Polly Walker

Birthday: 19 May 1966, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK

Birth Name: Polly Alexandra Walker

Height: 170 cm

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 Kabuto (1991) ("Shogun Mayeda"). She first gained attention as an English woman in an Irish terrorist brigade in Phillip Noyce's Patriot Games (1992). Show less «

I was married to an Italian, and my son was born there. I've got lots of connections there, and I li...Show more »

I was married to an Italian, and my son was born there. I've got lots of connections there, and I lived in the north, in the country about an hour outside of Milan, for quite a few years. I speak fluent Italian. Show less «

If I wasn't an actress, I'd like to cook. I'm pretty obsessed by it. Rome was great in that sense, g...Show more »

If I wasn't an actress, I'd like to cook. I'm pretty obsessed by it. Rome was great in that sense, going to amazing cookery bookshops. No wonder their food is good because the quality and wide range of their produce is so good. It's not fair, really. Show less «

I love cooking. People seem to enjoy my food, but I absolutely love it. I'm one of those people who ...Show more »

I love cooking. People seem to enjoy my food, but I absolutely love it. I'm one of those people who will buy a cookery book and take it to bed and read it. Show less «

Sometimes Italian fashion, especially in the summer, is bright and gaudy and tarty, so I'd be buying...Show more »

Sometimes Italian fashion, especially in the summer, is bright and gaudy and tarty, so I'd be buying these bright pink and bright orange things, and when I got home, I'd just go, 'What was I thinking? I can't wear this!' Show less «

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