Sarah Polley
Known For
Acting
Born
1979-01-08 in 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.
Most Known For
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
The Studio
as Sarah Polley
The Oscars
as Self
Dawn of the Dead
as Ana
Road to Avonlea
as Sara Stanley
John Adams
as Abigail Adams Smith
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Mary
eXistenZ
as Merle
Directors on Directors
as Self
Mr. Nobody
as Adult Elise
Wrath of Gods
as Self
Last Night
as Jennifer Wheeler
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Sally Salt
Trigger
as Hillary
Go
as Ronna Martin
Splice
as Elsa
Preludes
Slings & Arrows
as Sophie
Exotica
as Tracey