
Highest rated as cast or director
Rome
2005 · 2 Seasons
Patriot Games
1992
Bookish
Since 2025 · 2 Seasons
Restoration
1995
Control
2004
Robinson Crusoe
1997
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)
Acted in 57
2020s
- 2025
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
Mrs Clinton
- 2024
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Age Before Beauty
Isabel Finch · 6 episodes
- 2016
- 2013
- 2012
The Syndicate
DI Baker · 6 episodes
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Lucetta Templeman · 2 episodes
State of Play
Anne Collins · 6 episodes
- 2002
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Mrs. Archer
Savage Messiah
Paula Jackson
- 2001
- 2000
After Alice
Dr Vera Swann
1990s
- 1999
Dark Harbor
Alexis Chandler Weinberg
- 1998
Curtain Call
Julia
Talk of Angels
Mary Lavelle
The Woodlanders
Mrs. Charmond
- 1997
Brute
Mara
The Gambler
Polina
Roseanna's Grave
Cecilia
- 1996
- 1995
- 1993
The Trial
Leni
- 1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
Mme. Dumont
- 1991
Enchanted April
Caroline Dester
Walking a Tightrope
Hélène Lagache
Journey of Honor
Cecilia
- 1990
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone
Kremlin Farewell
Nadja
1980s
- 1989
- 1985
- 1983





