Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

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
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Birthday
    1/8/1979
My Life Without Me
My Life Without Me
5.955
The Secret Life of Words
The Secret Life of Words
6.949
Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead
7.048
Go
Go
6.904
No Such Thing
No Such Thing
5.9
Guinevere
Guinevere
5.95
The Law of Enclosures
The Law of Enclosures
4.8
This Might Be Good
This Might Be Good
0
White Lies
White Lies
5.4
The Sweet Hereafter
The Sweet Hereafter
6.903
Mr. Nobody
Mr. Nobody
7.828
The I Inside
The I Inside
6
Splice
Splice
5.855
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
3.7
Luck
4.8
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
9
Johann's Gift to Christmas
Johann's Gift to Christmas
0
Children First!
0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
6.934
Wrath of Gods
Wrath of Gods
5
The Life Before This
The Life Before This
3
Heaven On Earth
Heaven On Earth
0
The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water
5.577
Don't Come Knocking
Don't Come Knocking
6.319
Exotica
Exotica
6.567
The Event
The Event
6
The Claim
The Claim
5.957
Last Night
Last Night
6.604
Trigger
Trigger
5.036
Lantern Hill
Lantern Hill
8
The Planet of Junior Brown
The Planet of Junior Brown
5
The Hanging Garden
The Hanging Garden
6.5
Sugar
Sugar
4.8
eXistenZ
eXistenZ
6.813
Babar: The Movie
Babar: The Movie
5.816
Jerry and Tom
Jerry and Tom
6.121
Pretty Kill
Pretty Kill
1.5
Preludes
Preludes
0
Love Come Down
Love Come Down
5.8
Siblings
Siblings
5.429
Confidential
Confidential
2
One Magic Christmas
One Magic Christmas
5.676
Hands of a Stranger
Hands of a Stranger
5.7
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
10
Beowulf & Grendel
Beowulf & Grendel
5.605
Blue Monkey
Blue Monkey
5.02
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
7.1
The Big Town
The Big Town
5.5
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
6
Stories We Tell
Stories We Tell
7.079
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