Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 08, 1979
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Credits
79 titles
Sarah Polley
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Polley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
& Sons
Screenplay
The Studio
Sarah Polley
Seven Veils
Thanks
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
Executive Producer
Women Talking
Screenplay
Directors on Directors
Self
Hey Lady!
Director
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Self - Filmmaker
Alias Grace
Producer
The Secret Path
Executive Producer
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
Stories We Tell
Self (uncredited)
Take This Waltz
Producer
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
Director
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
Dermott's Quest
Gwen
The Event
Dana Shapiro
No Such Thing
Beatrice
I Shout Love
Director
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
Don't Think Twice
Director
The Life Before This
Connie
Guinevere
Harper Sloane
Teen Choice Awards
Self
eXistenZ
Merle
Go
Ronna Martin
The Best Day of My Life
Screenplay
Jerry and Tom
Deb
Last Night
Jennifer Wheeler