Sarah Polley
Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter · Canada · On the map · Actors · Born 1979 · age 47
Sarah Ellen Polley is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, political activist and 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.
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& SonsFilm, Writer2025
The StudioSeries, Sarah Polley2023Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted ScreenplayAwardWriters Guild of America AwardAward2020
Hey Lady!Series, Director, Producer2019
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is PowerFilm2017
Alias GraceSeries, Writer, Creator2012
Stories We TellFilm, Director, Writer2010Canada's Walk of FameAward
SpliceFilm, 2010Elsa2009
Mr. NobodyFilm, Adult Elise2008
John AdamsSeries, Abigail Adams Smith2005
Beowulf & GrendelFilm, Selma2003
Slings & ArrowsSeries, Sophie
My Life Without MeFilm, 2003Ann2002
No Such ThingFilm, Beatrice2000
Love Come DownFilm, Sister Sarah1998
Jerry and TomFilm, Deb1997
Joe's So Mean to JosephineFilm, Josephine1991
The Hidden RoomSeries, Alice1990
Road to AvonleaSeries, Sara Stanley1989
Babar: The MovieFilm, Young Celeste1988
The Adventures of Baron MunchausenFilm, Sally Salt1987
Friday the 13th: The SeriesSeries, Mary1985
Screen TwoSeries, Becky Hawthorne
One Magic ChristmasFilm, 1985Molly Monaghan1979Born8 January 1979People around Sarah
Atom Egoyan Produced The Sweet Hereafter and Away from Her
Don McKellar Also in Existenz, Trigger and Exotica
Julie Christie Sarah directed Away from Her (2007)
David Cronenberg Produced Existenz (1999)
Isabel Coixet Directed My Life Without Me (2003)
Thom Fitzgerald Produced The Hanging Garden (1999)
Tom McCamus Also in The Sweet Hereafter and Last Night
Maury Chaykin Also in The Sweet Hereafter and Sugar
Zack Snyder Directed Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Seth Rogen Sarah directed Take This Waltz (2011)
Olympia Dukakis Sarah directed Away from Her (2007)
Stephen Rea Also in The I Inside and Guinevere
Hal Hartley Directed No Such Thing (2001)
Don Lake Also in Blue Monkey and Hands of a Stranger
Luke Kirby Sarah directed Take This Waltz (2013)- Alberta Watson Sarah directed Away from Her (2007)
Gordon Pinsent Sarah directed Away from Her (2007)
Arsinée Khanjian Also in Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter
Aaron Abrams Sarah directed Take This Waltz (2013)
Bruce McDonald Directed Trigger (2010)
Kristen Thomson Sarah directed Away from Her (2007)
Tracy Wright Also in Trigger and Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Pedro Almodóvar Produced The Secret Life of Words (2006)
Robert Lantos Produced Existenz (1999)
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Mr. Nobody 2009
Stories We Tell 2012
Dawn of the Dead 2004
Away from Her 2007
The Secret Life of Words 2005
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Television 15
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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).
