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)
Filmography
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025
as Mrs Clinton
John Carter
2012
as Sarkoja
Clash of the Titans
2010
as Cassiopeia
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006
as Esther
Control
2004
as Barbara Copeland
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002
as Mrs. Archer
Savage Messiah
2002
as Paula Jackson
D-Tox
2002
as Jenny
After Alice
2000
Dark Harbor
1999
as Alexis Chandler Weinberg
8 ½ Women
1999
as Palmira
Curtain Call
1998
as Julia
Talk of Angels
1998
as Mary Lavelle
The Woodlanders
1998
as Mrs. Charmond
Brute
1997
as Mara
The Gambler
1997
as Polina
Robinson Crusoe
1997
as Mary
Roseanna's Grave
1997
as Cecilia
Emma
1996
as Jane Fairfax
Restoration
1995
as Celia Clemence
The Trial
1993
as Leni
Sliver
1993
as Vida Warren
Patriot Games
1992
as Annette
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992
as Mme. Dumont