Pollyanna McIntosh

Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was born in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is when she started performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she moved to London and was soon involved in the indie filmmaking (her first pay-per-view was as an actor in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre acting, both as an actor and director. In 2004, she relocated to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" an original play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was the director. The play was praised by critics. Then she landed her first US film role, playing the manipulative, born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). She was then cast as "Thumper Wint", a rebellious, born-again Christian in Sex and Death 101 (2006) (Simon Baker/Winona Rider) as played by Heathers (1988). The critics were impressed with her unique mix of the power of sexuality and the irreverent comedy. The actress was in LA as well as London, Exam (2009) was her next project, nominated by BAFTA for Outstanding British Debut and winner of Best Independent at the Santa Barbara Film Fest, the reviewers noted that Pollyanna's performance was "smart, sassy and sexy equally ....the emotional center of the film" praised her capacity to identify the "emotional vulnerability" of her seemingly tough and ambitious character. GQ simply said "stunning Pollyanna McIntosh is an enormously skilled actress". Como Quien No Quiere La Cosa (2013) (As if you Don't Like it! ) is an South American comedy in which she is the unhappy wife of Trevor Lock, a Brit comedian. She is fluent in Spanish throughout the film, that was made in Peru. John Landis directed Burke and Hare (2010). She is Isla Fisher's bestie with Andy Serkis and Jessica Hynes, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Curry and Tom Wilkinson. Lucky McKee's The Woman (2011), which she played the main role , was praised by critics at Sundance 2011. It also won the New York Times' readers top film poll. For her work, she was awarded three Best Actress awards, including Total Film's Frightfest Award and Fright Meter's.