Polly Carey Draper is an award-winning actress, writer, producer, and director. She was born on June 15, 1955 in Gary, Indiana, USA, to Phyllis (Culbertson), a Peace Corps administrator, and William Henry Draper III, who was the CEO of the United Nations.

Raised in Chicago, Illinois, as well as Arlington and Palo Alto, California, she is most known for her work in Thirtysomething (1987), Danielle Steel's Heartbeat (1993), The Tic Code (1998), Getting Into Heaven (2003), The Naked Brothers Band (2007), Stella's Last Weekend (2018), and Once Upon a Main Street (2020).

Currently residing with her family in New York City, Draper has been married to jazz pianist Michael Wolff since 1992. They have two children together, actor/musicians Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff.