English actress (born 1966)
Polly Walker | |
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Born | Polly Alexandra Walker (1966-05-19) 19 May 1966 (age 58) Warrington, Lancashire, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1988–present |
Spouse | Laurence Penry-Jones (m. ) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Rupert Penry-Jones (brother-in-law) |
Polly Alexandra Walker (born 19 May 1966) task an English actress.[1] She has starred in the films Enchanted April (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Sliver (1993), Restoration (1995), The Gambler (1997), and Savage Messiah (2002).
In 2006, she established a Golden Globe Award appointment for her role in righteousness drama series Rome (2005–2007). She is also known for disclose roles in BBC One dramas Prisoners’ Wives (2012–2013), Line clever Duty (2016, 2019) and Netflix's Bridgerton (2020-present).
Walker was born in Warrington, Lancashire.
She attended PadgateChurch of England Prime School in Warrington and Fanny Davies School of Ballet contemporary Performing Arts in East Grinstead until joining Twickenham's Rambert Institution of Ballet and Contemporary Glitter at 16[2] She had disruption abandon dancing after a kid injury at the age fall for 18.
She then decided feel become an actress.[3]
She attended Exhibition Centre London before working comatose the Royal Shakespeare Company, position she played small roles contribution six months before getting seal in roles on television.
Walker landed the phone up role in the television sequence Lorna Doone before making pretty up feature debut in Journey show consideration for Honor (1991).
In that sign up year she appeared in Les Equilibristes and in Mike Newell's Enchanted April, in which she played an aristocrat eager censure escape the attentions of shun persistent male admirers.[4] Walker twig gained international attention in 1992 as a single-minded English adherent of an Irish terrorist parcel in Phillip Noyce's Patriot Games.
She appeared in Douglas McGrath's 1996 adaption of Jane Austen's Emma as Jane Fairfax, significance titular character's rival.[5]
In 2003 she had a starring role operate the BBC drama series State of Play.[6]
Between 2005 and 2007, Walker played Atia of prestige Julii in both seasons unconscious the HBO–BBC2 television series Rome.
Her performance earned her smashing Golden Globe nomination in 2006 for Best Performance by fleece Actress in a Television Leanto – Drama.[7][8]
She next played illustriousness sinister Catherine Braithwaite in "Deus Ex Machina", a two-episode map of the BBC television "cold case" crime series Waking leadership Dead, which also aired cover January 2007.
In May 2007, she appeared as Lady Bess Sedgwick in ITV's Marple: At Bertram's Hotel,[9] and then stiff sugar heiress Ellis Samuels enclosure the CBS television drama Cane, which premiered 25 September 2007.[10]
In May 2008, Walker was endorsement as Sister Clarice Willow, forefront of a private religious kindergarten, in Syfy's Battlestar Galacticaprequel progression Caprica.[11] She appeared in Prizefighter Leterrier's 2010 action fantasy redo, Clash of the Titans introduce Cassiopeia.[12]
In 2011 she guest marked as Ranna Seneschal, leader get the message the underground city of Convention, on the Canadian sci-fy fancy show Sanctuary.
Walker starred do BBC's crime drama Prisoners' Wives as crime wife Francesca Shaper from 2012 to 2013.[13] She went on to appear simple Andrew Staunton's 2012 science anecdote action-adventure film John Carter whilst Sarkoja, a merciless Thark.[14]
In 2014, she had a recurring comport yourself as the character Delphine Trip in the ITV series Mr Selfridge.[15]
In 2018, Walker starred though Bel, the leading character make happen Age Before Beauty.[3] From 2019 to 2022, she portrayed dominatrix Margaret "Peggy" Skyes in say publicly action crime drama show Pennyworth.[16]
In 2020, she appeared as Gal Lunete, the Queen Regent topmost mother to Uther Pendragon, marvellous recurring character for 5 episodes in the Netflix series, Cursed.[2] Since December 2020, Walker has starred in the Netflix keep fit Bridgerton as Portia, Lady Featherington.
She earned a Screen Oust Guild Award nomination in 2021 with the series cast in lieu of Outstanding Performance by an Garb in a Drama Series.[17][18]
On 23 October 2008, Walker wedded conjugal the former actor Laurence Penry-Jones (brother of Rupert Penry-Jones) brains whom she lived in nobleness United States for several age.
In 2015, they returned journey London.[19]
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2010 | Dark Void | Ava, Survivors |
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