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Polly Walker
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1966 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
Biography:With her moony eyes, broad forehead, and chiseled facial features, British actress Polly Walker embodies a direct throwback to an earlier era -- a reincarnation of late '60s glamour goddesses such as Twiggy and Veruschka. Unsurprisingly, she continues to earn frequent comparisons to these mod cover girls in the press. Walker's depth and breadth as an actress, however, arguably far exceed that of her predecessors.

Born in 1966, Walker received classical training as an actor with that crème de la crème of acting ensembles, the Royal Shakespeare Company (or RSC). She demonstrated extraordinary versatility in her early Hollywood roles, which included everything from an assassin (in the Harrison Ford-headlined 1992 political thriller Patriot Games) to the coke-snorting, gossip-mad denizen of a Manhattan apartment complex in the Joe Eszterhas-scripted erotic thriller Sliver (1993) -- both for... Full Biography

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Polly Walker and Eric Stoltz and Paula Malcomson arrives at the NBC Universal 2008 Press Tour...
Polly Walker arrives at the NBC Universal 2008 Press Tour All-Star Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel...
Polly Walker and Eric Stoltz and Paula Malcomson arrives at the NBC Universal 2008 Press Tour...
Polly Walker arrives at the NBC Universal 2008 Press Tour All-Star Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel...
Polly Walker arrives at the NBC Universal 2008 Press Tour All-Star Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel...
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