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