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.
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Fotos
Películas (64)
& Sons
2026 · Screenplay
Seven Veils
2025 · Thanks
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
2024 · Executive Producer
Women Talking
2022 · Screenplay, Director
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
2019 · Self - Filmmaker
The Secret Path
2016 · Executive Producer
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Self
Stories We Tell
2012 · Self (uncredited), Director, Writer
Take This Waltz
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
Trigger
2010 · Hillary
Splice
2010 · Elsa Kast
Mr. Nobody
2009 · Adult Elise
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008 · Self - 'Sally Salt'
Wrath of Gods
2007 · Self
Away from Her
2007 · Director, Writer
The Secret Life of Words
2005 · Hanna
Beowulf & Grendel
2005 · Selma
Don't Come Knocking
2005 · Sky
Siblings
2004 · Tabby
Sugar
2004 · Pregnant Girl
Luck
2004 · Margaret
The I Inside
2004 · Clair
Dawn of the Dead
2004 · Ana
My Life Without Me
2003 · Ann
Dermott's Quest
2003 · Gwen
The Event
2003 · Dana Shapiro
No Such Thing
2002 · Beatrice
I Shout Love
2002 · Writer, Director
The Weight of Water
2001 · Maren Hontvedt
The Claim
2000 · Hope Burn
Preludes
2000
The Law of Enclosures
2000 · Beatty 'Beatrice'
This Might Be Good
2000
Love Come Down
2000 · Sister Sarah
Don't Think Twice
1999 · Producer, Director, Writer
The Life Before This
1999 · Connie
Guinevere
1999 · Harper Sloane
eXistenZ
1999 · Merle
Go
1999 · Ronna Martin
The Best Day of My Life
1999 · Screenplay, Director
Jerry and Tom
1998 · Deb
Last Night
1998 · Jennifer Wheeler
White Lies
1998 · Catherine
The Sweet Hereafter
1997 · Nicole Burnell
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997 · Butter
The Hanging Garden
1997 · Teen Rosemary
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
1997 · Josephine
Children First!
1996 · Host
Exotica
1994 · Tracey
Johann's Gift to Christmas
1992 · The Angel
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
1990
Lantern Hill
1989 · Jody Turner
Babar: The Movie
1989 · Young Celeste
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Sally Salt
Blue Monkey
1987 · Ellen
The Big Town
1987 · Christy Donaldson
Hands of a Stranger
1987 · Suzie Hearn
Pretty Kill
1987 · Karla
Heaven On Earth
1987 · Becky Hawthorne
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
1986
Confidential
1986 · Emma (child)
One Magic Christmas
1985 · Molly Monaghan
The Best Kind of People
· Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Bell Jar
· Director, Screenplay
Series (15)
El estudio
2025 · Sarah Polley
Directors on Directors
2021 · Self
Hey Lady!
2020 · Executive Producer, Director
Alias Grace
2017 · Producer, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Writer, Creator
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
John Adams
2008 · Abigail Adams Smith
Slings & Arrows
2003 · Sophie
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · Self
The Hidden Room
1991 · Alice
Road to Avonlea
1990 · Sara Stanley
Ramona
1988 · Ramona
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · Mary
Screen Two
1985 · Becky Hawthorne
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee