Polly Carey Draper (born June 15, 1955) is an American actress,
writer, producer, and director. Draper has received several awards,
including a Writers Guild of America Award (WGA), and is noted for
speaking in a "trademark throaty voice." She first gained recognition
for her starring role in the ABC primetime television drama
Thirtysomething (1987â€"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 wrote her directing debut The Naked
Brothers Band: The Movie, and created and produced the Nickelodeon
musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007â€"09), which won
her a WGA for Children's Script: Long Form or Special. Draper also
wrote, directed, and co-starred in Stella's Last Weekend (2018).Draper
was born in Gary, Indiana, to Phyllis (née Culbertson), a Peace Corps
administrator, and William Henry Draper III, a venture capitalist who
was the former CEO of the United Nations Development Programme and
president and chairman of the US Export-Import Bank under president
Ronald Reagan's administration in the 1980s. She is the sister of
venture capitalist Tim Draper and Rebecca Draper, and granddaughter to
banker and diplomat William Henry Draper Jr.Draper grew up in Chicago,
Illinois, as well as in Palo Alto and Arlington, California. She
earned her B.A. from Yale University (1977) and Master of Fine Arts
from the Yale School of Drama (1980).
writer, producer, and director. Draper has received several awards,
including a Writers Guild of America Award (WGA), and is noted for
speaking in a "trademark throaty voice." She first gained recognition
for her starring role in the ABC primetime television drama
Thirtysomething (1987â€"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 wrote her directing debut The Naked
Brothers Band: The Movie, and created and produced the Nickelodeon
musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007â€"09), which won
her a WGA for Children's Script: Long Form or Special. Draper also
wrote, directed, and co-starred in Stella's Last Weekend (2018).Draper
was born in Gary, Indiana, to Phyllis (née Culbertson), a Peace Corps
administrator, and William Henry Draper III, a venture capitalist who
was the former CEO of the United Nations Development Programme and
president and chairman of the US Export-Import Bank under president
Ronald Reagan's administration in the 1980s. She is the sister of
venture capitalist Tim Draper and Rebecca Draper, and granddaughter to
banker and diplomat William Henry Draper Jr.Draper grew up in Chicago,
Illinois, as well as in Palo Alto and Arlington, California. She
earned her B.A. from Yale University (1977) and Master of Fine Arts
from the Yale School of Drama (1980).
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