Pollyanna McIntosh

Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland in Scotland, where she was born. It was here that she first began performing, on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. At the age of 16, she left for London and soon became involved in indie filmmaking (her first professional gig was as an actor in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre in both roles as an actress as well as a director. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles in 2004 brought new theatre opportunities such as a production called "The Woolgatherer" where 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 excellent reviews. In Headspace (2005), she made her debut US movie part as "Stacy", a manipulative woman who is a born again Christian. It was as the wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder) directed from Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the reviewers began to be aware of her talent, noting a unique blend of powerful sexuality and irreverent humor. Exam (2009) the film, which was made in London and LA it was her following film. It was nominated for Outstanding British Debut by the BAFTA and was awarded the Santa Barbara Film Festival's Best Independent Award. The film's critics applauded Pollyanna's capability to "emotionally vulnerable" her fierce, ambitious character. GQ just said "stunning Pollyanna McIntosh is an enormously talented actress". Como Quien No Quiere La Cosa (2013) (As if you Don't Like it! ), is a South American comedy in which she is the unhappy wife of Trevor Lock, a Brit comedian. She speaks Spanish throughout the film that was shot in Peru. In Burke and Hare (2010) directed by John Landis, she plays Isla Fisher's best friend along with Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Jessica Hynes, Tom Wilkinson and Tim Curry. Her intense performance as the main character in Lucky McKee's The Woman (2011) made shock waves at Sundance 2011, brought praise from the audience and was voted top of the New York Times readers' favorite movies poll. For her work, she won three Best Actress awards, including Total Film's Frightfest Award and Fright Meter's.