
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)

John Carter
2012 · as Sarkoja

Clash of the Titans
2010 · as Cassiopeia

Sliver
1993 · as Vida Warren

Patriot Games
1992 · as Annette

D-Tox
2002 · as Jenny

Robinson Crusoe
1997 · as Mary

Emma
1996 · as Jane Fairfax

8 ½ Women
1999 · as Palmira

Control
2004 · as Barbara Copeland

Restoration
1995 · as Celia Clemence

Enchanted April
1991 · as Caroline Dester

The Gambler
1997 · as Polina

Talk of Angels
1998 · as Mary Lavelle

Curtain Call
1998 · as Julia

Dark Harbor
1999 · as Alexis Chandler Weinberg

Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006 · as Esther

Roseanna's Grave
1997 · as Cecilia

The Trial
1993 · as Leni