Polly Walker
Biography
Polly Walker is an English actress born in Warrington, Cheshire, who trained at Drama Centre London and worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She took the title role in the 1990 television film Lorna Doone, then gained international attention in Patriot Games (1992). Her film work includes Sliver (1993), Restoration (1995), Emma (1996), Savage Messiah (2002), Clash of the Titans (2010) and John Carter (2012). On television she starred in State of Play in 2003 and played Atia of the Julii in Rome from 2005 to 2007, earning a Golden Globe nomination in 2006. She later appeared in Prisoners' Wives from 2012 to 2013, Line of Duty in 2016 and 2019, Pennyworth from 2019 to 2022, and Bridgerton as Portia, Lady Featherington, receiving a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination with the cast in 2021.
60years old
Turns 61 on May 19in 190 days
- Born Warrington
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Polly Alexandra Walker (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 20 years1992 to 2012
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First role
Walker's first television role was the title part of Lorna Doone in the 1990 ITV film, playing opposite Clive Owen.
Big break
In 1992, Walker first drew notice worldwide for her role in Phillip Noyce's Patriot Games, playing an English member of an Irish terrorist group who is single-minded.
Polly Walker movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Phillip Noyce directed two of these films. Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Mark Strong's page
Benjamin Whitrow's page
Phillip NoyceDirector, 2 films, 1992 to 1993
All films by Phillip Noyce
Also two films together1 more actor
- Mark LetherenControl (2004) and Restoration (1995)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Polly Walker's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.1 billion
10 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$493M44.6% of the total
- 2$284M25.7% of the total
- 3$178M16.1% of the total
- 4$116M10.5% of the total
- 5$22M2.0% of the total
- 6$6.6M0.6% of the total
- 7$4.0M0.4% of the total
- 8$438K0.0% of the total
$613,817from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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