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.
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