Annabelle Apsion

**Jane Annabelle Apsion** (born 17 September 1960 in Hammersmith, London) is an English actress best known for playing Monica Gallagher in the television comedy-drama _Shameless_ (2004-2013), Joy Wilton in _Soldier Soldier_ (1991-1995), and Violet Buckle in _Call the Midwife_ (2015-Present).

## Personal life

Apsion is a former student of Godalming College, Surrey and the University of Wales. She is also co-founder and practitioner of the _Rosen Method Bodywork_ in the UK .

### Film

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1990|_The Widowmaker_|Kathy|TV film||
|rowspan="2"|1995|_Out of My Head_|Miss Multi Personality|Direct-to-video|
|_Killing Me Softly_|Billi|TV film|||
|1996|_Hillsborough_|Jenni Hicks|TV film||
|1997|_Lolita_|Mrs. Leigh|||
|1998|_Goodnight, Mister Tom_|Mrs. Beech|TV film||
|rowspan="2"|1999|_This Year's Love_|Hostess||
|_The War Zone_|Nurse||||
|2001|_From Hell_|Polly Nichols|||
|rowspan="3"|2002|_About a Boy_|Amnesty International Worker||
|_Tough Love_|DI Karen Irving|TV film|||
|_Darwin's Daughter_|Emma Darwin|TV film|||
|rowspan="4"|2004|_Carrie's War_|Older Carrie|TV film|
|_May 33rd_|Jenny|TV film|||
|_Lighthouse Hill_|Honey||||
|_Frances Tuesday_|Christy West|TV film|||
|2005|_Peace & Quiet_|Mrs. Wooley|Short film||
|2006|_Driving Lessons_|Trendy Mum|||
|2011|_Ironclad_|Maddy|||
|2018|_Torvill & Dean_|Betty Calloway|TV film||

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1988|_Emmerdale_|Lucy Dowling|2 episodes||
|1990|_Casualty_|Carrie Potter|Episode: _"Say It with Flowers"_||
|1991|_Screen One_|Marie|Episode: _"Alive and Kicking"_||
|1991-1995|_Soldier Soldier_|Joy Wilton|Series regular, 30 episodes||
|1992|_Framed_|Susan Jackson|Mini-series, 4 episodes||
|1996|_My Good Friend_|Betty|Series regular, 7 episodes||
|rowspan="2"|1998|_Big Women_|Alice|Mini-series, 4 episodes|
|_The Bill_|Sarah Ryman|Episode: _"Love's Labours Lost"_|||
|rowspan="3"|1999|_Sunburn_|Susan Armitage|Episode: _"Series 1, Episode 4"_|
|_The Lakes_|Beverly Fisher|Recurring role, 8 episodes|||
|_Midsomer Murders_|Jane Cavendish|Episode: _"Dead Man's Eleven"_|||
|rowspan="2"|2000|_The Mrs Bradley Mysteries_|Mona Bunting|Episode: _"Death at the Opera"_|
|_The Sleeper_|Claire Moon|Mini-series|||
|2001|_My Uncle Silas_|Queenie White|Episode: _"The Wedding"_||
|2001-2002|_Micawber_|Emma Micawber|Series regular, 4 episodes "Micawber Learns the Truth" , "Micawber and the Theatre" , "Micawber Meets the Americans" , "Micawber and the Aristocracy"||
|rowspan="3"|2002|_In Deep_|Lianne|Episode: _"Abuse of Trust"_|
|_Helen West_|Kim Perry|Episode: _"Deep Sleep"_|||
|_Coronation Street_|Patricia Hillman|4 episodes|||
|rowspan="5"|2003|_The Second Coming_|Fiona Morris|Mini-series, 2 episodes|
|_Spooks_|Bridget Sands|Episode: _"I Spy Apocalypse"_|||
|_Rockface_|Jo|Episode: _"Series 2, Episode 7"_|||
|_Silent Witness_|Jayne Rooke|Episode: _"Fatal Error"_|||
|_Foyle's War_|Kate Farley|Episode: _"The Funk Hole"_|||
|rowspan="3"|2004|_Family Business_|Mrs. Bartlett|Episode: _"Series 1, Episode 4"_|
|_Murder City_|Celia Farrell|Episode: _"Happy Families"_|||
|_Outlaws_|Elaine Ross|Series regular, 12 episodes|||
|2004-2005|_The Bill_|Margaret Barnes|Recurring role, 20 episodes||
|2004-2013|_Shameless_|Monica Gallagher|Series regular, 40 episodes||
|rowspan="2"|2006|_Wild at Heart_|Eileen Chapman|Episode: _Series 1, Episode 5"_|
|_Midsomer Murders_|Ellen Barker|Episode: _"Death in Chorus"_|||
|2009|_Hotel Babylon_|Alexis Warren|Episode: _"Series 4, Episode 6"_||
|2010|_Lewis_|Babs Temple|Episode: _"Dark Matter"_||
|rowspan="3"|2011|_In with the Flynns_|Theresa|Episode: _"Santorini"_|
|_The Body Farm_|Jo Fields|Episode: _"Series 1, Episode 4"_|||
|_Moving On_|Maggie|Episode: _"Tour of Duty"_|||
|rowspan="2"|2012|_A Mother's Son_|Kay Mullary|Mini-series, 2 episodes|
|_Doctors_|Mrs. Dallison|Episode: _"Party Time"_|||
|2012-2014|_Holby City_|Jean Rimini|Recurring role, 3 episodes||
|2013|_Doc Martin_|Jennifer Cardew|Recurring role, 6 episodes||
|2013-2014|_The Village_|Margaret Boden|Series regular, 12 episodes||
|2014|_Suspects_|Annette Walker|Episode: _"Hard Target"_||
|2015-present|_Call the Midwife_|Violet Buckle|Series regular, 46 episodes||
|2017|_The Halcyon_|Lillian Hobbs|Series regular, 8 episodes||
|2019|_Treadstone_|Bentley's Mother|Episode: _"The Bentley Lament"_||
|2020|_Father Brown_|Beattie May|Episode: _"The Queen Bee"_||

### Theatre

|Year|Title|Role|Venue|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1987|_Camille_|Marguerite|The Old Red Lion, London|||
|1988|_The Bacchae_|Bacchae|Lyric Theatre, London|with Shared Experience||
|rowspan="3"|1989|_Heartbreak House_|Ellie Dunn|Riverside Studios, London|with Shared Experience|
|_City Sugar_|Nicola|The Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Taunton|with Century Theatre|||
|_Abingdon Square_|Marion|Soho Poly Theatre, London & Cottesloe Theatre, London||||
|rowspan="2"|1992|_Anna Karenina_|Anna Arkadyevna Karenina|Theatre Royal, Bath|also, UK tour|
|_Richard III_|Lady Anne|Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon|with Royal Shakespeare Company|||
|1993|_A Handful of Dust_|Lady Brenda|Theatre Royal, Bath|with Cambridge Theatre Company||
|1994|_The Editing Process_|Tamara Dell Fuego|Royal Court Theatre, London|||
|1995|_The Blue Ball_|Sylie/Gina|Cottesloe Theatre, London|||
|1998|_Trade_|Mam|Royal Court Theatre, London|||
|1999|_Remember This?_|Victoria|Lyttelton Theatre, London|||
|2005|_The Seagull_|Nikolayevna Arkadina|Bristol Old Vic, Bristol|||
|2011|_A Streetcar Named Desire_|Eunice|Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool|||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Annabelle Apsion
- **birth name**: Jane Annabelle Apsion
- **birth place**: Hammersmith, London, England
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: 1988–present