Rosie Colton is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera Doctors, portrayed by Janice Connolly.

Her storylines throughout her time on the series included struggling with the disappearance of Dr. Jacob Ashdown, feuding with colleagues Princess Buchanan (Laura White) and Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) and becoming an environmental activist.

[1] Connolly was appreciative to have been cast on the series, telling BBC News: "Everybody is so friendly and so experienced and the unique thing about Doctors I think is it's a fantastic training ground for new directors; writers are being commissioned; people coming out of drama school are being given their first job.

When she began receiving rotas and scripts for her episodes, Connolly was shocked at the amount of filming that took place in a short space of time.

[3] Connolly was appreciative of Doctors having a large amount of directors and other crew members and said that she learned something from everybody's style of working.

When she meets business manager Bear Sylvester (Dex Lee) and surgery partners Zara Carmichael (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) and Daniel Granger (Matthew Chambers), Rosie fills them in on the details of Sutton Vale.

[3] Rosie is shown to be hapless with technology and co-worker Princess Buchanan (Laura White) makes a comment that she is ready to retire, which new lead GP of Sutton Vale, Al Haskey (Ian Midlane), is disappointed about.

[3] Jimmi Clay (Adrian Lewis Morgan) takes over as lead GP at Sutton Vale due to Al prioritising the care of his mother, which Rosie struggles with.

She acknowledged that many elderly people care about the environment and have an important part to play in helping the earth, as well as having more time to do so.

The storyline facilitated the castings of Livi (Murphee Thompson) and Clara Sedgewick (Nadine Ivy), two sisters who protest alongside Rosie.

[3] The Metro billed Rosie as an elderly woman who is "prone to floods of tears at the mere mention of the absent Dr. Ashdown’s name",[16] as well as calling her unprofessional.

[16] Connolly has stated that she has been recognised numerous times in public for her role as Rosie, with viewers approaching her to praise the character.