Sarah Polley
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.
65 acting credits · 10 directing credits
Acting · 65
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Oscars
1953
Screen Two
1985
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
The Studio
2025
Road to Avonlea
1990
Dawn of the Dead
2004
John Adams
2008
The Hidden Room
1991
Directors on Directors
2021
Splice
2010
Mr. Nobody
2009
Slings & Arrows
2003
Go
1999
eXistenZ
1999
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
Exotica
1994
Beowulf & Grendel
2005
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
My Life Without Me
2003
The I Inside
2004
The Weight of Water
2001
Don't Come Knocking
2005
The Big Town
1987
Last Night
1998
Blue Monkey
1987
Ramona
1988
Teen Choice Awards
1999
The Claim
2000
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
The Secret Life of Words
2005
Stories We Tell
2012
The Life Before This
1999
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
1986
One Magic Christmas
1985
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
2019
Guinevere
1999
No Such Thing
2002
Sugar
2004
Luck
2004
Babar: The Movie
1989
White Lies
1998
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008
The Law of Enclosures
2000
Jerry and Tom
1998
Preludes
2000
Trigger
2010
Pretty Kill
1987
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
1997
The Event
2003
Lantern Hill
1989
Johann's Gift to Christmas
1992
Love Come Down
2000
Siblings
2004
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
Hands of a Stranger
1987
Heaven On Earth
1987
The Hanging Garden
1997
Children First!
1996
Wrath of Gods
2007
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
1990
This Might Be Good
2000
Confidential
1986
Dermott's Quest
2003
