Pollyanna McIntosh

Pollyanna McIntosh was born in Portugal and Colombia But she returned to Scotland where she began performing on stage during The Edinburgh Festival. She relocated to London at the age of 16 and soon was involved in filmmaking in the indie genre. Her first pay-per-view was as a stoner on Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also worked as an actor and director in theatre. A move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought on more theatre and productions, including "The Woolgatherer" that 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 great reviews. In Headspace (2005) in which she was offered her first US movie part as "Stacy" as a manipulative and a born-again Christian. It was as the wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) written produced by Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the reviewers began to be aware of her talent, noting a unique blend of powerful sexuality and hilarious humor. The actress was in 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, sassy and sexy at the same time. ....the emotional center of the movie" The film's critics praised her ability to uncover the "emotional vulnerability" of her seemingly strong and confident character. GQ just said that Pollyanna McIntosh was an amazing actress , and an "extraordinarily gifted actor". Como Quien No Quiere La Cosa (2013) (As if you Don't Like it! She is Trevor Lock, a disgruntled Brit comedian. She speaks Spanish throughout the film which was made in Peru. John Landis directs Burke and Hare (2010). She plays Isla Fisher's bestie along with Andy Serkis and Jessica Hynes and Tom Wilkinson. Her gruelling performance as the lead in Lucky McKee's The Woman (2011) made shock waves at Sundance 2011, brought great reviews and took the top spot in the New York Times readers' most viewed films poll. For her performance, she received three Best Actress awards, including Total Film's Frightfest Award and Fright Meter's.