Sarah Polley
- Child actor
- Teen actor
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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Acted in
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
2021
as Self
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
Stories We Tell
2012
as Self (uncredited)
Trigger
2010
as Hillary
Splice
2010
as Elsa
Mr. Nobody
2009
as Adult Elise
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008
as Self - 'Sally Salt'
John Adams
2008
as Abigail Adams Smith
Wrath of Gods
2007
as Self
The Secret Life of Words
2005
as Hanna
Beowulf & Grendel
2005
as Selma
Don't Come Knocking
2005
as Sky
Siblings
2004
as Tabby
Sugar
2004
as Pregnant Girl
Luck
2004
as Margaret
The I Inside
2004
as Clair
Dawn of the Dead
2004
as Ana
Slings & Arrows
2003
as Sophie
My Life Without Me
2003
as Ann
Dermott's Quest
2003
as Gwen
The Event
2003
as Dana Shapiro
No Such Thing
2002
as Beatrice
The Weight of Water
2001
as Maren Hontvedt
The Claim
2000
as Hope Burn
Preludes
2000
The Law of Enclosures
2000
as Beatty 'Beatrice'
This Might Be Good
2000
Love Come Down
2000
as Sister Sarah
The Life Before This
1999
as Connie
Guinevere
1999
as Harper Sloane
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self - Nominee
eXistenZ
1999
as Merle
Go
1999
as Ronna Martin
Jerry and Tom
1998
as Deb
Last Night
1998
as Jennifer Wheeler
White Lies
1998
as Catherine
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
as Nicole Burnell
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
as Butter
The Hanging Garden
1997
as Teen Rosemary
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
1997
as Josephine
Children First!
1996
as Host
Exotica
1994
as Tracey
Johann's Gift to Christmas
1992
as The Angel
Road to Avonlea
1990
as Sara Stanley
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
1990
Lantern Hill
1989
as Jody Turner
Babar: The Movie
1989
as Young Celeste
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
as Sally Salt
Ramona
1988
as Ramona
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
as Mary
Blue Monkey
1987
as Ellen
The Big Town
1987
as Christy Donaldson
Hands of a Stranger
1987
as Suzie Hearn
Pretty Kill
1987
as Karla
Heaven On Earth
1987
as Becky Hawthorne
Confidential
1986
as Emma (child)
One Magic Christmas
1985
as Molly Monaghan
The Oscars
1953
as Self