Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

  • Birthday: 1979-01-08
  • Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Also know as: 사라 폴리

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

My Life Without Me

2003

As Ann

Dawn of the Dead

2004

As Ana

Go

1999

As Ronna Martin

No Such Thing

2001

As Beatrice

Guinevere

1999

As Harper Sloane

The Law of Enclosures

2000

As Beatty 'Beatrice'

White Lies

1998

As Catherine

The Sweet Hereafter

1997

As Nicole Burnell

Mr. Nobody

2009

As Adult Elise

The I Inside

2004

As Clair

Splice

2009

As Elsa

Joe's So Mean to Josephine

1996

As Josephine

Luck

2004

As Margaret

Johann's Gift to Christmas

1992

As The Angel

Children First!

1996

As Host

Wrath of Gods

2007

As Self

The Life Before This

1999

As Connie

Heaven On Earth

1987

As Becky Hawthorne

The Weight of Water

2000

As Maren Hontvedt

Exotica

1994

As Tracey Brown

The Event

2003

As Dana Shapiro

The Claim

2000

As Hope Burn

Last Night

1998

As Jennifer Wheeler

Trigger

2010

As Hillary

Lantern Hill

1989

As Jody Turner

The Hanging Garden

1997

As Teen Rosemary

Sugar

2004

As Pregnant Girl

eXistenZ

1999

As Merle

Babar: The Movie

1989

As Young Celeste

Jerry and Tom

1998

As Deb

Preludes

2000

As

Love Come Down

2000

As Sister Sarah

Siblings

2004

As Tabby

Pretty Kill

1987

As Karla

Confidential

1986

As Emma (child)

One Magic Christmas

1985

As Molly Monaghan

Hands of a Stranger

1987

As Suzie Hearn

Beowulf & Grendel

2005

As Selma

Blue Monkey

1987

As Ellen

The Big Town

1987

As Christy Donaldson

Stories We Tell

2012

As Self (uncredited)

Production

Away from Her

2007

As Director

Take This Waltz

2011

As Director

Stories We Tell

2012

As Director

I Shout Love

2002

As Director

The Best Kind of People

0000

As Director

The Best Day of My Life

1999

As Director

Women Talking

2022

As Director

Don't Think Twice

1999

As Director

Take This Waltz

2011

As Producer

The Secret Path

2016

As Executive Producer

The Best Kind of People

0000

As Producer

Don't Think Twice

1999

As Producer

Take This Waltz

2011

As Writer

Stories We Tell

2012

As Writer

I Shout Love

2002

As Writer

The Best Kind of People

0000

As Screenplay

Women Talking

2022

As Screenplay

Don't Think Twice

1999

As Writer

Away from Her

2007

As Writer

The Best Day of My Life

1999

As Screenplay

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