Polly Draper

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Polly Carey Draper (born June 15, 1955) is an American actor, writer, producer, and director.

Draper has been honoured with various awards, including a Writers Guild of America Award (WGA), and has been praised for speaking in a "trademark throaty voice." Draper appeared in her debut in the ABC primetime television drama Thirtysomething (1987–91). She appeared in her film Getting into Heaven (2004).

She wrote her first film, Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, in mid-2004, and produced and directed the Nickelodeon musical comedy film The Naked Brothers Band (2007–09), which earned her a WGA for Children's Script: Long Form or Special.

In Stella's Last Weekend (2018), Draper wrote, directed, and co-starred.

Personal life

Draper was born in Gary, Indiana, to Phyllis (née Culbertson), a Peace Corps administrator, and William Henry Draper III, president and chairman of the US Export-Import Bank. Tim Draper and Rebecca Draper, two of her siblings, are a venture capitalist. William Henry Draper Jr., a banker and diplomat, is her grandfather.

Dr. Pepper grew up in Chicago, Illinois, as well as Palo Alto and Arlington, California. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University (1977) and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale University (1980).

Draper married musician Michael Wolff after meeting him in 1991 when he appeared on syndicated late-night talk show Arsenio Hall, where Wolff appeared as the bandleader. Wolff's life with Tourette syndrome inspired The Tic Code; he gave the score. Nat and Alex, and Wolff have two sons; the latter three performed the father and sons in The Naked Brothers Band series and film, which also featured Draper's niece Jesse as the band's babysitter. In Stella's Last Weekend, she appeared alongside her sons as their mother.

Draper, a member of the Democratic Party, voted for Democratic presidential candidates John Kerry and Barack Obama in 2004 and 2008, respectively. William Henry Draper Jr., her father and his late grandfather, were both Republicans. Phyllis, Draper's late mother, was also a mentor of former US first lady Barbara Bush's in the late 1980s; the two first met when Draper's father was heading the UN;

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Career

Draper began her acting career off-Broadway, including a role in Split (1980). Ellyn Warren appeared in ABC drama television series Thirtysomething (1987–91) and in 1993, as Adrian in Danielle Steel's NBC television movie version of her Heartbeat.

She appeared in the off-Broadway production Four Dogs and a Bone (1993), as well as in the Lifetime television film Too Young to Marry, which appeared in 2002.

Laura Caraday appeared in The Tic Code (1999), Draper's first screenwriting debut. She appeared onstage as Cat, a lesbian with a heroin use, and wrote lead vocals and lyrics for her playwriting Getting Into Heaven (2003) at The Flea Theater; her husband also composed and performed the songs. In 2005, she appeared in the Broadway production of Brooklyn Boy. Draper was also the creator, showrunner, assistant, and producer of the hit Nickelodeon musical comedy film The Naked Brothers Band (2007–09), which was based on her previous work and directed as an independent film in mid-2004.

In 2010, she appeared as a regular guest in the Showtime comedic television drama What Would Woody Do? The Flea Theater in 2010 was a hit. She wrote and appeared in an episode of the Current TV science fiction series Bar Karma in 2011 and appeared in the play My Brilliant Divorce (2012) at the Bay Street Theater. Since then, she appeared in the film Side Effects and in the CBS television drama Golden Boy, both in 2013. Dr. Lauraper appeared in the film Obvious Child in 2014.

In her film Stella's Last Weekend, Draper portrayed Sally. Debbie, the main character's mother, appeared in Emma Seligman's film Shiva Baby in 2020 as the main character's mother. "Draper's refreshing take on a Jewish mother lightens" the film, according to IndieWire, and Variety named her performance "delightfully witty." "Draper, the amusing yet keen embodiment of the Jewish mother," Edge said. Cut Cut compares her appearance in the film to her similar role in Obvious Child.

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