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Pollyanna McIntosh

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Pollyanna McIntosh at an event for Hap and Leonard (2016)
Pollyanna McIntosh returns in the newest season of "The Walking Dead" as Jadis, the leader of The Scavengers. "No Small Parts" takes a look at some other eccentric, dangerous characters she's played throughout her film and TV career.
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Pollyanna McIntosh grew up in Portugal and Colombia before returning to her birthplace of Scotland, where she first began performing, on stage, at The Edinburgh Festival. At 16, she left for London and soon became involved in indie filmmaking (her first paid gig was as a stoner in Irvine Welsh's The Acid House (1998)) and theatre, both as an actress and director. A move to Los Angeles in 2004 brought on more theatre, including a production of "The Woolgatherer", in which 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 great reviews. She then landed her first US movie role as the manipulative, born-again Christian, "Stacy", in Headspace (2005). It was as the wild "Thumper Wint" in the comedy, Sex and Death 101 (2007) (Simon Baker/Winona Ryder), by Heathers (1988) writer Daniel Waters, that the critics began to take note of her talent, citing a unique blend of powerful sexuality and irreverent humor. Working in both 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 parts....the emotional center of the film" praised her capacity to find the "emotional vulnerability" of her seemingly tough and ambitious character. GQ simply stated "stunning Pollyanna McIntosh is an enormously talented actress". Como Quien No Quiere La Cosa (2013) (As if you Don't Like it!), is a hilarious South American farce in which she plays Brit comedian Trevor Lock's disgruntled wife. Shot in Peru, she speaks Spanish throughout. 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. Her demanding turn as the lead in Lucky McKee's The Woman (2011) made shock waves at Sundance 2011, brought rave reviews and topped the New York Times readers' favorite movies poll. For her performance, she was awarded three Best Actress awards, including Total Film's Frightfest Award and Fright Meter's. As the female lead in the BBC political comedy, Bob Servant Independent (2013), starring Brian Cox, she played the professionally critical "Phillippa Edwards", a very different sort of scary. In festival darling, Love Eternal (2013), she plays the female lead as a suicidal grieving mother. In the raucous Filth (2013), she played opposite James McAvoy and Jamie Bell, in the adaptation of Irvine Welsh's balls-out novel as the lusty Size Queen. Two successful British thrillers that see Pollyanna go from vulnerable to kick ass are The Blood Lands (2014), (known in the USA as The Bloodlands) and Let Us Prey also starring Game of Thrones' Liam Cunningham. In Sundance TV's Hap and Leonard also starring James Purefoy, Michael Kenneth Williams and Christina Hendricks, Pollyanna is nothing but kick ass as the neon-clad psycho killer, Angel. In US indy comedies Prevertere and The Famous Joe Project Pollyanna played it characteristically unsafe once again. Possibly her strangest role yet has been as Bobby in Ding Dong, teaming up once again with Lucky McKee for the 2014 anthology film Tales of Halloween. Pollyanna will next be seen in Blood on Wheels as the vicious biker gang leader Trigga. The film is produced by James Franco.
BornMarch 15, 1979
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"Vikings: Valhalla" Cast In and Out of Character

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Pollyanna McIntosh in No Small Parts (2014)
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Pollyanna McIntosh in The Walking Dead (2010)
2013 Scottish Style Awards nominee
Pollyanna McIntosh at an event for IMDb at San Diego Comic-Con (2016)
Pollyanna McIntosh in The Woman (2011)
Pollyanna McIntosh in Vikings: Valhalla (2022)
Seth Gilliam and Pollyanna McIntosh in The Walking Dead (2010)
Pollyanna McIntosh in The Walking Dead (2010)
Seth Gilliam and Pollyanna McIntosh in The Walking Dead (2010)
Pollyanna McIntosh in The Walking Dead (2010)
Seth Gilliam and Pollyanna McIntosh in The Walking Dead (2010)

Known for

Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
The Walking Dead
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TV Series
  • Jadis
  • Anne 'Jadis'
  • Anne
The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020)
The Walking Dead: World Beyond
4.4
TV Series
  • Anne
Hap and Leonard (2016)
Hap and Leonard
7.6
TV Series
  • Angel
Pollyanna McIntosh in The Woman (2011)
The Woman
6.0
  • The Woman
  • 2011

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Actress

  • The Politics of Dancing
    • Completed
  • Double Blind
    • Post-production
  • The Primary Talent
    • Pre-production
  • Forspoken (2023)
    Forspoken
    • (voice)
  • Leo Suter, Frida Gustavsson, and Sam Corlett in Vikings: Valhalla (2022)
    Vikings: Valhalla
  • The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020)
    The Walking Dead: World Beyond
  • Miranda Otto, Richard Coyle, Lucy Davis, Michelle Gomez, Luke Cook, Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Jaz Sinclair, Skye P. Marshall, Lachlan Watson, Tati Gabrielle, Abigail Cowen, Jonathan Whitesell, Gavin Leatherwood, Sam Corlett, Chance Perdomo, and Adeline Rudolph in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
    Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
  • Revenge Ride (2020)
    Revenge Ride
  • Deathcember (2019)
    Deathcember
    • (voice)
  • Lodge 49 (2018)
    Lodge 49
  • Darlin' (2019)
    Darlin'
  • Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lauren Cohan, and Michael James Shaw in The Walking Dead (2010)
    The Walking Dead
  • Blood Ride (2017)
    Blood Ride
  • Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (2017)
    Middle-Earth: Shadow of War
    • (voice)
  • Kelsey Grammer, Matt Bomer, and Lily Collins in The Last Tycoon (2016)
    The Last Tycoon
  • Hap and Leonard (2016)
    Hap and Leonard
  • Native (2016)
    Native
  • Tales of Halloween (2015)
    Tales of Halloween

Writer

  • Revolvers
    • Pre-production
  • Deathcember (2019)
    Deathcember
    • (segment Getting Away From It All)
  • Darlin' (2019)
    Darlin'

Director

  • Deathcember (2019)
    Deathcember
    • (segment Getting Away From It All)
  • Darlin' (2019)
    Darlin'
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The Woman
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The Woman
Exam: U.S. Trailer
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Dante's Inferno: The Game
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Dante's Inferno: The Game
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The Blood Lands
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The Blood Lands
The Blood Lands
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The Blood Lands
Tales of Halloween
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Tales of Halloween

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    • March 15, 1979
    • Scotland, UK
    • Grant ShowJuly 17, 2004 - 2011 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Mia in Parts Per Billion, a short film which will be made into a feature starring Pollyanna McIntosh and Dash Mihok.
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    Is originally from Scotland but spent much of her childhood in South America. She moved back to Edinburgh and won the National Face of '95 Model Competition.

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