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