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
The Mentalist
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Psych
Bridgerton
Numb3rs
Agatha Christie's Marple
Warehouse 13
Waking the Dead
All Movies (29)
- A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower2025 · as Mrs Clinton
- John Carter2012 · as Sarkoja
- Clash of the Titans2010 · as Cassiopeia
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature2006 · as Esther
- Control2004 · as Barbara Copeland
- Jeffrey Archer: The Truth2002 · as Mrs. Archer
- Savage Messiah2002 · as Paula Jackson
- D-Tox2002 · as Jenny
- After Alice2000
- Dark Harbor1999 · as Alexis Chandler Weinberg
- 8 ½ Women1999 · as Palmira
- Curtain Call1998 · as Julia
- Talk of Angels1998 · as Mary Lavelle
- The Woodlanders1998 · as Mrs. Charmond
- Brute1997 · as Mara
- The Gambler1997 · as Polina
- Robinson Crusoe1997 · as Mary
- Roseanna's Grave1997 · as Cecilia
- Emma1996 · as Jane Fairfax
- Restoration1995 · as Celia Clemence
- The Trial1993 · as Leni
- Sliver1993 · as Vida Warren
- Patriot Games1992 · as Annette
- A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia1992 · as Mme. Dumont
- Enchanted April1991 · as Caroline Dester
- Walking a Tightrope1991 · as Hélène Lagache
- Journey of Honor1991 · as Cecilia
- Lorna Doone1990 · as Lorna Doone
- Kremlin Farewell1990 · as Nadja
All TV Shows (25)
- Bookish2025 · as Trottie
- Dune: Prophecy2024 · as Sonia Harkonnen
- Bridgerton2020 · as Lady Portia Featherington
- Cursed2020 · as Lady Lunette
- Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler2019 · as Peggy Sykes
- Age Before Beauty2018 · as Isabel Finch
- Mr Selfridge2013 · as Delphine Day
- Line of Duty2012 · as Gill Biggeloe
- Prisoners' Wives2012 · as Francesca
- Caprica2010 · as Sister Clarice Willow
- Warehouse 132009 · as Charlotte Dupres
- Sanctuary2008 · as Ranna Seneschal
- The Mentalist2008 · as Alexa Shultz
- Cane2007 · as Ellis Samuels
- Psych2006 · as Randa
- Rome2005 · as Atia of the Julii
- Numb3rs2005 · as Dr. Lorna Ludlow
- Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Bess Sedgwick
- The Mayor of Casterbridge2003 · as Lucetta Templeman
- State of Play2003 · as Anne Collins
- Waking the Dead2001 · as Catherine Braithwaite
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Magdala 'Nick' Buckley
- Screen Two1985 · as Leni
- Screen Two1985 · as Nadja
- A Ghost Story for Christmas1971