- Born
- Place
Polly Walker
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)
As actor
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
John Carter
Clash of the Titans
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Control
Savage Messiah
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
D-Tox
After Alice
Dark Harbor
8 ½ Women
Talk of Angels
The Woodlanders
Curtain Call
Brute
Roseanna's Grave
The Gambler
Robinson Crusoe
Emma
Restoration
Sliver
The Trial
Patriot Games
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Enchanted April
Walking a Tightrope
Journey of Honor
Lorna Doone
Kremlin Farewell