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)
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Movies (29)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
2025
John Carter
as Sarkoja
2012
Clash of the Titans
as Cassiopeia
2010
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
as Esther
2006
Control
as Barbara Copeland
2004
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
as Mrs. Archer
2002
Savage Messiah
as Paula Jackson
2002
D-Tox
as Jenny
2002
After Alice
2000
Dark Harbor
as Alexis Chandler Weinberg
1999
8 ½ Women
as Palmira
1999
Curtain Call
as Julia
1998
Talk of Angels
as Mary Lavelle
1998
The Woodlanders
as Mrs. Charmond
1998
Brute
as Mara
1997
The Gambler
as Polina
1997
Robinson Crusoe
as Mary
1997
Roseanna's Grave
as Cecilia
1997
Emma
as Jane Fairfax
1996
Restoration
as Celia Clemence
1995
The Trial
as Leni
1993
Sliver
as Vida Warren
1993
Patriot Games
as Annette
1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Mme. Dumont
1992
Enchanted April
as Caroline Dester
1991
Walking a Tightrope
as Hélène Lagache
1991
Journey of Honor
as Cecilia
1991
Lorna Doone
as Lorna Doone
1990
Kremlin Farewell
as Nadja
1990
TV Shows (21)
Bookish
as Trottie
2025
Dune: Prophecy
as Sonia Harkonnen
2024
Bridgerton
as Lady Portia Featherington
2020
Cursed
as Lady Lunette
2020
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
as Peggy Sykes
2019
Age Before Beauty
as Isabel Finch
2018
Mr Selfridge
as Delphine Day
2013
Line of Duty
as Gill Biggeloe
2012
Prisoners' Wives
as Francesca
2012
Caprica
as Sister Clarice Willow
2010
Warehouse 13
as Charlotte Dupres
2009
Sanctuary
as Ranna Seneschal
2008
The Mentalist
as Alexa Shultz
2008
Cane
as Ellis Samuels
2007
Psych
as Randa
2006
Rome
as Atia of the Julii
2005
Numb3rs
as Dr. Lorna Ludlow
2005
Agatha Christie's Marple
as Bess Sedgwick
2004
The Mayor of Casterbridge
as Lucetta Templeman
2003
State of Play
as Anne Collins
2003
Waking the Dead
as Catherine Braithwaite
2001