Polly Draper

Polly Draper

Nascimento : 1955-06-15, Gary, Indiana, USA

História

Polly Draper (born June 15, 1955) is an American stage, film and television actress, writer, producer, and director, best known for her starring role in the ABC primetime television drama Thirtysomething (1987–91), her directing debut The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, as well as the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007–09).

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Filmes

Todas as Formas de Amor
Milly / Marlene (segments "Sailing Lesson" - "Late Lunch")
Um conto entrelaçado de três histórias, todas unidas pelo amor, perdão, comprometimento e lealdade entre casais, parentes e amigos. Enquanto novas jornadas começam, o amor persiste e evoluiu, tomando várias formas.
Shiva Baby
Debbie
A universitária Danielle se depara com uma série de encontros constrangedores em uma shivá, um período de luto no judaísmo. Na presença de parentes autoritários, ela fica amedrontada pelo aparecimento de uma ex-namorada e de seu sugar daddy secreto, que chega inesperadamente com sua esposa e bebê.
Batalha de Natal
Director
A jovem Amelia parece ter ganhado na loteria quando consegue comprar um espaço, onde ela montará sua loja de decoração de Natal. No entanto, para dor de cabeça da nova proprietária, Vic quer montar uma loja de chocolate no mesmo lugar. Após várias brigas, Amelia e Vic terão de aprender a trabalhar em parceria e poderão ter um final feliz (e romântico) juntos.
Batalha de Natal
Rowena
A jovem Amelia parece ter ganhado na loteria quando consegue comprar um espaço, onde ela montará sua loja de decoração de Natal. No entanto, para dor de cabeça da nova proprietária, Vic quer montar uma loja de chocolate no mesmo lugar. Após várias brigas, Amelia e Vic terão de aprender a trabalhar em parceria e poderão ter um final feliz (e romântico) juntos.
A Namorada do Meu Irmão
Screenplay
Os irmãos Jack e Oliver se reúnem para colocar seu amado cachorro para dormir. Enquanto sua mãe doida planeja uma festa para celebrar a vida de Stella, as coisas dão errado quando os irmãos descobrem que amam a mesma garota.
A Namorada do Meu Irmão
Director
Os irmãos Jack e Oliver se reúnem para colocar seu amado cachorro para dormir. Enquanto sua mãe doida planeja uma festa para celebrar a vida de Stella, as coisas dão errado quando os irmãos descobrem que amam a mesma garota.
A Namorada do Meu Irmão
Sally
Os irmãos Jack e Oliver se reúnem para colocar seu amado cachorro para dormir. Enquanto sua mãe doida planeja uma festa para celebrar a vida de Stella, as coisas dão errado quando os irmãos descobrem que amam a mesma garota.
Boots
Executive Producer
A teenager recounts a terrible night in the city where he ends up drunk and unhappy at a 24 hour diner. There, he has an encounter with a sweet, inviting family that leaves him feeling a little less lonely.
Boots
Suzanne
A teenager recounts a terrible night in the city where he ends up drunk and unhappy at a 24 hour diner. There, he has an encounter with a sweet, inviting family that leaves him feeling a little less lonely.
Jane Procura Um Namorado
Mom
A young woman with Asperger's tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.
Addiction: A 60s Love Story
Sylvia Bornstein
Based on a true story, "Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale" follows family man Max Bornstein who was a full-time dope fiend working within the underground, highly illegal pornography industry in 1968’s New York City. While running books and films to delivery points and mob headquarters around the east coast, Max had the Feds on his tail. But even in the wake of a federal investigation, Max's truest worry was his wife and two young children, a family kept in the dark about Max's reality and the walls of it caving in around him. As Max battles his consuming addiction, dissolving family unit and the growing suspicion about his drug use amongst his associates, Max watches helplessly as his well-crafted reality falls to pieces, leaving him searching for the spaces in between.
