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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She's only referred to by her actual name of Ann once, during her introduction to the nuns and nurses of Nonnatus; otherwise, she's always called Nancy.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She's only referred to by her actual name of Ann once, a handful of times, mostly during her introduction to the nuns and nurses of Nonnatus; otherwise, she's always called Nancy.Nancy. It got to the point that Miss Higgens, secretary extraordinaire, forgot this fact and had to be reminded of it by Nurse Crane when digging up Nancy's past.

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%% * GivenNameReveal: Her real name is [[spoiler: Antonia.]]
* LargeHam: Tends to spout quotes from various works in a dramatic fashion.

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%% * GivenNameReveal: Her real birth name is [[spoiler: Antonia.Antonia Keville.]]
* LargeHam: Tends to spout quotes from various works in a dramatic fashion. Often combines with SesquipedalianLoquaciousness if she's trying to win an argument or disguise her own guilt over some minor bit of mischief.



* ScatterbrainedSenior: Sister Monica Joan is aware of her state, suggested to be dementia, and knows that she isn't as "useful" to Nonnatus as she once was. Mother Jesu makes mention that Sister Monica Joan's mother was mentally unstable, imply she may have inherited it from her.
* StickyFingers: The series one finale deals with Sister Monica Joan's petty thefts, useless knickknacks like ribbons and eggcups, but the situation becomes serious when valuable jewelry is found in her bag. [[spoiler: They turn out to be hers.]]

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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Sister Monica Joan is aware of her state, suggested to be senile dementia, and knows that she isn't as "useful" to Nonnatus as she once was. Mother Jesu makes mention that Sister Monica Joan's mother was mentally unstable, imply she may have inherited it from her.
* StickyFingers: The series one finale deals with Sister Monica Joan's petty thefts, useless knickknacks like ribbons and eggcups, but the situation becomes serious when valuable jewelry jewellery is found in her bag. [[spoiler: They turn out to be hers.family heirlooms left to Sister Monica Joan by her mother.]]



* {{Troll}}: Sister Bernadette believes that some of Sister Monica Joan's eccentricities are caused less by her senility and more by willful mischief.

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* {{Troll}}: Sister Bernadette believes that some of Sister Monica Joan's eccentricities are caused less by her senility and more by willful wilful mischief.
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** Sister Julienne finds that a baby born without arms or legs has been left to die in the hospital sluice room, still breathing. She is unusually emotional and distraught as she prays over and comforts the child as it passes away. Her voice breaks when she realizes she ought to have baptized the baby but didn't think of it in the moment.
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* KnightFever: She becomes when Lady Aylward when her father-in-law dies and her husband inherits his baronetcy, becoming Sir Matthew Aylward.

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* KnightFever: UsefulNotes/KnightFever: She becomes when Lady Aylward when her father-in-law dies and her husband inherits his baronetcy, becoming she marries hereditary baronet Sir Matthew Aylward.
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* KnightFever: She becomes when Lady Aylward when her father-in-law dies and her husband inherits his baronetcy, becoming Sir Matthew Aylward.
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* PutOnABus: Leaves Nonnatus at the start of series six to care for her father, who is dying in Hong Kong. [[TheBusCameBack She came back]] at the end of the series six finale, but [[PutOnABus left again]] in the 2017 Christmas Special. The first episode of the series seven revealed that she had gone traveling with Delia.

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* PutOnABus: Leaves Nonnatus at the start of series six to care for her father, who is dying in Hong Kong. [[TheBusCameBack She came back]] at the end of the series six finale, but [[PutOnABus left again]] in the 2017 Christmas Special. The first episode of the series seven revealed that she had gone traveling with Delia.Delia, and the 2018 Christmas Special reveals she and Delia have settled in Scotland with their puppy, Garbo.



* PutOnABus: She and Patsy are missing from the 2017 Christmas Special. The first episode of the seventh series reveals that they're on holiday in Africa.


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* PutOnABus: She and Patsy are missing from the 2017 Christmas Special. The first episode of the seventh series reveals that they're on holiday in Africa.

Africa, and the 2018 Christmas Special she and Patsy send Nonnatus House a Christmas card from Scotland.

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* PutOnABus: Jenny chooses to leave midwifery at the end of series three in order to go into hospital care. However, mature Jenny still provides the narration for each episode.

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* PutOnABus: Jenny chooses to leave midwifery at the end of series three in order to go into hospital care. [[TheArtifact However, mature Jenny still provides the narration for each episode.]]
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->'''Played By''': Emerald Fennell (Series 2-6)

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->'''Played By''': Emerald Fennell Creator/EmeraldFennell (Series 2-6)
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* MeaningfulName: Her religious name, Julienne, is a feminine form of 'Julian'. This alludes both to Saint Julian the Hospitaller and, more importantly, to Dame Julian of Norwich, a thirteenth-century Christian mystic (who, confusingly, was a woman) and author of ''Revelations of Divine Love'', a personal favourite of Sister Julienne's and source of solace and guidance for her.

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* MeaningfulName: Her religious name, Julienne, is a feminine form of 'Julian'. This alludes both to Saint Julian the Hospitaller and, more importantly, to Dame Julian of Norwich, a thirteenth-century fourteenth-century Christian mystic (who, confusingly, was a woman) and author of ''Revelations of Divine Love'', a personal favourite of Sister Julienne's and source of solace and guidance for her.
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* MeaningfulName: Her religious name, Julienne, is a feminine form of 'Julian'. This alludes both to Saint Julian the Hospitaller and, more importantly, to Dame Julian of Norwich, a thirteenth-century Christian mystic and author of ''Revelations of Divine Love''.

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* MeaningfulName: Her religious name, Julienne, is a feminine form of 'Julian'. This alludes both to Saint Julian the Hospitaller and, more importantly, to Dame Julian of Norwich, a thirteenth-century Christian mystic (who, confusingly, was a woman) and author of ''Revelations of Divine Love''.Love'', a personal favourite of Sister Julienne's and source of solace and guidance for her.

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