Sarah Polley
ActingSarah 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Polley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
Dawn of the Dead
Ana
Splice
Elsa
eXistenZ
Merle
Mr. Nobody
Adult Elise
Go
Ronna Martin
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Sally Salt
Exotica
Tracey
Beowulf & Grendel
Selma
The I Inside
Clair
The Sweet Hereafter
Nicole Burnell
The Weight of Water
Maren Hontvedt
The Claim
Hope Burn
My Life Without Me
Ann
Blue Monkey
Ellen
Last Night
Jennifer Wheeler
The Secret Life of Words
Hanna
One Magic Christmas
Molly Monaghan
Guinevere
Harper Sloane
The Big Town
Christy Donaldson
Don't Come Knocking
Sky
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Self - Filmmaker
Babar: The Movie
Young Celeste
Sugar
Pregnant Girl
Luck
Margaret
Jerry and Tom
Deb
Wrath of Gods
Self
Hands of a Stranger
Suzie Hearn
The Event
Dana Shapiro
The Law of Enclosures
Beatty 'Beatrice'
Stories We Tell
Self (uncredited)
The Planet of Junior Brown
Butter
The Life Before This
Connie
Trigger
Hillary
Preludes
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self - 'Sally Salt'
Pretty Kill
Karla
Lantern Hill
Jody Turner
Siblings
Tabby
The Hanging Garden
Teen Rosemary
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
White Lies
Catherine
No Such Thing
Beatrice
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Josephine
Love Come Down
Sister Sarah
Heaven On Earth
Becky Hawthorne
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
Johann's Gift to Christmas
The Angel
This Might Be Good
Confidential
Emma (child)
Dermott's Quest
Gwen
Children First!
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