Pollyanna McIntosh

Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. That's where she began performing on stage in The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she moved to London and was soon involved in filmmaking in the indie genre (her first professional gig was as an actor in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre and acting as both an actress as well as a director. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought to the stage more shows as well as a production of "The Woolgatherer" that she directed Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) and David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to high praise. Her first US film role was "Stacy" an empathetic and reborn Christian and born again Christian, in Headspace (2005). It was as the wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker and Winona Ryder) written from Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the reviewers began to be aware of her talents, citing a unique blend of powerful sexuality and irreverent comedy. Exam (2009) was a film that was made in London and LA, was her next film. It was nominated for Outstanding British Debut by the BAFTA and also won the Santa Barbara Film Fest's Best Independent Award. The film's critics applauded Pollyanna's capability to "emotionally vulnerable" her powerful, sassy character. GQ has stated that Pollyanna McIntosh, a brilliant actor, is "extremely talented". Como Quien No Quiere La Cosa (2013) (As if you Don't Like it! ), is a hilarious South American farce in which she plays Brit comedian Trevor Lock's angry wife. She is fluent in Spanish throughout the film, which was shot in Peru. John Landis directs Burke and Hare (2010). She is Isla Fisher's best friend along with Andy Serkis and Jessica Hynes and Tom Wilkinson. Lucky McKee's The Woman (2011), in which she played the lead role , was praised by critics at Sundance 2011. It also topped the New York Times' readers top film poll. She received three Best Actress nominations, including Total Film’s Frightfest Award as well as Fright Meter's.