Sarah Polley
Acting
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.
Born: January 8, 1979
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For
Filmography
as Sarah Polley
as Self - Filmmaker
as Self (uncredited)
as Hillary
as Elsa
as Adult Elise
as Self - 'Sally Salt'
as Abigail Adams Smith
as Self
as Hanna
as Selma
as Sky
as Tabby
as Pregnant Girl
as Margaret
as Clair
as Ana
as Sophie
as Ann
as Dana Shapiro
as Beatrice
as Maren Hontvedt
as Hope Burn
as Beatty 'Beatrice'
as Sister Sarah
as Connie
as Harper Sloane
as Self
as Merle
as Ronna Martin
as Deb
as Jennifer Wheeler
as Catherine
as Nicole Burnell
as Butter
as Teen Rosemary
as Josephine
as Tracey
as The Angel
as Sara Stanley
as Jody Turner
as Young Celeste
as Sally Salt
as Ramona
as Mary
as Christy Donaldson
as Ellen
as Suzie Hearn
as Karla
as Becky Hawthorne
as Emma (child)
as Molly Monaghan
as Self
as Self - Nominee