Background
Walker, Polly was born on May 19, 1966 in Warrington, England.
Walker, Polly was born on May 19, 1966 in Warrington, England.
At 16, Walker graduated from Ballet Rambert School in Twickenham and began her career as a dancer but had to abandon dancing after a leg injury at the age of 18.
She has starred in the films Enchanted April (1992), Patriot Games (1992), Sliver (1993), Restoration (1995), The Gambler (1997) and Savage Messiah (2002). 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
Walker first garnered international attention in 1992 as a single-minded English member of an Irish terrorist group in Phillip Noyce"s Patriot Games.