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