Demolição
Margot Eastwood
Um homem bem sucedido, que trabalha em um grande banco de investimentos, entra em processo de colapso emocional depois de perder a sua esposa em um trágico acidente de carro, do qual sobreviveu. Um dia, ele recebe uma ligação da atendente de uma empresa para qual ele continuamente envia cartas de reclamação. Ele não sabe, mas este encontro poderá mudar o rumo da sua vida daquele momento em diante.
Uma Notícia Inesperada
Nancy
No Filme Donna Stern (Jenny Slate) é uma comediante de pouco sucesso. Após ser abandonada pelo namorado e despedida no emprego, ela acha que tudo está perdido, mas encontra Max (Jake Lacy), um rapaz gentil com quem passa uma noite. O resultado desse encontro é a gravidez inesperada de Donna. E agora, como contar ao homem que ela mal conhece?
Terapia de Risco
Eileen Spicer
A trama gira em torno da jovem Emily Hawkins (Rooney Mara), que acaba de ver o marido (Channing Tatum) ser libertado da prisão por um crime de colarinho branco. Mesmo aliviada, Emily tem crises de depressão e busca a ajuda de medicamentos prescritos para conter a ansiedade. Ela também busca amparo num tratamento psicológico, lidando com profissionais (Jude Law e Catherine Zeta-Jones). O tratamento, por mais que comece de forma positiva, vai gerar consequências inesperadas na vida da jovem.
The Empty Room
Kathy
Two teens bond during an escape from their parents' party.
O Idiota do Meu Irmão
Ellen
Ned (Paul Rudd) é um cara muito doido, cheio de ideias, que acabou de ser solto após problemas com a Lei por posse de maconha. Livre, ele retorna para o convívio com suas três irmãs: Miranda (Elizabeth Banks), Natalie (Zooey Deschanel) e Liz (Emily Mortimer). A primeira acaba de ganhar uma grande chance na carreira de jornalista, a segunda anda meio enrolada com a namorada Cindy (Rashida Jones) e a terceira, que busca ser a mãe perfeita, ainda não se deu conta de que seu casamento está indo por água abaixo. Dá para imagiinar o que um cara como esse pode aprontar na vida destas mulheres?
The Naked Brothers Band: Naked Idol
Producer
Rosalina comes back after her music cruise, but Michel (the French guy Rosalina kissed on the cruise) also comes back, criticizes Nat's music, and kisses Rosalina which Nat sees. This causes a heated fight between Nat and Rosalina in which they break up and Rosalina quits the band.
The Naked Brothers Band: Naked Idol
Director
Rosalina comes back after her music cruise, but Michel (the French guy Rosalina kissed on the cruise) also comes back, criticizes Nat's music, and kisses Rosalina which Nat sees. This causes a heated fight between Nat and Rosalina in which they break up and Rosalina quits the band.
The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears
Producer
The band's next concert stop is in New Orleans where Nat reunites with a childhood friend, sending Rosalina into a jealous frenzy! Meanwhile, Alex initiates an extreme environmental movement to help save polar bears at the North Pole, but devious reporters frame him to appear as a conceited rock star who hates Santa!
The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears
Writer
The band's next concert stop is in New Orleans where Nat reunites with a childhood friend, sending Rosalina into a jealous frenzy! Meanwhile, Alex initiates an extreme environmental movement to help save polar bears at the North Pole, but devious reporters frame him to appear as a conceited rock star who hates Santa!
The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears
Director
The band's next concert stop is in New Orleans where Nat reunites with a childhood friend, sending Rosalina into a jealous frenzy! Meanwhile, Alex initiates an extreme environmental movement to help save polar bears at the North Pole, but devious reporters frame him to appear as a conceited rock star who hates Santa!
The Naked Brothers Band: Sidekicks
Director
Everybody is excited about the end of the year masquerade party at Amigos Middle School, which unfortunately coincides with the prom at Amigos High School. While the band argues over their costumes, Rosalina decides she's rather hang out with the band at the middle school dance even though she's a in high school. Nat, thinking he's doing her a favor, pushes her into going to the prom with the most popular senior, Wade Killgallen, and then immediately doubts his decision. Patrice Johnson, "the most popular freshman" is furious that Wade is going with Rosalina, and forces Nat into being her date. Meanwhile, Thomas and David pull off the prank of all pranks, and then Cooper takes the fall for his buddies, making him a hero in the eyes of Ms. Scoggins. Nat and Rosalina ditch the prom early for the masquerade party, where the Naked Brothers Band rocks the house with a performance of "I Don't Wanna Go to School".
