
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)
53 acting credits
Acting · 53

The Mentalist
2008

Psych
2006

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989

Bridgerton
2020

Numb3rs
2005

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004

Warehouse 13
2009

Waking the Dead
2001

Line of Duty
2012

Rome
2005

Sanctuary
2008

Screen Two
1985

Dune: Prophecy
2024

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019

Caprica
2010

Clash of the Titans
2010

John Carter
2012

Mr Selfridge
2013

A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971

Cursed
2020

Cane
2007

Bookish
2025

State of Play
2003

Sliver
1993

Patriot Games
1992

Prisoners' Wives
2012

D-Tox
2002

Robinson Crusoe
1997

Emma
1996

Restoration
1995

The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003

Enchanted April
1991

8 ½ Women
1999

Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006

Control
2004

Curtain Call
1998

Age Before Beauty
2018

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992

Journey of Honor
1991

Dark Harbor
1999

Brute
1997

After Alice
2000

The Trial
1993

Talk of Angels
1998

The Woodlanders
1998

The Gambler
1997

Roseanna's Grave
1997

Savage Messiah
2002

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002

Walking a Tightrope
1991

Lorna Doone
1990

Kremlin Farewell
1990

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025