Sarah Polley

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1979-01-08 (45 years old)

Place of Birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As 세라 폴리, 莎拉·波利, Sara Polley

Sarah Polley

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

Actor

2012
Stories We Tell

as Self (uncredited)

2010
Trigger

as Hillary

2010
Splice

as Elsa

2009
Mr. Nobody

as Adult Elise

2008
John Adams

as Abigail Adams Smith

2007
2005
2004
Siblings

as Tabby

2004
Sugar

as Pregnant Girl

2004
Luck

as Margaret

2004
The I Inside

as Clair

2004
2003
2003
The Event

as Dana Shapiro

2003
Slings & Arrows

as Sophie

2002
No Such Thing

as Beatrice

2001
The Weight of Water

as Maren Hontvedt

2000
The Claim

as Hope Burn

2000
The Law of Enclosures

as Beatty 'Beatrice'

2000
Love Come Down

as Sister Sarah

1999
1999
Guinevere

as Harper Sloane

1999
eXistenZ

as Merle

1999
Go

as Ronna Martin

1999
Teen Choice Awards

as Self - Nominee

1998
1998
Last Night

as Jennifer Wheeler

1998
White Lies

as Catherine

1997
The Sweet Hereafter

as Nicole Burnell

1997
The Hanging Garden

as Teen Rosemary

1996
1994
Exotica

as Tracey Brown

1990
Road to Avonlea

as Sara Stanley

1989
Lantern Hill

as Jody Turner

1989
Babar: The Movie

as Young Celeste

1988
Ramona

as Ramona

1987
Blue Monkey

as Ellen

1987
The Big Town

as Christy Donaldson

1987
Hands of a Stranger

as Suzie Hearn

1987
Pretty Kill

as Karla

1987
Heaven On Earth

as Becky Hawthorne

1986
Confidential

as Emma (child)

1985
One Magic Christmas

as Molly Monaghan

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Writer

& Sons

as Writer

2022
Women Talking

as Screenplay

2017
Alias Grace

as Writer

2017
Alias Grace

as Teleplay

2012
Stories We Tell

as Writer

2011
Take This Waltz

as Writer

2007
Away from Her

as Writer

2002
I Shout Love

as Writer

1999
1999

Director

2022
Women Talking

as Director

2020
Hey Lady!

as Director

2012
Stories We Tell

as Director

2011
Take This Waltz

as Director

2007
Away from Her

as Director

2002
I Shout Love

as Director

1999
Don't Think Twice

as Director

1999

Producer

2024
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

as Executive Producer

2020
Hey Lady!

as Executive Producer

2017
Alias Grace

as Producer

2016
The Secret Path

as Executive Producer

2011
Take This Waltz

as Producer

1999
Don't Think Twice

as Producer

Creator

2017
Alias Grace

as Creator