pam ferris played sister evangelina in call the midwife.
pam ferris played sister evangelina in call the midwife.
who plays sister evangelina in call the midwife?
pam ferris
"call the midwife" is based on the memoirs of jennifer worth, featuring narration – and an appearance in the 2014 christmas special – by vanessa redgrave as an older jenny.









































bullet::::- jessica raine as nursing sister jennifer "jenny" lee (series 1–3)









































bullet::::- jenny agutter as sister julienne









































bullet::::- pam ferris as sister evangelina (series 1–5)









































bullet::::- judy parfitt as sister monica joan









































bullet::::- helen george as nurse beatrix "trixie" franklin









































bullet::::- bryony hannah as nurse cynthia miller (later sister mary cynthia) (series 1–6)









































bullet::::- miranda hart as matron camilla "chummy" fortescue-cholmondeley-browne (later noakes) (series 1–4)
call the midwife
sister evangelina knows a lot about the poverty and hardships in poplar and often shares her insights with the young midwives. she is very close to sister julienne, to whom she often serves as a sounding board. in series 3, it is revealed she has several siblings including an older brother who was killed on active service in a war and a younger brother, vincent, who returns to her life after being absent for several years during her golden jubilee. it was seeing the birth of vincent that inspired a young sister evangelina to become a nun during her formative years, a goal she achieved in 1909. in 1960 sister evangelina has to have an operation due to illness. her pre-order name was enid atwood. in 1961, sister evangelina temporarily left nonnatus house for an enclosed order. she returns in episode 7. she announces that she had a stroke two months after she left the convent and has now lost movement in her left arm. in episode 8, sister evangelina passes away following a second stroke.
list of call the midwife characters