Polly Carey Draper Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Polly Carey Draper (born June 15, 1956) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. Draper received several awards, including a Writers Guild Award, and is noted for speaking in a "trademark throaty voice." She first gained recognition for her role in the ABC primetime television drama Thirtysomething, which aired from 1987–91.Draper co-starred in her screenwriting debut The Tic Code (1998) and Off-Broadway in her play Getting Into Heaven (2003). In mid-2004, she also wrote her directing debut The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie and created and produced the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007–09)—portraying her sons Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff—which won her a WGA for Children's Script: Long Form or Special.
William Henry Draper Jr., Jesse Draper, Tim Draper
Awards
WGA Award for Best Children's - Long Form or Special - Television
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, WGA Award for Best Children's - Episodic & Specials - Television
Movies
Demolition, Side Effects, The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, The Tic Code, Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain, Jane Wants a Boyfriend, Obvious Child, The Pick-up Artist, Heartbeat, Dinner Rush, Our Idiot Brother, Naked Idol, Making Mr. Right, A Million to Juan, Battle of the Bands Part 2, My...
Through her mother, Polly is a descendant of Francis Cooke (c. 1583-1663), a Mayflower passenger, and captain Joseph Weld (1599-1646), one of the founders of the prominent Weld family of Massachusetts. Among Joseph Weld's other descendants are 68th Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld and actress Tuesday Weld.
She starred in her playwright Getting Into Heaven (2003) at the Flea Theater, and appeared on Monk (2002), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001), and The Big C (2010). In addition, Draper's starring role in the Off Broadway production of Four Dogs and a Bone (1993) alongside Mary-Louise Parker, the latter of whom went onto having the leading role in the hit Showtime series Weeds (2005), won her a New York Magazine award for Best Broadway Actress. Draper was also one of the stars of the Broadway production of Brooklyn Boy (2003).
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She received an Emmy nomination for starring in the hit ABC television drama Thirtysomething (1987).
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She is the daughter of Phyllis (Culbertson), a Peace Corps administrator, and William Henry Draper III, who headed the United Nations Development Programme. Her grandfather, William Henry Draper II, was a banker, diplomat, and army officer. Her parents were both born in New York. Polly has English, German, some Scottish, 1/128th Portuguese, and distant Welsh, Jersey (Channel Islander), and French, ancestry.
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Her brother is leading venture capitalist Tim Draper, of Silicon Valley, California, who was asked by his sister to oversee the budget for The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie (2005). Tim's daughter and Polly's niece is actress Jesse Draper, who also starred in The Naked Brothers Band film and series.
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Divorced from first husband, Kevin Wade, who is a screenwriter/playwright, Polly was appearing on The Arsenio Hall Show (1989), when she met jazz pianist and composer Michael Wolff, where he served as the show's band leader.
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Wrote and starred in The Tic Code (1999), a film about Tourette's Syndrome, an affliction that her husband, musician Michael Wolff, suffers from.
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Sons Alex Wolff (b. 1997) and Nat Wolff (b. 1994) were the stars of and wrote and performed the music for Nickelodeon's top-rated series The Naked Brothers Band (2007), which Draper created, wrote, executive produced, and directed.
TV Series head writer - 29 episodes, 2007 - 2009 creator - 23 episodes, 2007 - 2009 written and created by - 8 episodes, 2007 - 2008 written by - 7 episodes, 2007 - 2009 written & created by - 2 episodes, 2008 - 2009
$19 Million
