Polly was born in Sussex and at 18, moved to London to train as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She quickly realised that most of the roles for women were shit, and decided to write some plays where they got more of the fun stuff. She became a member of the Royal Court Young Writers programme, who produced her short play Trying It On (also adapted for BBC TV) and where she met Nathan Evans, the director of Femme Fatale.
Her plays include: Damage Control for Playground Theatre, Reflections for BYMT at Saddlers' Wells, Somewhere In England, produced by Eastern Angles, Manchester Sound: The Massacre, produced by Manchester Library Theatre, nominated for a Manchester Theatre Award, The Power, short-listed for the Nick Darke Award, Bright, produced by Soho Theatre, Trying It On produced by Royal Court Theatre Upstairs and adapted for TV for BBC Fiction Lab, Loaded, awarded a Peggy Ramsay Foundation bursary, produced by Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, The Pinball Master, for the National Theatre St
