
Acting
Born May 19, 1966 · 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)

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

John Carter
2012

Clash of the Titans
2010

Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006

Control
2004

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002

Savage Messiah
2002

D-Tox
2002

After Alice
2000

Dark Harbor
1999

8 ½ Women
1999

Curtain Call
1998

Talk of Angels
1998

The Woodlanders
1998

Brute
1997

The Gambler
1997

Robinson Crusoe
1997

Roseanna's Grave
1997

Emma
1996

Restoration
1995

The Trial
1993

Sliver
1993

Patriot Games
1992

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
1992

Enchanted April
1991

Walking a Tightrope
1991

Journey of Honor
1991

Lorna Doone
1990

Kremlin Farewell
1990