling(2014)

    as Miss Martha Alvaro

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • The Casual Vacancy(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · as Tess Wall

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • Wolf Hall(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · as Alice More

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Pride(2014)

    as Marion

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • W1A(2014)

    Show 14 episodes · as Tracey Pritchard

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Inside No. 9(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as May

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • The Escape Artist(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Eileen Morris

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Out of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Alan Partridge(2013)

    as Angela

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Kick-Ass 2(2013)

    as Tommy's Mum

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Complicit(2013)

    as Judith

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Sightseers(2012)

    as Janice

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Black Mirror(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as CS Linda Grace · as Janet McCardle

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Death in Paradise(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Patricia Lawrence

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Meconium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Kel (voice)

  • DCI Banks(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Maggie Forrest

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Appropriate Adult(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Rose West

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 2 episodes · as Angela

  • The Arbor(2010)

    as Ann Hamilton

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Excluded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Amanda

  • Never Let Me Go(2010)

    as Nurse

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Within the Whirlwind(2009)

    as Pitkowskaya

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • U Be Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Maria Marchese

  • Occupation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 3 episodes · as Nicky Swift

  • Occupation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Nicky Swift

  • King Lear(2008)

    as Regan

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The History of Mr Polly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • Wallis & Edward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Elizabeth

  • Guernsey(2005)

    as Claire

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • She Stoops to Conquer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Miss Kate Hardcastle

  • Tipping the Velvet(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Alice Astley

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Topsy-Turvy(1999)

    as Miss Barnes

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Gift (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Jo

  • Midsomer Murders(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Imogen Stroud

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream(1996)

    as Hermia

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Dalziel and Pascoe(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Megan Lowry

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Poirot(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Miss Gilchrist / Cora Gallaccio

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • A Ghost Story for Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Dorman

  • Book Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Jane

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 66 titles, 64 of them dated from 1971 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

Eye in the Sky (2015)

$35M worldwide

Highest rated

Black Mirror (2011)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

19712026

Peak 2021 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 5 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting66 of 66: 66 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score78th

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s1 · acting1990s5 · acting2000s10 · acting2010s30 · acting2020s17 · acting

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 7% of 15 roles
1015

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a BAFTA Award from 4 major nominations, 2012–2025.

WinNomination
  1. 2025
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Leading Actress
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Supporting Actress
  2. 2019
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
  3. 2012
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Supporting Actress

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Monica Dolan's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Midcredits score across 47 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up25
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

26 of their 47 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser26
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Comic Relief: Funny for Money (2024)

95th percentile spread · 72% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Lost Children of Tuam (2026)

Midcredits 98th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 80/100 in their films, across 21 reviewed titles; fans 86, detractors 58. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Monica Dolan's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles27–89 · median 54 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles6–58 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles21–79 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles15–55 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles27–79 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Monica Dolan work with?

People who share at least 2 of Monica Dolan's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Toby Jones shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles