Polly Walker
Acting • Born 1966-05-19
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
53 credits
Sliver
Movie • 1993
Vida Warren
Brute
Movie • 1997
Mara
Emma
Movie • 1996
Jane Fairfax
Enchanted April
Movie • 1991
Caroline Dester
Patriot Games
Movie • 1992
Annette
After Alice
Movie • 2000
Walking a Tightrope
Movie • 1991
Hélène Lagache
Savage Messiah
Movie • 2002
Paula Jackson
Roseanna's Grave
Movie • 1997
Cecilia
John Carter
Movie • 2012
Sarkoja
Clash of the Titans
Movie • 2010
Cassiopeia
The Trial
Movie • 1993
Leni
Talk of Angels
Movie • 1998
Mary Lavelle
The Woodlanders
Movie • 1998
Mrs. Charmond
Dark Harbor
Movie • 1999
Alexis Chandler Weinberg
Lorna Doone
Movie • 1990
Lorna Doone
The Gambler
Movie • 1997
Polina
Kremlin Farewell
Movie • 1990
Nadja
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Movie • 1992
Mme. Dumont
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Movie • 2002
Mrs. Archer
8 ½ Women
Movie • 1999
Palmira
Restoration
Movie • 1995
Celia Clemence
Control
Movie • 2004
Barbara Copeland
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Movie • 2006
Esther
Journey of Honor
Movie • 1991
Cecilia
D-Tox
Movie • 2002
Jenny
Curtain Call
Movie • 1998
Julia
Robinson Crusoe
Movie • 1997
Mary
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Movie • 2025
Mrs Clinton
Caprica
TV • 2010
Sister Clarice Willow
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Dr. Lorna Ludlow
Rome
TV • 2005
Atia of the Julii
State of Play
TV • 2003
Anne Collins
Cane
TV • 2007
Ellis Samuels
Prisoners' Wives
TV • 2012
Francesca
Psych
TV • 2006
Randa
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Alexa Shultz
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Catherine Braithwaite
Line of Duty
TV • 2012
Gill Biggeloe
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Magdala 'Nick' Buckley
The Mayor of Casterbridge
TV • 2003
Lucetta Templeman
Sanctuary
TV • 2008
Ranna Seneschal
Age Before Beauty
TV • 2018
Isabel Finch
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Bess Sedgwick
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
TV • 2019
Peggy Sykes
Warehouse 13
TV • 2009
Charlotte Dupres
Mr Selfridge
TV • 2013
Delphine Day
Bridgerton
TV • 2020
Lady Portia Featherington
Bookish
TV • 2025
Trottie
Cursed
TV • 2020
Lady Lunette
Dune: Prophecy
TV • 2024
Sonia Harkonnen
Screen Two
TV • 1985
Leni
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV • 1971