Known For
Acting
Born
May 19, 1966
Place of Birth
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Credits
53 titles
Polly Walker
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)
Known For
Filmography
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Mrs Clinton
Bookish
Trottie
Dune: Prophecy
Sonia Harkonnen
Bridgerton
Lady Portia Featherington
Cursed
Lady Lunette
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Peggy Sykes
Age Before Beauty
Isabel Finch
Mr Selfridge
Delphine Day
Line of Duty
Gill Biggeloe
John Carter
Sarkoja
Prisoners' Wives
Francesca
Clash of the Titans
Cassiopeia
Caprica
Sister Clarice Willow
Warehouse 13
Charlotte Dupres
Sanctuary
Ranna Seneschal
The Mentalist
Alexa Shultz
Cane
Ellis Samuels
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Esther
Psych
Randa
Rome
Atia of the Julii
Numb3rs
Dr. Lorna Ludlow
Agatha Christie's Marple
Bess Sedgwick
Control
Barbara Copeland
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Lucetta Templeman
State of Play
Anne Collins
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Mrs. Archer
Savage Messiah
Paula Jackson
D-Tox
Jenny
Waking the Dead
Catherine Braithwaite
After Alice
Dark Harbor
Alexis Chandler Weinberg
8 ½ Women
Palmira
Curtain Call
Julia
Talk of Angels
Mary Lavelle
The Woodlanders
Mrs. Charmond
Brute
Mara
The Gambler
Polina
Robinson Crusoe
Mary
Roseanna's Grave
Cecilia
Emma
Jane Fairfax
Restoration
Celia Clemence
The Trial
Leni
Sliver
Vida Warren
Patriot Games
Annette
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Mme. Dumont
Enchanted April
Caroline Dester
Walking a Tightrope
Hélène Lagache
Journey of Honor
Cecilia
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
Kremlin Farewell
Nadja