Name
Sarah Polley
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1979-01-08 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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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- 2003 My Life Without Me as Ann
- 2005 The Secret Life of Words as Hanna
- 2004 Dawn of the Dead as Ana
- 1997 The Sweet Hereafter as Nicole Burnell
- 2005 Don't Come Knocking as Sky
- 1999 eXistenZ as Merle
- 1994 Exotica as Tracey
- 2009 Mr. Nobody as Adult Elise
- 2004 The I Inside as Clair
- 1999 Go as Ronna Martin
- 1985 One Magic Christmas as Molly Monaghan
- 2001 The Weight of Water as Maren Hontvedt
- 2003 The Event as Dana Shapiro
- 2002 No Such Thing as Beatrice
- 1989 Babar: The Movie as Young Celeste
- 1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Sally Salt
- 1999 Guinevere as Harper Sloane
- 2010 Splice as Elsa
- 2000 The Claim as Hope Burn
- 1998 Last Night as Jennifer Wheeler
- 1987 Heaven On Earth as Becky Hawthorne
- 2010 Trigger as Hillary
- 1998 White Lies as Catherine
- 1997 Joe's So Mean to Josephine as Josephine
- 1998 Jerry and Tom as Deb
- 2007 Wrath of Gods as Self
- 1987 Blue Monkey as Ellen
- 2004 Siblings as Tabby
- 2012 Stories We Tell as Self (uncredited)
- 1987 Pretty Kill as Karla
- 2000 This Might Be Good
- 1989 Lantern Hill as Jody Turner
- 2000 Preludes
- 2005 Beowulf & Grendel as Selma
- 1999 The Life Before This as Connie
- 1997 The Planet of Junior Brown as Butter
- 1996 Children First! as Host
- 2004 Luck as Margaret
- 1987 Hands of a Stranger as Suzie Hearn
- 1990 Road to Avonlea: The Movie
- 1986 Confidential as Emma (child)
- 2000 The Law of Enclosures as Beatty 'Beatrice'
- 1992 Johann's Gift to Christmas as The Angel
- 2000 Love Come Down as Sister Sarah
- 2019 Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power as Self - Filmmaker
- 1997 The Hanging Garden as Teen Rosemary
- 2008 The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self - 'Sally Salt'
- 2004 Sugar as Pregnant Girl
- 1987 The Big Town as Christy Donaldson
- 2014 Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women as Self
- 2003 Dermott's Quest as Gwen
- 1986 The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
- 1987 Friday the 13th: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Mary
- 1988 Ramona ( 10 episodes ) as Ramona
- 2003 Slings & Arrows ( 6 episodes ) as Sophie
- 1990 Road to Avonlea ( 91 episodes ) as Sara Stanley
- 2008 John Adams ( 7 episodes ) as Abigail Adams Smith
- 1999 Teen Choice Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 Directors on Directors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 The Studio ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Polley
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 1991 The Hidden Room ( 1 episode ) as Alice
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Becky Hawthorne
