1979-01-08 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power | Self - Filmmaker | 2019-11-07 |
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women | Self | 2014-08-10 |
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Stories We Tell | Self (uncredited) | 2012-10-12 |
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Trigger | Hillary | 2010-09-12 |
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Splice | Elsa | 2010-06-03 |
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Mr. Nobody | Adult Elise | 2009-11-06 |
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The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen | Self - 'Sally Salt' | 2008-04-08 |
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Reiði guðanna | Self | 2007-05-06 |
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Beowulf & Grendel | Selma | 2005-09-14 |
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Don't Come Knocking | Sky | 2005-05-19 |
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The Secret Life of Words | Hanna | 2005-12-15 |
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Luck | Margaret | 2004-04-30 |
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Siblings | Tabby | 2004-09-14 |
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The I Inside | Clair | 2004-01-15 |
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Dawn of the Dead | Ana | 2004-03-19 |
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Sugar | Pregnant Girl | 2004-05-22 |
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The Event | Dana Shapiro | 2003-01-01 |
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My Life Without Me | Ann | 2003-03-07 |
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No Such Thing | Beatrice | 2001-05-12 |
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The Weight of Water | Maren Hontvedt | 2000-09-25 |
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The Law of Enclosures | Beatty 'Beatrice' | 2000-09-15 |
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Preludes | 2000-11-15 | |
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This Might Be Good | 2000-09-07 | |
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Love Come Down | Sister Sarah | 2000-08-02 |
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The Claim | Hope Burn | 2000-12-29 |
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Guinevere | Harper Sloane | 1999-09-12 |
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Go | Ronna Martin | 1999-04-09 |
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The Life Before This | Connie | 1999-09-15 |
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eXistenZ | Merle | 1999-04-14 |
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Last Night | Jennifer Wheeler | 1998-10-23 |
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White Lies | Catherine | 1998-03-29 |
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Jerry and Tom | Deb | 1998-12-04 |
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The Hanging Garden | Teen Rosemary | 1997-09-05 |
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The Sweet Hereafter | Nicole Burnell | 1997-09-25 |
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The Planet of Junior Brown | Butter | 1997-09-06 |
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Joe's So Mean to Josephine | Josephine | 1996-01-01 |
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Children First! | Host | 1996-01-01 |
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Exotica | Tracey Brown | 1994-11-30 |
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Johann's Gift to Christmas | The Angel | 1992-09-25 |
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Road to Avonlea: The Movie | 1990-01-01 | |
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Babar: The Movie | Young Celeste | 1989-07-28 |
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Lantern Hill | Jody Turner | 1989-08-29 |
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Sally Salt | 1988-12-07 |
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Heaven On Earth | Becky Hawthorne | 1987-03-01 |
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Blue Monkey | Ellen | 1987-09-25 |
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Hands of a Stranger | Suzie Hearn | 1987-05-10 |
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The Big Town | Christy Donaldson | 1987-09-25 |
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Pretty Kill | Karla | 1987-03-27 |
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Confidential | Emma (child) | 1986-01-01 |
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One Magic Christmas | Molly Monaghan | 1985-11-22 |
