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Polly Walker
Known for: ActingPolly 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 28
Rome
Caprica
as Sister Clarice Willow
John Carter
as Sarkoja
Patriot Games
as Annette
Clash of the Titans
as Cassiopeia
Bookish
as Trottie Book
Sliver
as Vida Warren
State of Play
as Anne Collins
Robinson Crusoe
as Mary
Prisoners' Wives
as Francesca
Emma
as Jane Fairfax
D-Tox
as Jenny
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Lucetta Templeman
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
as Esther
Control
as Barbara Copeland
Age Before Beauty
as Isabel Finch
Restoration
as Celia Clemence
Curtain Call
as Julia
Roseanna's Grave
as Cecilia
Enchanted April
as Caroline Dester
8 ½ Women
as Palmira
The Trial
as Leni
Dark Harbor
as Alexis Chandler Weinberg
Talk of Angels
as Mary Lavelle
Lorna Doone
as Lorna Doone
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Mme. Dumont
Savage Messiah
as Paula Jackson