Sarah Polley
Born January 08, 1979 (Age: 47)
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
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.
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Filmography
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
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as Self
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Age: 35
Mr. Nobody
2009
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as Adult Elise
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Age: 30
Beowulf & Grendel
2005
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as Selma
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Age: 26
Don't Come Knocking
2005
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as Sky
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Age: 26
Luck
2004
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as Margaret
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Age: 25
The I Inside
2004
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as Clair
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Age: 25
Dawn of the Dead
2004
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as Ana
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Age: 25
My Life Without Me
2003
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as Ann
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Age: 24
No Such Thing
2002
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as Beatrice
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Age: 23
The Weight of Water
2001
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as Maren Hontvedt
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Age: 22
The Claim
2000
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as Hope Burn
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Age: 21
The Law of Enclosures
2000
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as Beatty 'Beatrice'
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Age: 21
This Might Be Good
2000
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as
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Age: 21
Love Come Down
2000
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as Sister Sarah
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Age: 21
Guinevere
1999
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as Harper Sloane
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Age: 20
eXistenZ
1999
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as Merle
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Age: 20
Go
1999
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as Ronna Martin
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Age: 20
Jerry and Tom
1998
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as Deb
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Age: 19
Last Night
1998
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as Jennifer Wheeler
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Age: 19
White Lies
1998
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as Catherine
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Age: 19
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
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as Nicole Burnell
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Age: 18
The Planet of Junior Brown
1997
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as Butter
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Age: 18
The Hanging Garden
1997
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as Teen Rosemary
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Age: 18
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
1997
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as Josephine
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Age: 18
No Image
Children First!
1996
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as Host
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Age: 16
Exotica
1994
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as Tracey
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Age: 15
Johann's Gift to Christmas
1992
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as The Angel
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Age: 13
Lantern Hill
1989
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as Jody Turner
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Age: 10
Babar: The Movie
1989
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as Young Celeste
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Age: 10
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988
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as Sally Salt
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Age: 9
The Big Town
1987
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as Christy Donaldson
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Age: 8
Blue Monkey
1987
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as Ellen
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Age: 8
Hands of a Stranger
1987
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as Suzie Hearn
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Age: 8
Pretty Kill
1987
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as Karla
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Age: 8
Heaven On Earth
1987
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as Becky Hawthorne
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Age: 8
One Magic Christmas
1985
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as Molly Monaghan
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Age: 6