The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands
Director
The Naked Brothers Band and another band, the L.A. Surfers, find themselves competing in a "Battle of the Bands" charity event benefiting Little Kids Rock. Rosalina starts to fall for the L.A. Surfers' lead singer, Bobby Love. It annoys Nat that Rosalina hangs out with the opponent's lead singer. It turns out that Bobby is just dating Rosalina to get to Nat and is lying about everything, i.e, his British accent, not writing his own songs, etc. Nat and Bobby fight and declare at a press conference that the charity event is now a competition and the losing band's proceeds from their next CD goes to the charity.
Too Young to Marry
Beth
Connecticut high school students Max Doyle and Jessica Carpenter fall in love and feel making love isn't enough, so they brave everyone's objections and get married.
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Herself
After making it to the top of the charts, members of the Silver Boulders, a popular tween rock band, find themselves undermined by internal squabbling as the bandmates seek different creative directions.
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Writer
After making it to the top of the charts, members of the Silver Boulders, a popular tween rock band, find themselves undermined by internal squabbling as the bandmates seek different creative directions.
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
Director
After making it to the top of the charts, members of the Silver Boulders, a popular tween rock band, find themselves undermined by internal squabbling as the bandmates seek different creative directions.
A Escolha Perfeita
Dr. Weiss
Um jovem, que foi abandonado pelos pais ainda na infância, sofreu vários tipos de abuso em lares adotivos. Já adulto, sofre com pesadelos que se tornam cada vez mais constantes e violentos, mas tenta ajeitar a situação com a ajuda de um psiquiatra. Um dia, ele conhece uma garota que tem tantos problemas quanto ele. Eles começam um relacionamento que parece ser a solução dos problemas que cada um enfrentou no passado, um dando o suporte necessário para o outro. Porém, os pesadelos dele voltam com mais força, em certa altura, colocando não só o relacionamento dos dois em risco, mas as suas vidas também.
Dinner Rush
Natalie Clemente
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
The Tic Code
Laura
A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both come to learn that each suffers from Tourette's Syndrome (thus the film title). The older man has developed mannerisms to cover up his own fallibilities and resents the boy and his mother's acceptance of the disease.
The Tic Code
Writer
A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both come to learn that each suffers from Tourette's Syndrome (thus the film title). The older man has developed mannerisms to cover up his own fallibilities and resents the boy and his mother's acceptance of the disease.
18 Shades of Dust
Marilyn
18 Shades of Dust - Hitman's Journal
Hudson River  Blues
Hoping to help their marriage, a Manhattan lawyer (Rya Kihlstedt) brings her burned-out husband (Robert Stanton) to her mother's home upstate.
Always Say Goodbye
Donna Evans
Anne Kidwell is a sexy, free spirit and independent clothing designer who works hard and plays harder. She meets her match in photographer and serial bachelor Nick Evans. Both of them turn up the personal fires, but neither can commit.
Home Song
Claire Gardner
A family struggles to overcome the past and forgive one another when a long buried secret surfaces.
Caçadoras de Aventuras
Kate Easton
1980. Beth Easton (Christina Ricci) é uma jovem de Los Angeles que se muda com sua mãe, Kate (Polly Draper), que recentemente ficou viúva, para uma casa no interior do país que Kate recebeu como herança de uma tia. Elas planejam lá recomeçar suas vidas, ou pelo menos tentar. Inicialmente Beth odeia viver no campo, mas então ela conhece a franca e desafiadora Jody Salerno (Anna Schlumsky). Rapidamente elas se tornam amigas, apesar de Jody e sua mãe, Lynette (Diana Scarwid), serem marginalizadas na região. Jody tem uma má reputação e tem de lidar com a vergonha de ter uma mãe alcoólatra. Beth e Jody têm algumas coisas em comum e uma delas é um espírito aventureiro, que as faz explorar as misteriosas cavernas da Montanha do Urso, pois há uma história que em uma das cavernas há uma fortuna em ouro, esperando para ser encontrada.
