Sarah Polley
Acting
1979-01-08 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Theaters& Sons
2026 · Movie
The Studio
2025 · Series
Seven Veils
2025 · Movie
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
2024 · Movie
Women Talking
2022 · Movie
Directors on Directors
2021 · Series
Hey Lady!
2020 · Series
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
2019 · Movie
Alias Grace
2017 · Series
The Secret Path
2016 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Movie
Stories We Tell
2012 · Movie
Take This Waltz
2011 · Movie
Trigger
2010 · Movie
Splice
2010 · Movie
Mr. Nobody
2009 · Movie
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008 · Movie
John Adams
2008 · Series
Wrath of Gods
2007 · Movie
Away from Her
2007 · Movie
The Secret Life of Words
2005 · Movie
Beowulf & Grendel
2005 · Movie
Don't Come Knocking
2005 · Movie
Siblings
2004 · Movie
Sugar
2004 · Movie
Luck
2004 · Movie
The I Inside
2004 · Movie
Dawn of the Dead
2004 · Movie
Slings & Arrows
2003 · Series
My Life Without Me
2003 · Movie
Dermott's Quest
2003 · Movie
The Event
2003 · Movie
No Such Thing
2002 · Movie
I Shout Love
2002 · Movie
The Weight of Water
2001 · Movie
The Claim
2000 · Movie
Preludes
2000 · Movie
The Law of Enclosures
2000 · Movie
This Might Be Good
2000 · Movie
Love Come Down
2000 · Movie
Don't Think Twice
1999 · Movie
The Life Before This
1999 · Movie
Guinevere
1999 · Movie
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · Series
eXistenZ
1999 · Movie
Go
1999 · Movie
The Best Day of My Life
1999 · Movie
Jerry and Tom
1998 · Movie
Last Night
1998 · Movie
White Lies
1998 · Movie
The Sweet Hereafter
1997 · Movie
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997 · Movie
The Hanging Garden
1997 · Movie
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
1997 · Movie
Children First!
1996 · Movie
Exotica
1994 · Movie
Johann's Gift to Christmas
1992 · Movie
The Hidden Room
1991 · Series
Road to Avonlea
1990 · Series
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
1990 · Movie
Lantern Hill
1989 · Movie
Babar: The Movie
1989 · Movie
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988 · Movie
Ramona
1988 · Series
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · Series
The Big Town
1987 · Movie
Blue Monkey
1987 · Movie
Hands of a Stranger
1987 · Movie
Pretty Kill
1987 · Movie
Heaven On Earth
1987 · Movie
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
1986 · Movie
Confidential
1986 · Movie
One Magic Christmas
1985 · Movie
Screen Two
1985 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
The Bell Jar
Movie
The Best Kind of People
Movie