Polly Walker
Acting
1966-05-19 · Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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)
Filmography
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025 · Movie
Bookish
2025 · Series
Dune: Prophecy
2024 · Series
Bridgerton
2020 · Series
Cursed
2020 · Series
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019 · Series
Age Before Beauty
2018 · Series
Mr Selfridge
2013 · Series
Line of Duty
2012 · Series
John Carter
2012 · Movie
Prisoners' Wives
2012 · Series
Clash of the Titans
2010 · Movie
Caprica
2010 · Series
Warehouse 13
2009 · Series
Sanctuary
2008 · Series
The Mentalist
2008 · Series
Cane
2007 · Series
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006 · Movie
Psych
2006 · Series
Rome
2005 · Series
Numb3rs
2005 · Series
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Series
Control
2004 · Movie
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003 · Series
State of Play
2003 · Series
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002 · Movie
Savage Messiah
2002 · Movie
D-Tox
2002 · Movie
Waking the Dead
2001 · Series
After Alice
2000 · Movie
Dark Harbor
1999 · Movie
8 ½ Women
1999 · Movie
Curtain Call
1998 · Movie
Talk of Angels
1998 · Movie
The Woodlanders
1998 · Movie
Brute
1997 · Movie
The Gambler
1997 · Movie
Robinson Crusoe
1997 · Movie
Roseanna's Grave
1997 · Movie
Emma
1996 · Movie
Restoration
1995 · Movie
The Trial
1993 · Movie
Sliver
1993 · Movie
Patriot Games
1992 · Movie
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992 · Movie
Enchanted April
1991 · Movie
Walking a Tightrope
1991 · Movie
Journey of Honor
1991 · Movie
Lorna Doone
1990 · Movie
Kremlin Farewell
1990 · Movie
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971 · Series
Charmer
Series