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Sarah Polley

Born · January 8, 1979 (46 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bio

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

Mr. Nobody

Mr. Nobody

Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

Splice

Splice

eXistenZ

eXistenZ

The Studio

Sarah Polley · (1 episode)

2025

Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

Self · (1 episode)

2021

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

Self - Filmmaker

2019

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self · (1 episode)

2015

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Self

2014

Stories We Tell

Self (uncredited)

2012

Trigger

Hillary

2010

Splice

Elsa

2010

Mr. Nobody

Adult Elise

2009

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

Self - 'Sally Salt'

2008

John Adams

Abigail Adams Smith · (7 episodes)

2008

Wrath of Gods

Self

2007

The Secret Life of Words

Hanna

2005

Beowulf & Grendel

Selma

2005

Don't Come Knocking

Sky

2005

Siblings

Tabby

2004

Sugar

Pregnant Girl

2004

Luck

Margaret

2004

The I Inside

Clair

2004

Dawn of the Dead

Ana

2004

Slings & Arrows

Sophie · (6 episodes)

2003

My Life Without Me

Ann

2003

Dermott's Quest

Gwen

2003

The Event

Dana Shapiro

2003

No Such Thing

Beatrice

2002

The Claim

Hope Burn

2000

Preludes

2000

The Law of Enclosures

Beatty 'Beatrice'

2000

The Weight of Water

Maren Hontvedt

2000

This Might Be Good

2000

Love Come Down

Sister Sarah

2000

The Life Before This

Connie

1999

Guinevere

Harper Sloane

1999

Teen Choice Awards

Self - Nominee · (1 episode)

1999

eXistenZ

Merle

1999

Go

Ronna Martin

1999

Jerry and Tom

Deb

1998

Last Night

Jennifer Wheeler

1998

White Lies

Catherine

1998

The Sweet Hereafter

Nicole Burnell

1997

The Planet of Junior Brown

Butter

1997

The Hanging Garden

Teen Rosemary

1997

Joe's So Mean to Josephine

Josephine

1997

Children First!

Host

1996

Exotica

Tracey

1994

Johann's Gift to Christmas

The Angel

1992

Road to Avonlea

Sara Stanley · (91 episodes)

1990

Road to Avonlea: The Movie

1990

Lantern Hill

Jody Turner

1989

Babar: The Movie

Young Celeste

1989

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Sally Salt

1988

Ramona

Ramona · (10 episodes)

1988

Friday the 13th: The Series

Mary · (1 episode)

1987

Blue Monkey

Ellen

1987

The Big Town

Christy Donaldson

1987

Hands of a Stranger

Suzie Hearn

1987

Pretty Kill

Karla

1987

Heaven On Earth

Becky Hawthorne

1987

Confidential

Emma (child)

1986

One Magic Christmas

Molly Monaghan

1985

The Oscars

Self · (1 episode)

1953