Pollyanna McIntosh

Pollyanna McIntosh is from Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. That's where she began her stage debut in The Edinburgh Festival. When she was 16, she moved to London, where she soon began to get involved in independent filmmaking. (Her first paid gig on The Acid House was as a stoner with Irvine Welsh (1998)). She's also been involved in theatre, both as an actress as well as director. The move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities and productions, including "The Woolgatherer" where she was 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 amazing reviews. Her first US film role was "Stacy" who was a manipulative birthed Christian as seen 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). The actress was in LA and London, Exam (2009) was next, BAFTA-nominated 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 in equal measure ....the emotional center of the film" and praised her ability discover the "emotional vulnerability" of her seemingly strong and confident character. GQ simply said that Pollyanna McIntosh, who is a phenomenal actress is "extremely skilled". 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 disgruntled wife. Filmed in Peru where she speaks Spanish all the way. In Burke and Hare (2010), directed by John Landis, she plays Isla Fisher's bestie with Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Jessica Hynes, Tom Wilkinson and Tim Curry. Lucky McKee's The Woman (2011), where she played the lead role , was praised by critics at Sundance 2011. It also won the New York Times' readers best movies poll. For her work, she received three Best Actress awards, including Total Film's Frightfest Award and Fright Meter's.