Polly Walker
Actor
Biography
Polly Alexandra Walker was born on May 19, 1966 in Warrington, Cheshire, England. She graduated from Ballet Rambert School in Twickenham, began her career as a dancer, but an injury at age 18 forced her to change direction. She started at London's Drama Centre to the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she portrayed small parts before graduating to small roles on television. Polly landed the title role in the television series Lorna Doone (1990) before making her feature debut in Journey of Honor (1991) ("Shogun Mayeda"). She first gained attention as an English woman in an Irish terrorist brigade in Phillip Noyce's Patriot Games (1992)
Filmography
John Carter
as Sarkoja 2012
Patriot Games
as Annette 1992
Sliver
as Vida Warren 1993
D-Tox
as Jenny 2002
Emma
as Jane Fairfax 1996
Robinson Crusoe
as Mary 1997
Control
as Barbara Copeland 2004
Restoration
as Celia Clemence 1995
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
as Esther 2006
Enchanted April
as Caroline Dester 1991
8 ½ Women
as Palmira 1999
Dark Harbor
as Alexis Chandler Weinberg 1999
Roseanna's Grave
as Cecilia 1997
The Trial
as Leni 1993
Brute
as Mara 1997
Savage Messiah
as Paula Jackson 2002