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Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

Birthday: 1979-01-08 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
The Studio: The Oner

as    Sarah

2013
Mr. Nobody

as    Adult Elise

2010
Splice

as    Elsa

2010
Trigger

as    Hillary

2008
John Adams

as    Abigail Adams Smith

2008
John Adams

as    Abigail Adams Smith

2008
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

as    Self - 'Sally Salt'

2007
Wrath of Gods

as    Self

2006
Don't Come Knocking

as    Sky

2005
The Secret Life of Words

as    Hanna

2004
Dawn of the Dead

as    Ana

2004
The I Inside

as    Clair

2004
Luck

as    Margaret

2004
Sugar

as    Pregnant Girl

2004
Siblings

as    Tabby

2003
My Life Without Me

as    Ann

2003
The Event

as    Dana Shapiro

2003
Dermott's Quest

as    Gwen

2003
Slings & Arrows

as    Sophie

2002
No Such Thing

as    Beatrice

2002
The Weight of Water

as    Maren Hontvedt

2000
The Law of Enclosures

as    Beatty 'Beatrice'

2000
The Life Before This

as    Connie

2000
The Claim

as    Hope Burn

2000
Love Come Down

as    Sister Sarah

1999
Guinevere

as    Harper Sloane

1999
Last Night

as    Jennifer Wheeler

1999
eXistenZ

as    Merle

1999
Go

as    Ronna Martin