Polly Walker
Biography
Polly Walker is a British actress born on May 19, 1966, in Warrington, Cheshire, England. She initially trained as a dancer at the Ballet Rambert School in Twickenham before an injury led her to pursue acting. Walker graduated from the Drama Centre and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she played small parts. She then transitioned to television, landing the title role in the television series Lorna Doone in 1990. Walker made her feature film debut in Journey of Honor in 1991, followed by a notable role in Phillip Noyce's Patriot Games in 1992. She has since accumulated a significant number of acting credits, with 53 known credits to her name.
Career overview
Polly Walker began her career as a dancer, graduating from Ballet Rambert School in Twickenham. However, an injury at the age of 18 forced her to change direction. She then started at London's Drama Centre and later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she portrayed small parts before moving on to television.
Walker's breakthrough role came when she landed the title part in the television series Lorna Doone in 1990. Her feature film debut followed in 1991 with Journey of Honor, where she played the role of "Shogun Mayeda". She gained further attention for her portrayal of an English woman in an Irish terrorist brigade in the 1992 film Patriot Games, directed by Phillip Noyce.
Walker's career has spanned multiple mediums, with a total of 53 known credits to her name. She has appeared in a variety of roles, both on television and in film. The details of her subsequent career are not specified in the available information.
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- Bookish (2025) as Trottie
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower (2025) as Mrs Clinton
- Dune: Prophecy (2024) as Sonia Harkonnen
- Bridgerton (2020) as Lady Portia Featherington
- Cursed (2020) as Lady Lunette
- Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler (2019) as Peggy Sykes
- Age Before Beauty (2018) as Isabel Finch
- Mr Selfridge (2013) as Delphine Day
- Line of Duty (2012) as Gill Biggeloe
- John Carter (2012) as Sarkoja
- Prisoners' Wives (2012) as Francesca
- Clash of the Titans (2010) as Cassiopeia
- Caprica (2010) as Sister Clarice Willow
- Warehouse 13 (2009) as Charlotte Dupres
- The Mentalist (2008) as Alexa Shultz
- Sanctuary (2008) as Ranna Seneschal
- Cane (2007) as Ellis Samuels
- Psych (2006) as Randa
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) as Esther
- Numb3rs (2005) as Dr. Lorna Ludlow
- Rome (2005) as Atia of the Julii
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) as Bess Sedgwick
- Control (2004) as Barbara Copeland
- State of Play (2003) as Anne Collins
- The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003) as Lucetta Templeman
- D-Tox (2002) as Jenny
- Savage Messiah (2002) as Paula Jackson
- Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002) as Mrs. Archer
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Catherine Braithwaite
- After Alice (2000)
- 8 ½ Women (1999) as Palmira
- Dark Harbor (1999) as Alexis Chandler Weinberg
- Curtain Call (1998) as Julia
- The Woodlanders (1998) as Mrs. Charmond
- Talk of Angels (1998) as Mary Lavelle
- Roseanna's Grave (1997) as Cecilia
- Robinson Crusoe (1997) as Mary
- The Gambler (1997) as Polina
- Brute (1997) as Mara
- Emma (1996) as Jane Fairfax
- Restoration (1995) as Celia Clemence
- Sliver (1993) as Vida Warren
- The Trial (1993) as Leni
- Patriot Games (1992) as Annette
- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1992) as Mme. Dumont
- Enchanted April (1991) as Caroline Dester
- Journey of Honor (1991) as Cecilia
- Walking a Tightrope (1991) as Hélène Lagache
- Lorna Doone (1990) as Lorna Doone
- Kremlin Farewell (1990) as Nadja
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Magdala 'Nick' Buckley
- Screen Two (1985) as Leni
- Screen Two (1985) as Nadja
- A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971)