Sarah Polley
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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
Credits
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
as Ana
Splice (2010)
as Elsa
Mr. Nobody (2009)
as Adult Elise
Exotica (1994)
as Tracey
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
as Sally Salt
eXistenZ (1999)
as Merle
Go (1999)
as Ronna Martin
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
as Selma
My Life Without Me (2003)
as Ann
Last Night (1998)
as Jennifer Wheeler
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
as Nicole Burnell
The I Inside (2004)
as Clair
The Big Town (1987)
as Christy Donaldson
The Weight of Water (2001)
as Maren Hontvedt
The Claim (2000)
as Hope Burn
Blue Monkey (1987)
as Ellen
The Secret Life of Words (2005)
as Hanna
Wrath of Gods (2007)
as Self
Guinevere (1999)
as Harper Sloane
One Magic Christmas (1985)
as Molly Monaghan
Stories We Tell (2012)
as Self (uncredited)
Don't Come Knocking (2005)
as Sky
No Such Thing (2002)
as Beatrice
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power (2019)
as Self - Filmmaker
Babar: The Movie (1989)
as Young Celeste
Jerry and Tom (1998)
as Deb
The Hanging Garden (1997)
as Teen Rosemary
Preludes (2000)
Actor
Love Come Down (2000)
as Sister Sarah
Hands of a Stranger (1987)
as Suzie Hearn
Sugar (2004)
as Pregnant Girl
Trigger (2010)
as Hillary
Lantern Hill (1989)
as Jody Turner
The Event (2003)
as Dana Shapiro
White Lies (1998)
as Catherine
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood (1986)
Actor
Pretty Kill (1987)
as Karla
Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1997)
as Josephine
The Planet of Junior Brown (1997)
as Butter
Siblings (2004)
as Tabby
The Life Before This (1999)
as Connie
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen (2008)
as Self - 'Sally Salt'
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014)
as Self
Luck (2004)
as Margaret
Confidential (1986)
as Emma (child)
Heaven On Earth (1987)
as Becky Hawthorne
The Law of Enclosures (2000)
as Beatty 'Beatrice'
Children First! (1996)
as Host
Road to Avonlea: The Movie (1990)
Actor
This Might Be Good (2000)
Actor
Johann's Gift to Christmas (1992)
as The Angel
Dermott's Quest (2003)
as Gwen