Polly Walker

Biography

Polly Alexandra Walker is an English actress. She has starred in the films Enchanted April, Patriot Games, Sliver, Restoration, The Gambler, and Savage Messiah. In 2006, she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her role in the drama series Rome.

Polly Alexandra Walker was born 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).

On 23 October 2008, Walker married the former actor Laurence Penry-Jones (brother of Rupert Penry-Jones) with whom she lived in the United States for several years. In 2015 they returned to London.