Belinda Stewart-Wilson

Belinda Anthea StewartWilson is a British actress who played Polly McKenzie in The Inbetweeners StewartWilson was born on 16 April 1971 in Kensington the youngest of three daughters of LieutenantColonel Sir Blair StewartWilson a British Army officer and his wife Helen Mary Fox StewartWilson grew up on military postings in the UK Germany and Austria before her family settled in London her father becoming an Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II She was educated at St Marys School Calne in Calne Wiltshire and Hurst Lodge School in Berkshire before completing a threeyear degree in classical acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London StewartWilsons first television role was in the series Shine on Harvey Moon a show based in postwar London Her next two roles were onetime appearances in the British sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart and playing a secretary in a TV adaptation of Agatha Christies Poirot story The Murder on the Links From there StewartWilson went on to play roles in British sitcoms Days Like These and Starting Out as well as Kiss Kiss a feature film starring Chris Penn and Stellan Skarsgård She also played Dina in La Passione a feature film based on the life of Chris Rea which opened the London Film Festival in 1997 In 2004 she made an appearance in the longrunning British medical drama Holby City before moving on to two satirical programs making an appearance in Look Around You which won the Rose dOr award for best comedy as well as in three episodes of the 24hour newsmocking Broken News Throughout 2007 and 2008 StewartWilson worked on a number of television shows Her most notable credits during this time period were the roles of Barbara Reynholm the wife of Denholm Reynholm in The IT Crowd and Nikki in the TV series Jekyll alongside James Nesbitt and Gina Bellman She also made an appearance in the mockumentary feature film Razzle Dazzle A Journey into Dance and played a cameo role in Stephen Poliakoffs Joes Palace in a scene with Michael Gambon In 2007 Belinda played various roles in The Peter Serafinowicz Show going on to appear in The Peter Serafinowicz Show Christmas Special in 2008 which was nominated for a Bafta for Best Comedy in 2009 A best of compilation was also aired in 2008 Between 2008 and 2010 she played Will McKenzies mother Polly in The Inbetweeners the multiawardwinning sitcom which was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Sitcom in 2009 and won the BAFTA audience award in 2010 It also won most popular comedy programme at the National Television Awards in 2011 StewartWilson also appears in The Inbetweeners Movie and its sequel which were both box office successes She also played the recurring role of Christine Johnson in the third series of the cult sciencefiction show Primeval In 2010 she once again appeared in The IT Crowd this time playing Victoria Reynholm the wife of Douglas Denholm Reynholms son played by Matt Berry making her the daughterinlaw of her previous character who mysteriously vanished two weeks into their marriage whilst washing the car