Sarah Polley
Born: 1979-01-08 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- & Sons ... (Screenplay)
2025
- The Studio as Sarah Polley
- Seven Veils ... (Thanks)
2024
- Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Women Talking ... (Screenplay)
2021
- Directors on Directors as Self
2020
- Hey Lady! ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power as Self - Filmmaker
2017
- Alias Grace ... (Producer)
2016
- The Secret Path ... (Executive Producer)
2015
2014
2012
- Stories We Tell as Self (uncredited)
2011
- Take This Waltz ... (Producer)
2009
- Mr. Nobody as Adult Elise
2008
- John Adams as Abigail Adams Smith
- The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen as Self - 'Sally Salt'
2007
- Away from Her ... (Director)
- Wrath of Gods as Self
2005
- Beowulf & Grendel as Selma
- Don't Come Knocking as Sky
- The Secret Life of Words as Hanna
2004
- Dawn of the Dead as Ana
- The I Inside as Clair
- Sugar as Pregnant Girl
- Luck as Margaret
- Siblings as Tabby
2003
- Slings & Arrows as Sophie
- My Life Without Me as Ann
- The Event as Dana Shapiro
- Dermott's Quest as Gwen
2002
- No Such Thing as Beatrice
- I Shout Love ... (Director)
2001
- The Weight of Water as Maren Hontvedt
2000
- The Claim as Hope Burn
- The Law of Enclosures as Beatty 'Beatrice'
- Love Come Down as Sister Sarah
- Preludes
- This Might Be Good
1999
- eXistenZ as Merle
- Go as Ronna Martin
- Guinevere as Harper Sloane
- The Life Before This as Connie
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
- Don't Think Twice ... (Director)
- The Best Day of My Life ... (Screenplay)
1998
- Last Night as Jennifer Wheeler
- Jerry and Tom as Deb
- White Lies as Catherine
1997
- The Sweet Hereafter as Nicole Burnell
- The Hanging Garden as Teen Rosemary
- Joe's So Mean to Josephine as Josephine
- The Planet of Junior Brown as Butter
1996
- Children First! as Host
1994
- Exotica as Tracey
1992
- Johann's Gift to Christmas as The Angel
1991
- The Hidden Room as Alice
1990
- Road to Avonlea as Sara Stanley
- Road to Avonlea: The Movie
1989
- Lantern Hill as Jody Turner
- Babar: The Movie as Young Celeste
1988
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Sally Salt
- Ramona as Ramona
1987
- Friday the 13th: The Series as Mary
- The Big Town as Christy Donaldson
- Hands of a Stranger as Suzie Hearn
- Blue Monkey as Ellen
- Pretty Kill as Karla
- Heaven On Earth as Becky Hawthorne
1986
- The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
- Confidential as Emma (child)
1985
- One Magic Christmas as Molly Monaghan
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee