Polly Walker

Infobox actor


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location = Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Polly Walker (born 19 May 1966 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK). She is an English actress. She is one of four siblings.

Education

Walker's first school was Silverdale Preparatory West Acton, London.

Early career

At 16, Walker graduated from Ballet Rambert School in Twickenham, began her career as a dancer, but had to abandon dancing after a leg injury at the age of 18. She then decided to become an actress. She moved from the Drama Centre in London to the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she played bit parts for six months before graduating to small roles on television.

Film and television roles

Walker landed the title role in the television series "Lorna Doone" before making her feature debut in "Shogun Mayeda" (1991). In that same year she appeared in two other films, "Les Equilibristes" and Mike Newell's "Enchanted April", in which she played an aristocrat eager to escape the attentions of her persistent male admirers. She first garnered international attention as a single-minded English member of an Irish terrorist group in Phillip Noyce's "Patriot Games".

In late 2005, Walker played Atia of the Julii in the first season of the HBO/BBC2 television series "Rome". Her performance earned her a Golden Globe nomination in 2005 for "Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama". She reprised the role in the second season of the series, which began airing in January 2007. She played the sinister Catherine Braithwaite in "Deus Ex Machina", a two-episode story of the BBC television "cold case" crime series, Waking the Dead, which also aired in January, 2007.

In May 2007, Walker appeared as Lady Bess Sedgwick in ITV's "Marple": "At Bertram's Hotel", and she appeared as sugar heiress Ellis Samuels in the CBS television drama "Cane", which premiered 25 September 2007.

In May 2008, Walker was cast as Sister Clarice Willow, headmistress of a private religious school, in the "Battlestar Galactica" prequel series "Caprica", on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Personal

Walker has two children from two previous relationships, Giorgio (b. 1994) and Delilah (b. 2000). She currently lives in the U.S.A.

elected filmography

*"Caprica" (2008) (TV series)
*"Cane" (2007) (TV series)
*"Scenes of a sexual nature" (2006)
*"Rome" (2005 - 2007) (TV series)
*"The Mayor of Casterbridge" (2003) (miniseries)
*"State of Play" (2003) (TV series)
*"D-Tox" (2002)
*"Curtain Call" (1999)
*"8½ Women" (1999)
*"Dark Harbor"(1998)
*"The Gambler" (1997)
*"Emma" (1996)
*"Restoration" (1995)
*"Sliver" (1993)
*"The Trial" (1993)
*"Patriot Games" (1992)
*"Enchanted April" (1992)
*"Peril at End House" (1990) (TV movie)

External links

*imdb name|id=0908116|name=Polly Walker
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/polly_walker.shtml BBC - Drama Faces - Polly Walker]