Biography
Beginning her ballet career at age six, Polo headed to NYC in her teens to pursue education and work in dance and ended an actress, counting among her early credits a 1987 stint on the ABC daytime drama "Loving" and a regular role on the CBS drama "TV 101" (1988-89). In 1990 the new actress performed opposite screen legend Burt Lancaster in the NBC miniseries adaptation "Phantom of the Opera", before making her feature debut in "Born to Ride" …
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Career Milestones
2010 | Once again reprised the role of Pamela Byrnes-Focker for the comedy sequel, "Little Fockers" | |
2010 | Cast in a recurring role on "Law & Order: Los Angeles" (NBC) | |
2007 | Cast in "Full of It" a comedy about habitual liar whose tales suddenly come true | |
2005 | Had a recurring role in "The West Wing" (NBC) as Helen Santos, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits) | |
2004 | Reprised role as Ben Stiller's fiancée in "Meet the Fockers," the sequel to "Meet the Parents" | |
2003 | Cast in the short-lived ABC series "I'm with Her"; loosely based on creator Chris Henchy's life with Brooke Shields | |
2003 | Co-starred with Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen in "Beyond Borders" | |
2001 | Co-starred with John Travolta and Vince Vaughn in "Domestic Disturbance" | |
2001 | Featured in the independent psychodrama "The Unsaid" | |
2000 | Breakthrough screen role as Ben Stiller's fiancee in "Meet the Parents" | |
1999 | Had a recurring guest role on "Sports Night" (ABC) | |
1999 | Played a married woman carrying on an affair with college student Ben (Scott Speedman) on episodes of "Felicity" (The WB) | |
1998 | Co-starred as a woman who loses a battle with cancer only to have her husband lose the rights to their adopted daughter in the TV-movie "A Father for Brittany" (CBS) | |
1998 | Was featured in a recurring guest role on the FOX series "Brimstone" | |
1997 | Acted in the TV-movie remake "House of Frankenstein 1997" (NBC) | |
1996 | Featured in the sci-fi thriller "The Arrival" | |
1994 | Had a regular role on "Northern Exposure" (CBS) | |
1994 | Starred as an assassin-for-hire in the little seen action thriller "Quick" | |
1993 | Featured in the ski slope-set drama "Aspen Extreme"; also had a small role in the period drama "The House of the Spirits" | |
1992 | Acted in "Passed Away," a comedy feature set at an Irish wake | |
1991 | Made early film appearances in the features "Born to Ride" and "Mystery Date" | |
1990 | Appeared in the NBC miniseries adaptation "Phantom of the Opera" | |
1988 | Was a regular on the CBS drama "TV 101" | |
1987 | Acted on the ABC daytime drama "Loving" | |
1982 | Attended the School of American Ballet in New York beginning at age thirteen | |
| Was a principal dancer with the Delaware Regional Ballet Company | ||
1975 | Began dancing at age six | |
Awards
2006 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in The West Wing |
1995 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Northern Exposure |