Sarah Polley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 8, 1979 (age 47)
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Photos
Filmography
The Studio
TV · as Sarah Polley · 1 ep
Directors on Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Movie · as Self - Filmmaker
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Movie · as Self
Stories We Tell
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Splice
Movie · as Elsa Kast
Trigger
Movie · as Hillary
Mr. Nobody
Movie · as Adult Elise
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Movie · as Self - 'Sally Salt'
John Adams
TV · as Abigail Adams Smith · 7 eps
Wrath of Gods
Movie · as Self
The Secret Life of Words
Movie · as Hanna
Don't Come Knocking
Movie · as Sky
Beowulf & Grendel
Movie · as Selma
Dawn of the Dead
Movie · as Ana
The I Inside
Movie · as Clair
Siblings
Movie · as Tabby
Luck
Movie · as Margaret
Sugar
Movie · as Pregnant Girl
My Life Without Me
Movie · as Ann
The Event
Movie · as Dana Shapiro
Dermott's Quest
Movie · as Gwen
Slings & Arrows
TV · as Sophie · 6 eps
No Such Thing
Movie · as Beatrice
The Weight of Water
Movie · as Maren Hontvedt
The Claim
Movie · as Hope Burn
This Might Be Good
Movie
Preludes
Movie
The Law of Enclosures
Movie · as Beatty 'Beatrice'
Love Come Down
Movie · as Sister Sarah
eXistenZ
Movie · as Merle
Go
Movie · as Ronna Martin
Guinevere
Movie · as Harper Sloane
The Life Before This
Movie · as Connie
Teen Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Last Night
Movie · as Jennifer Wheeler
White Lies
Movie · as Catherine
Jerry and Tom
Movie · as Deb
The Sweet Hereafter
Movie · as Nicole Burnell
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Movie · as Josephine
The Planet of Junior Brown
Movie · as Butter
The Hanging Garden
Movie · as Teen Rosemary
Children First!
Movie · as Host
Exotica
Movie · as Tracey
Johann's Gift to Christmas
Movie · as The Angel
The Hidden Room
TV · as Alice · 1 ep
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
Movie
Road to Avonlea
TV · as Sara Stanley · 91 eps
Babar: The Movie
Movie · as Young Celeste
Lantern Hill
Movie · as Jody Turner
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Movie · as Sally Salt
Ramona
TV · as Ramona · 10 eps
Heaven On Earth
Movie · as Becky Hawthorne
Blue Monkey
Movie · as Ellen
Pretty Kill
Movie · as Karla
Hands of a Stranger
Movie · as Suzie Hearn
The Big Town
Movie · as Christy Donaldson
Friday the 13th: The Series
TV · as Mary · 1 ep
Confidential
Movie · as Emma (child)
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
Movie
One Magic Christmas
Movie · as Molly Monaghan
Screen Two
TV · as Becky Hawthorne · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep