Pollyanna McIntosh

Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she began her stage debut at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at the age of 16 and soon started to become involved in indie filmmaking. Her first pay-per-view was as a stoner on Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also performed as an actress and a director in the theatre. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" and in which she was the director Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) as well as David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to excellent reviews. Then she landed her first US movie role as the manipulative woman who is a new Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). Her first movie role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative, born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). Working in both LA and London, Exam (2009) was the next film, which was nominated for BAFTA as Outstanding British Debut and winner of Best Independent at the Santa Barbara Film Fest, the film's critics noted Pollyanna's performance was "smart and sassy at the same time. ....the emotional core of the movie" and praised her ability uncover the "emotional vulnerability" of her seemingly powerful and tough character. GQ only stated that Pollyanna McIntosh was a gorgeous actress and an "extraordinarily skilled actor". Como Quien No Quiere La Cosa (2013) (As if you Don't Like it! ), is a hilarious South American farce in which she is Brit actor Trevor Lock's angry wife. She is fluent in Spanish throughout the film, which was made in Peru. John Landis directs Burke and Hare (2010). She plays Isla Fisher's best friend along with Andy Serkis and Jessica Hynes and Tom Wilkinson. Lucky McKee's The Woman (2011), where she played the lead part in, received rave reviews at Sundance 2011. It also won the New York Times' readers best movies poll. She was awarded three Best Actress Awards, including Total Film's Frightfest Award, and Fright Meter's.