Portrait of Polly Walker

Polly Walker

Acting

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)

Born: May 19, 1966

Place of Birth: Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Filmography

2025
Bookish

as Trottie

2024
Dune: Prophecy

as Sonia Harkonnen

2020
Bridgerton

as Lady Portia Featherington

2020
Cursed

as Lady Lunette

2018
Age Before Beauty

as Isabel Finch

2013
Mr Selfridge

as Delphine Day

2012
Line of Duty

as Gill Biggeloe

2012
John Carter

as Sarkoja

2012
Prisoners' Wives

as Francesca

2010
Clash of the Titans

as Cassiopeia

2010
Caprica

as Sister Clarice Willow

2009
Warehouse 13

as Charlotte Dupres

2008
Sanctuary

as Ranna Seneschal

2008
The Mentalist

as Alexa Shultz

2007
Cane

as Ellis Samuels

2006
Psych

as Randa

2005
Rome

as Atia of the Julii

2005
Numb3rs

as Dr. Lorna Ludlow

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple

as Bess Sedgwick

2004
Control

as Barbara Copeland

2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge

as Lucetta Templeman

2003
State of Play

as Anne Collins

2002
2002
Savage Messiah

as Paula Jackson

2002
D-Tox

as Jenny

2001
Waking the Dead

as Catherine Braithwaite

1999
Dark Harbor

as Alexis Chandler Weinberg

1999
8 ½ Women

as Palmira

1998
Curtain Call

as Julia

1998
Talk of Angels

as Mary Lavelle

1998
The Woodlanders

as Mrs. Charmond

1997
Bandyta

as Mara

1997
The Gambler

as Polina

1997
1997
1996
Emma

as Jane Fairfax

1995
Restoration

as Celia Clemence

1993
The Trial

as Leni

1993
Sliver

as Vida Warren

1992
Patriot Games

as Annette

1991
Enchanted April

as Caroline Dester

1991
Walking a Tightrope

as Hélène Lagache

1991
1990
Lorna Doone

as Lorna Doone

1990
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Magdala 'Nick' Buckley

1985
Screen Two

as Leni