Polly Walker
Acting
53 titles
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
Bookish
2025
Dune: Prophecy
2024
Bridgerton
2020
Cursed
2020
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
2019
Age Before Beauty
2018
Mr Selfridge
2013
Line of Duty
2012
John Carter
2012
Prisoners' Wives
2012
Clash of the Titans
2010
Caprica
2010
Warehouse 13
2009
Sanctuary
2008
The Mentalist
2008
Cane
2007
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006
Psych
2006
Rome
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
Control
2004
The Mayor of Casterbridge
2003
State of Play
2003
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
2002
Savage Messiah
2002
D-Tox
2002
Waking the Dead
2001
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
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Screen Two
1985
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971