Pollyanna McIntosh

Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland, where she first started performing on stage on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. She relocated to London at 16 and quickly became involved with indie filmmaking. Her first paid gig was working as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998). Also, she was an actor and director in the theatre. In 2004, she moved to Los Angeles to direct "The Woolgatherer" an original play which Anne Dudek (a regular guest on Mad Men (2007)/Big Love (2006)) was directed. The play was praised by critics. In Headspace (2005), she landed her first US film role as "Stacy", a manipulative person who was a newly-baptized Christian. Her first film role was in Headspace (2005) as the manipulative born-again Christian "Thumper Wint". This comedy was written by Heathers (1988). She was a part of both LA and 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 film's critics said that Pollyanna's character was "smart, sassy and sexy equally ....the emotional core of the movie" praised her capacity to find the "emotional vulnerability" of her supposedly tough and ambitious character. GQ stated that Pollyanna McIntosh, who is a phenomenal actor, is "extremely talented". 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 speaks Spanish throughout the film, that was shot in Peru. 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), in which she played the lead role , was praised by critics at Sundance 2011. It also came in top of the New York Times' readers' top movies poll. In recognition of her performance, she was given three Best Actress awards, including Total Film's Frightfest Award and Fright Meter's.