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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1966-05-19 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

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)

Known For

Acting

2024

Dune: Prophecy as Sonia Harkonnen

2020

Bridgerton as Lady Portia Featherington
Cursed as Lady Lunette

2019

2018

Age Before Beauty as Isabel Finch

2013

Mr Selfridge as Delphine Day

2012

John Carter as Sarkoja
Prisoners' Wives as Francesca
Line of Duty as Gill Biggeloe

2010

Clash of the Titans as Cassiopeia
Caprica as Sister Clarice Willow

2009

Warehouse 13 as Charlotte Dupres

2008

The Mentalist as Alexa Shultz
Sanctuary as Ranna Seneschal

2007

Cane as Ellis Samuels

2006

2005

Rome as Atia of the Julii

2004

Control as Barbara Copeland
Agatha Christie's Marple as Bess Sedgwick

2003

State of Play as Anne Collins
The Mayor of Casterbridge as Lucetta Templeman

2002

Savage Messiah as Paula Jackson
D-Tox as Jenny

2001

Waking the Dead as Catherine Braithwaite

2000

1999

Dark Harbor as Alexis Chandler Weinberg
8 ½ Women as Palmira

1998

Talk of Angels as Mary Lavelle
The Woodlanders as Mrs. Charmond
Curtain Call as Julia

1997

Bandyta as Mara
Roseanna's Grave as Cecilia
The Gambler as Polina

1996

Emma as Jane Fairfax

1995

Restoration as Celia Clemence

1993

Sliver as Vida Warren
The Trial as Leni

1992

1991

Enchanted April as Caroline Dester
Walking a Tightrope as Hélène Lagache
Journey of Honor as Cecilia

1990

Lorna Doone as Lorna Doone

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot as Magdala 'Nick' Buckley

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Bookish as Trottie