Polly Draper

Acting

Polly Draper

Born 1955-06-15 · Gary, Indiana, USA

Polly Carey Draper (born June 15, 1955) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. She has received several awards, including a Writers Guild of America Award (WGA), and is noted for speaking in a "trademark throaty voice." She is best known for her starring role as Ellyn Warren on ABC's drama Thirtysomething (1987–91), her directing debut is The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, as well as the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007–09).

Acting credits

Demolition poster
6.9

An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.

Demolition

2016

Side Effects poster
6.6

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

Side Effects

2013

Oh, Hi! poster
6.3

Iris and Isaac's first weekend away as a couple is going so well — until Isaac mentions he didn’t know they were a couple. Convinced she's met her perfect guy and that he's just confused, Iris goes to increasingly ridiculous and irrational lengths to prove to Isaac that they are meant to be together.

Oh, Hi!

2025

Shiva Baby poster
7.1

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.

Shiva Baby

2021

Love Is Love Is Love poster
4.7

Three sto­ries that explore love, com­mit­ment, and loy­al­ty between cou­ples and friends. "Two for Din­ner" where a mar­ried cou­ple tem­porar­i­ly liv­ing in two dif­fer­ent loca­tions are more sep­a­rat­ed than they think. "Sail­ing Les­son" about a long-mar­ried cou­ple who spend a day on a sail­boat rekin­dling their romance… and unex­pect­ed events arise. "Late Lunch" where a young woman who recent­ly lost her moth­er gath­ers togeth­er a group of her moth­er’s friends to share mem­o­ries, with sur­pris­ing rev­e­la­tions.

Love Is Love Is Love

2021

Our Idiot Brother poster
6.1

Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an idiot after all.

Our Idiot Brother

2011

Dinner Rush poster
7.0

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.

Dinner Rush

2000

The Pick-up Artist poster
5.7

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.

The Pick-up Artist

1987

Obvious Child poster
6.5

An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

Obvious Child

2014

Seven Minutes in Heaven poster
6.1

Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who has run away from home, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she thinks, while her best friend Polly falls in love with baseball player Zoo Knudsen.

Seven Minutes in Heaven

1986

Second Best poster
5.8

Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for the homecoming of their old friend, a wildly successful L.A. producer.

Second Best

2004

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain poster
6.2

Two teen girls, one from the city, one from the country, try to find the hidden gold of Bear Mountain learning about friendship, loyalty and courage on the way.

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

1995

Making Mr. Right poster
5.2

When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very real feelings for the faux human.

Making Mr. Right

1987

18 Shades of Dust poster
5.3

Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.

18 Shades of Dust

1999

A Million to Juan poster
5.4

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.

A Million to Juan

1994

A Perfect Fit poster
4.8

A psychological drama about an unstable man, tormented by nightmares, who seeks help from a shrink but is pushed over the edge into increasingly dangerous, psychotic territory by a relationship he is unable to control.

A Perfect Fit

2005

The Innocent poster
5.6

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.

The Innocent

1994

Once Upon a Main Street poster
6.4

Amelia Lewis is super excited when she buys an available storefront, planning to open a year-round Christmas shop. But her celebration comes to a screeching halt when she discovers that Vic Manning has also bid on the property. After continually bickering and trying to one-up each other, the two combatants learn to work together and even get the merchants on Main Street to put aside their differences for the greater good.

Once Upon a Main Street

2020

Little Brother poster
5.9

After his most recent suicide attempt, Pete, a neurodivergent man, reluctantly travels back home with his younger brother Jake. As they drive across the American West, they attempt to reconcile past traumas and forge a new bond.

Little Brother

2025

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie poster
5.0

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

2005

The Tic Code poster
5.9

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

1998

Jane Wants a Boyfriend poster
6.0

A young woman with Asperger's tries to find her first boyfriend with a little help from her older sister.

Jane Wants a Boyfriend

2015

Stella's Last Weekend poster
6.4

Brothers Jack and Oliver reunite to put their beloved dog to sleep. While their zany mother plans a party to celebrate Stella's life, things go awry when the brothers discover they love the same girl.

Stella's Last Weekend

2018

Home Song poster
7.0

A family struggles to overcome the past and forgive one another when a long buried secret surfaces.

Home Song

1996

Behind the camera

The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands poster
NR

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.

The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands

2007

The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands poster
NR

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.

The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands

2007

Once Upon a Main Street poster
6.4

Amelia Lewis is super excited when she buys an available storefront, planning to open a year-round Christmas shop. But her celebration comes to a screeching halt when she discovers that Vic Manning has also bid on the property. After continually bickering and trying to one-up each other, the two combatants learn to work together and even get the merchants on Main Street to put aside their differences for the greater good.

Once Upon a Main Street

2020

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie poster
5.0

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

2005

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie poster
5.0

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

2005

The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie poster
5.0

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

2005

The Tic Code poster
5.9

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

1998

Stella's Last Weekend poster
6.4

Brothers Jack and Oliver reunite to put their beloved dog to sleep. While their zany mother plans a party to celebrate Stella's life, things go awry when the brothers discover they love the same girl.

Stella's Last Weekend

2018

Stella's Last Weekend poster
6.4

Brothers Jack and Oliver reunite to put their beloved dog to sleep. While their zany mother plans a party to celebrate Stella's life, things go awry when the brothers discover they love the same girl.

Stella's Last Weekend

2018

Stella's Last Weekend poster
6.4

Brothers Jack and Oliver reunite to put their beloved dog to sleep. While their zany mother plans a party to celebrate Stella's life, things go awry when the brothers discover they love the same girl.

Stella's Last Weekend

2018

The Naked Brothers Band: Naked Idol poster
7.7

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

2009

The Naked Brothers Band: Naked Idol poster
7.7

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

2009

The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears poster
NR

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

2008

The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears poster
NR

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

2008

The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears poster
NR

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

2008

The Naked Brothers Band: Sidekicks poster
NR

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: Sidekicks

2008