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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.
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2021
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Self - Filmmaker
6.8
2019
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
2015
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
6.5
2014
Stories We Tell
Self (uncredited)
7.1
2012
Trigger
Hillary
5.0
2010
Splice
Elsa
5.9
2010
Mr. Nobody
Adult Elise
7.8
2009
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self - 'Sally Salt'
8.0
2008
John Adams
Abigail Adams Smith · (7 episodes)
7.7
2008
Wrath of Gods
Self
5.0
2007
The Secret Life of Words
Hanna
6.9
2005
Beowulf & Grendel
Selma
5.6
2005
Don't Come Knocking
Sky
6.2
2005
Siblings
Tabby
5.4
2004
Sugar
Pregnant Girl
4.9
2004
Luck
Margaret
5.2
2004
The I Inside
Clair
6.0
2004
Dawn of the Dead
Ana
7.1
2004
Slings & Arrows
Sophie · (6 episodes)
7.3
2003
My Life Without Me
Ann
6.0
2003
Dermott's Quest
Gwen
6.0
2003
The Event
Dana Shapiro
5.9
2003
No Such Thing
Beatrice
5.9
2002
The Claim
Hope Burn
6.0
2000
Preludes
0.0
2000
The Law of Enclosures
Beatty 'Beatrice'
5.1
2000
The Weight of Water
Maren Hontvedt
5.5
2000
This Might Be Good
0.0
2000
Love Come Down
Sister Sarah
6.4
2000
The Life Before This
Connie
4.3
1999
Guinevere
Harper Sloane
5.9
1999
Teen Choice Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
10.0
1999
eXistenZ
Merle
6.8
1999
Go
Ronna Martin
7.0
1999
Jerry and Tom
Deb
6.1
1998
Last Night
Jennifer Wheeler
6.6
1998
White Lies
Catherine
5.3
1998
The Sweet Hereafter
Nicole Burnell
6.9
1997
The Planet of Junior Brown
Butter
4.5
1997
The Hanging Garden
Teen Rosemary
6.4
1997
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Josephine
4.2
1997
Children First!
Host
0.0
1996
Exotica
Tracey
6.6
1994
Johann's Gift to Christmas
The Angel
5.0
1992
Road to Avonlea
Sara Stanley · (91 episodes)
8.2
1990
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
9.0
1990
Lantern Hill
Jody Turner
8.0
1989
Babar: The Movie
Young Celeste
5.8
1989
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Sally Salt
7.0
1988
Ramona
Ramona · (10 episodes)
5.7
1988
Friday the 13th: The Series
Mary · (1 episode)
7.3
1987
Blue Monkey
Ellen
5.1
1987
The Big Town
Christy Donaldson
5.4
1987
Hands of a Stranger
Suzie Hearn
5.6
1987
Pretty Kill
Karla
1.8
1987
Heaven On Earth
Becky Hawthorne
0.0
1987
Confidential
Emma (child)
2.8
1986
One Magic Christmas
Molly Monaghan
5.8
1985
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
6.9
1953