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Sarah Polley

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Polley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1979-01-08

Birth Place

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Movies and TV shows :

Babar: The Movie

Babar: The Movie

1989

5.8

Movie
Beowulf & Grendel

Beowulf & Grendel

2005

5.6

Movie
Blue Monkey

Blue Monkey

1987

5.2

Movie
Children First!

Children First!

1996

0.0

Movie
Confidential

Confidential

1986

2.8

Movie
Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

2004

7.1

Movie
Dermott's Quest

Dermott's Quest

2003

6.0

Movie
Don't Come Knocking

Don't Come Knocking

2005

6.2

Movie
eXistenZ

eXistenZ

1999

6.8

Movie
Exotica

Exotica

1994

6.6

Movie
poster

Friday the 13th: The Series

1987

7.3

TV
Go

Go

1999

7.0

Movie
Guinevere

Guinevere

1999

5.9

Movie
Hands of a Stranger

Hands of a Stranger

1987

5.6

Movie
Heaven On Earth

Heaven On Earth

1987

0.0

Movie
Jerry and Tom

Jerry and Tom

1998

6.1

Movie
Joe's So Mean to Josephine

Joe's So Mean to Josephine

1997

4.2

Movie
Johann's Gift to Christmas

Johann's Gift to Christmas

1992

5.0

Movie
poster

John Adams

2008

7.7

TV
Lantern Hill

Lantern Hill

1989

8.0

Movie
Last Night

Last Night

1998

6.6

Movie
Love Come Down

Love Come Down

2000

6.4

Movie
Luck

Luck

2004

5.2

Movie
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

2019

6.8

Movie
Mr. Nobody

Mr. Nobody

2009

7.8

Movie
My Life Without Me

My Life Without Me

2003

6.0

Movie
No Such Thing

No Such Thing

2002

5.9

Movie
One Magic Christmas

One Magic Christmas

1985

5.8

Movie
Preludes

Preludes

2000

0.0

Movie
Pretty Kill

Pretty Kill

1987

1.8

Movie
poster

Ramona

1988

5.7

TV
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

2014

6.5

Movie
poster

Road to Avonlea

1990

8.2

TV
Road to Avonlea: The Movie

Road to Avonlea: The Movie

1990

9.0

Movie
Siblings

Siblings

2004

5.4

Movie
poster

Slings & Arrows

2003

7.4

TV
Splice

Splice

2010

5.9

Movie
Stories We Tell

Stories We Tell

2012

7.1

Movie
Sugar

Sugar

2004

4.9

Movie
poster

Teen Choice Awards

1999

10.0

TV
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988

7.0

Movie
The Big Town

The Big Town

1987

5.4

Movie
The Claim

The Claim

2000

6.0

Movie
The Event

The Event

2003

5.9

Movie
The Hanging Garden

The Hanging Garden

1997

6.4

Movie
The I Inside

The I Inside

2004

5.9

Movie
poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

6.6

TV
The Law of Enclosures

The Law of Enclosures

2000

5.1

Movie
The Life Before This

The Life Before This

1999

4.3

Movie
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

2008

10.0

Movie
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Planet of Junior Brown

The Planet of Junior Brown

1997

4.5

Movie
The Secret Life of Words

The Secret Life of Words

2005

7.0

Movie
The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter

1997

6.9

Movie
The Weight of Water

The Weight of Water

2001

5.5

Movie
This Might Be Good

This Might Be Good

2000

0.0

Movie
Trigger

Trigger

2010

5.0

Movie
poster

Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

2021

0.0

TV
White Lies

White Lies

1998

5.4

Movie
Wrath of Gods

Wrath of Gods

2007

5.0

Movie