Polly Kemp
Polly Kemp is a British television and theatre actor.
Background
Kemp grew up in Keswick, Cumbria. Her mother was born in Lissarda, County Cork, Ireland. Kemp herself owned a house in Leap, County Cork for a period. Kemp moved to London when she was 18, where she became a nanny for her father's friends, Judi Dench and Michael Williams. Kemp graduated from Drama Centre London in 1988.Career
Kemp's theatre career includes productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Old Vic, and the Hampstead Theatre. She is a member of The Pilgrim Players, a Shakespearean theatre group.Her television credits include The Thick of It, Agatha Christie's Poirot, and Death in Paradise.
In 2011, Kemp was part of a group of celebrities on BBC Radio 3 Red Nose Show for Comic Relief which set a Guinness World Records title for the "largest kazoo ensemble".
In 2015, Kemp co-founded the 50:50 Equal Representation for Actresses campaign with Elizabeth Berrington. In 2020, the co-founders won The Equity Award for Services to Theatre, presented at the 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards. Kemp also co-founded Her Story Productions, a programme to support female playwrights, based at the Jermyn Street Theatre.