Pollyanna McIntosh

Pollyanna McIntosh is a native of Scotland. She was raised in Portugal, Colombia and then returned to Scotland. This is where she started performing on stage at The Edinburgh Festival. She moved to London at the age of 16, and swiftly began to get involved in independent filmmaking. Her first pay-per-view was working as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). She also performed as an actress and director in the theatre. Moving to Los Angeles in 2004 brought on more theatre as well as a production of "The Woolgatherer" where she was director Anne Dudek (a regular on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) and David Dayan Fisher (a regular on 24 (2001)/NCIS (2003)) to great reviews. Then she landed her first US film role as the manipulative, born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). The role was later recast as "Thumper Wint", a wild, 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 powerful sexuality and irreverent humor. Exam (2009) in which she acted with in London and LA was the next. BAFTA-nominated for Outstanding British Debut and winner at the Santa Barbara Film Fest of Best Independent, Pollyanna's performance was "smart and sassy, in equal parts the emotional center of the film" as well as her ability to spot the "emotional vulnerability" of her strong and sassy character. GQ only stated that Pollyanna McIntosh is a beautiful actor and actress "extraordinarily skilled actor". Como Quien No Quiere La Cosa (2013) (As if you Don't Like it! She is Trevor Lock, a disgruntled Brit comedian. Shot in Peru, she speaks Spanish throughout. John Landis directs Burke and Hare (2010). She portrays Isla Fisher's bestie along with Andy Serkis and Jessica Hynes and Tom Wilkinson. Her dramatic turn as the lead character in Lucky McKee's The Woman (2011) made the news at Sundance 2011, brought praise from the audience and was voted top of the New York Times readers' preferred films poll. For her work, she was awarded three Best Actress awards, including Total Film's Frightfest Award and Fright Meter's.






 

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