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 gained recognition for her starring role in the ABC drama television series Thirtysomething (1987–91). Draper co-starred in her screenwriting debut The Tic Code (1998) and Off-Broadway in her playwriting Getting into Heaven (2003). In mid-2004, she wrote her directing debut The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, and created and showran the Nickelodeon musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band (2007–09), which won her a WGA for Children's Script: Long Form or Special. Draper also wrote, directed, and co-starred in the film Stella's Last Weekend (2018). Personal life Draper was born in Gary, Indiana, to Phyllis (née Culbertson), a Peace Corps administrator, and William Henry Draper III, who was the CEO of the United Nations Development Programme and president and chairman of the US Export-Import Bank. She has two siblings: venture capitalist Tim Draper and Rebecca Draper. Her grandfather is 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 Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University (1977) and Master of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama (1980). Following a seven-year marriage with playwright Kevin Wade, Draper married musician Michael Wolff after meeting him in 1991 when making a cameo appearance on the syndicated late-night talk show Arsenio Hall, where Wolff served as the bandleader. Wolff's life with Tourette syndrome influenced The Tic Code; he provided the score. She and Wolff have two sons, Nat and Alex; the latter three played the father and sons in The Naked Brothers Band series and film, which also featured Draper's niece, Jesse, as the band's babysitter. More recently, she starred with her sons as their mother in Stella's Last Weekend. Draper is a member of the Democratic Party; she voted for Democratic presidential candidates John Kerry and Barack Obama in 2004 and 2008, respectively. Her father and late grandfather, William Henry Draper Jr., were members of the Republican Party. Draper's late mother, Phyllis, was also a friend of former US first lady Barbara Bush's since the late 1980s; the two first met when Draper's father was leading the United Nations. Career Draper began her acting career appearing Off-Broadway,