Portrait of Polly Walker

Acting

Polly Walker

Career

Active from 1990 to 2025, busiest in 1997 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for State of Play
State of Play
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Polly Walker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.4, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.4, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.3, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 5
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • High Stakes 2
  • Isolated Setting 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Heartwarming 2
  • Crime 2
  • Female Empowerment 2
  • Period Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

53
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Charmer
Charmer

TV show

2020s

5 titles · average score 70
Bookish
Bookish (2025)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Trottie Book

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Room in the Tower (2025)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mrs Clinton

Dune: Prophecy
Dune: Prophecy (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Sonia Harkonnen

Bridgerton
Bridgerton (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Lady Portia Featherington

Cursed
Cursed (2020)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Lady Lunette

2010s

8 titles · average score 66
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler (2019)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Peggy Sykes

Age Before Beauty
Age Before Beauty (2018)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Isabel Finch

Mr Selfridge
Mr Selfridge (2013)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Delphine Day

Prisoners' Wives
Prisoners' Wives (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Francesca

Line of Duty
Line of Duty (2012)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Gill Biggeloe

John Carter
John Carter (2012)
GoodWatch score 57

as Sarkoja

Caprica
Caprica (2010)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Sister Clarice Willow

Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans (2010)
GoodWatch score 42

as Cassiopeia

2000s

16 titles · average score 65
Warehouse 13
Warehouse 13 (2009)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Charlotte Dupres

The Mentalist
The Mentalist (2008)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Alexa Shultz

Cane
Cane (2007)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Ellis Samuels

Psych
Psych (2006)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Randa

Rome
Rome (2005)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Atia of the Julii

Numb3rs
Numb3rs (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Dr. Lorna Ludlow

Control
Control (2004)
GoodWatch score 57

as Barbara Copeland

State of Play
State of Play (2003)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Anne Collins

The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Lucetta Templeman

D-Tox
D-Tox (2002)
GoodWatch score 32

as Jenny

Savage Messiah
Savage Messiah (2002)
GoodWatch score 60

as Paula Jackson

Jeffrey Archer: The Truth
Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002)

as Mrs. Archer

1990s

20 titles · average score 57
Dark Harbor
Dark Harbor (1999)
GoodWatch score 56

as Alexis Chandler Weinberg

8 ½ Women
8 ½ Women (1999)
GoodWatch score 51

as Palmira

Talk of Angels
Talk of Angels (1998)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mary Lavelle

Curtain Call
Curtain Call (1998)
GoodWatch score 54

as Julia

Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe (1997)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mary

Roseanna's Grave
Roseanna's Grave (1997)
GoodWatch score 55

as Cecilia

Brute
Brute (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mara

Restoration
Restoration (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

as Celia Clemence

Sliver
Sliver (1993)
GoodWatch score 39

as Vida Warren

Patriot Games
Patriot Games (1992)
GoodWatch score 68

as Annette

Enchanted April
Enchanted April (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

as Caroline Dester

Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone (1990)
GoodWatch score 43

as Lorna Doone

1980s

2 titles · average score 76
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Magdala 'Nick' Buckley

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Nadja / Leni

1970s

1 title · average score 75
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show