Sarah Polley
Actor
Born January 8, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sarah Ellen Polley OC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian filmmaker, political activist and retired actress. She first garnered attention as a child actress for her role as Ramona Quimby in the television series Ramona, based on Beverly Cleary's books. This subsequently led to her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series Road to Avonlea (1990–1996). She has starred in many feature films, including The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Exotica (1994), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Guinevere (1999), Go (1999), The Weight of Water (2000), No Such Thing (2001), My Life Without Me (2003), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Splice (2009), and Mr. Nobody (2009). Polley made her feature film directorial debut with Away from Her (2006), for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Director and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Polley's second film, Take This Waltz (2011), premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by her first documentary film, Stories We Tell (2012). She also wrote the miniseries Alias Grace, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. In 2022, Polley wrote and directed the film Women Talking, based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Filmography
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& Sons
The Bell Jar
The Studio
Sarah Polley
Seven Veils
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
Women Talking
Directors on Directors
Self
Hey Lady!
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Self - Filmmaker
Alias Grace
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
Stories We Tell
Self (uncredited)
Take This Waltz
Trigger
Hillary
Splice
Elsa
Mr. Nobody
Adult Elise
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self - 'Sally Salt'
John Adams
Abigail Adams Smith
Wrath of Gods
Self
Away from Her
The Secret Life of Words
Hanna
Beowulf & Grendel
Selma
Don't Come Knocking
Sky
Siblings
Tabby
Sugar
Pregnant Girl
Luck
Margaret
The I Inside
Clair
Dawn of the Dead
Ana
Slings & Arrows
Sophie
My Life Without Me
Ann
The Event
Dana Shapiro
No Such Thing
Beatrice
I Shout Love
The Weight of Water
Maren Hontvedt
The Claim
Hope Burn
Preludes
The Law of Enclosures
Beatty 'Beatrice'
This Might Be Good
Love Come Down
Sister Sarah
The Life Before This
Connie
Guinevere
Harper Sloane
Teen Choice Awards
Self
eXistenZ
Merle
Go
Ronna Martin
The Best Day of My Life
Jerry and Tom
Deb
Last Night
Jennifer Wheeler
White Lies
Catherine
The Sweet Hereafter
Nicole Burnell
The Planet of Junior Brown
Butter
The Hanging Garden
Teen Rosemary
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Josephine
Exotica
Tracey
Johann's Gift to Christmas
The Angel
The Hidden Room
Alice
Road to Avonlea
Sara Stanley
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
Lantern Hill
Jody Turner
Babar: The Movie
Young Celeste
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Sally Salt
Ramona
Ramona
Friday the 13th: The Series
Mary
Blue Monkey
Ellen
The Big Town
Christy Donaldson
Hands of a Stranger
Suzie Hearn
Pretty Kill
Karla
Heaven On Earth
Becky Hawthorne
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
Confidential
Emma (child)
One Magic Christmas
Molly Monaghan
Screen Two
Becky Hawthorne
The Oscars
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee