Sarah Polley
Acting
Born: January 8, 1979 (age 47) · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Highest Rated
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Polley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Mr. Nobody
2009
Dawn of the Dead
2004
Splice
2010
eXistenZ
1999
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
Go
1999
Women Talking
2022
My Life Without Me
2003
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
Take This Waltz
2011
Exotica
1994
The Studio
2025
Photos (6)
Movies (45)
Dawn of the Dead
Ana
Mr. Nobody
Adult Elise
Splice
Elsa Kast
One Magic Christmas
Molly Monaghan
The I Inside
Clair
eXistenZ
Merle
My Life Without Me
Ann
Beowulf & Grendel
Selma
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Sally Salt
Go
Ronna Martin
Blue Monkey
Ellen
The Sweet Hereafter
Nicole Burnell
Exotica
Tracey
The Big Town
Christy Donaldson
Jerry and Tom
Deb
Don't Come Knocking
Sky
The Weight of Water
Maren Hontvedt
The Secret Life of Words
Hanna
Guinevere
Harper Sloane
Last Night
Jennifer Wheeler
The Claim
Hope Burn
No Such Thing
Beatrice
Lantern Hill
Jody Turner
The Event
Dana Shapiro
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Josephine
Trigger
Hillary
Hands of a Stranger
Suzie Hearn
Love Come Down
Sister Sarah
Babar: The Movie
Young Celeste
The Hanging Garden
Teen Rosemary
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
1986
Siblings
Tabby
Preludes
2000
The Law of Enclosures
Beatty 'Beatrice'
The Planet of Junior Brown
Butter
White Lies
Catherine
Heaven On Earth
Becky Hawthorne
The Life Before This
Connie
Pretty Kill
Karla
Sugar
Pregnant Girl
This Might Be Good
2000
Johann's Gift to Christmas
The Angel
Confidential
Emma (child)
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
1990
Luck
Margaret
TV Shows (8)
The Studio
Sarah Polley · 1 eps
Screen Two
Becky Hawthorne · 1 eps
Road to Avonlea
Sara Stanley · 91 eps
Friday the 13th: The Series
Mary · 1 eps
John Adams
Abigail Adams Smith · 7 eps
The Hidden Room
Alice · 1 eps
Slings & Arrows
Sophie · 6 eps
Ramona
Ramona · 10 eps
Self / Appearances (10)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 1 eps
Directors on Directors
Self · 1 eps
Stories We Tell
Self (uncredited)
Wrath of Gods
Self
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Self - Filmmaker
Teen Choice Awards
Self · 1 eps
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Self - 'Sally Salt'
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