The Innocent
Pamela Sutton
The owner of a drugstore is killed in a hold-up. The only witness who saw one of the murderers without his mask is Gregory, a nine year old autistic boy. Cop Barlow is sure they'll try to silence him. He tries to get him to draw a picture of the man he saw.
Schemes
Evelyn Hayes
In this intricate tale of deception, extortion, and murder, a successful architect learns that although beautiful strangers may be dangerous, it is friends who are deadly. Devastated by his wife's death, Paul begins to emerge from depression when he meets a new woman, Laura. But his newfound happiness is destroyed when his best friend, Evelyn, learns that Laura is a con-artist. Regretting her treachery and trying to redeem herself, Laura discovers Evelyn's violent obsession with Paul. Fighting blackmail and threats by Evelyn and a ruthless former lover, Laura courageously reveals the explosive news that Paul's wife was really murdered. -
Uma Chance em Um Milhão
Olivia Smith
Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in 30 days. Initially he uses the check to convince people to extend credit to him. In the meantime he also attracts a woman who is in a dead end relationship with a bossy businessman. At the end of the 30 days, he finds his life in turmoil, the things he got on credit are repossessed, and he is being evicted from his dwelling and being sent back to Mexico.
Promessas Desfeitas
Ella Sabin
Ever since Pam Cheney (Cheryl Ladd) lost her baby during labor, she has been struggling with depression. She is not only supported by her loving, but hard working husband Sean (Robert Desiderio), but also by her friends Ella (Polly Draper) and Terry Sabin (D. David Morin), who have also lost a baby at age three. One year after labor, Pam decides to finally take a proposal to adopt a toddler. Going through official agencies proves unsuccessful, partly due to Pam's age, partly due to the growing demand of adoption. She is advised to take care of an orphaned teenager instead, but Sean refuses this option.
Heartbeat
Adrian Towers
A divorced father falls in love with a pregnant woman whose husband had abandoned her when he discovered she was expecting a child.
O Rei da Paquera
Pat, Jack's Colleague
Randy Jensen (Ringwald) é uma guia turística esperta e independente que acaba sendo encontrada pelo paquerador Jack Jericho (Downey). A indiferença demonstrada por Randy aumenta o interesse de Jack. Randy, além disso, tem problemas com o pai, Flash Jensen (Dennis Hopper), um alcoólatra mafioso que está sempre se intrometendo em seus relacionamentos. A persistência de Jack, no entanto, o leva a ajudar Randy a tirar seu pai da máfia.
O Homem Certo (Construindo um Cara Certinho)
Suzy Duncan
A reclusive scientist builds a robot that looks exactly like him to go on a long term space mission. Since the scientist seems to lack all human emotion he is unable to program them into his android and an eccentric woman is hired to "educate" the robot on human behavior. In the end she falls in love... but is the robot or the Dr. Mr Right?
Sete Minutos no Paraíso
Jeff's Mother
Os três adolescentes Natalie, Jeff e Polly, dividem as experiências e conflitos, de uma época particularmente difícil de suas vidas. Jeff não se entende com padrasto e vai se hospedar na casa de Natalie, que esta temporariamente sozinha, pois o pai estava viajando a trabalho ! Já Polly sente uma exagerada necessidade de arrumar um namorado a qualquer custo ! Entre decepções amorosas, desentendimentos com a família e a ansiedade pela primeira transa, os três se apoiam (e brigam também), para atravessar este período ilesos.
The Naked Brothers Band: Mystery Girl
Director
The Naked Brothers Band is making a major motion picture! But it's far from quiet on the set. Nat can't understand why Rosalina seems to be sabotaging herself with terrible acting in order to get written out of the film. Meanwhile, Alex freaks out when he discovers that his part in the movie calls for him to kiss a girl!