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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 8, 1979
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Sara Polley
Sarah Polley
1.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.6
Sarah Polley
The Studio
2025
0.0
Self
Directors on Directors
2021
6.8
Self - Filmmaker
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
2019
6.2
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.5
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
7.1
Self (uncredited)
Stories We Tell
2012
4.7
Hillary
Trigger
2010
5.9
Elsa
Splice
2010
7.8
Adult Elise
Mr. Nobody
2009
7.8
Self - 'Sally Salt'
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
2008
Credits
The Studio
as Sarah Polley
2025
7.6
Directors on Directors
as Self
2021
0.0
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
as Self - Filmmaker
2019
6.8
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
as Self
2014
6.5
Stories We Tell
as Self (uncredited)
2012
7.1
Trigger
as Hillary
2010
4.7
Splice
as Elsa
2010
5.9
Mr. Nobody
as Adult Elise
2009
7.8
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
as Self - 'Sally Salt'
2008
7.8
John Adams
as Abigail Adams Smith
2008
7.7
Wrath of Gods
as Self
2007
5.0
The Secret Life of Words
as Hanna
2005
7.0
Beowulf & Grendel
as Selma
2005
5.6
Don't Come Knocking
as Sky
2005
6.2
Siblings
as Tabby
2004
5.0
Sugar
as Pregnant Girl
2004
4.8
Luck
as Margaret
2004
5.2
The I Inside
as Clair
2004
5.9
Dawn of the Dead
as Ana
2004
7.1
Slings & Arrows
as Sophie
2003
7.2
My Life Without Me
as Ann
2003
6.1
🎬
Dermott's Quest
as Gwen
2003
6.0
The Event
as Dana Shapiro
2003
5.6
No Such Thing
as Beatrice
2002
6.0
The Weight of Water
as Maren Hontvedt
2001
5.5
The Claim
as Hope Burn
2000
6.0
Preludes
2000
0.0
The Law of Enclosures
as Beatty 'Beatrice'
2000
4.7
This Might Be Good
2000
6.0
Love Come Down
as Sister Sarah
2000
5.2
The Life Before This
as Connie
1999
4.5
Guinevere
as Harper Sloane
1999
5.7
Teen Choice Awards
as Self
1999
9.1
eXistenZ
as Merle
1999
6.8
Go
as Ronna Martin
1999
7.0
Jerry and Tom
as Deb
1998
6.2
Last Night
as Jennifer Wheeler
1998
6.6
White Lies
as Catherine
1998
5.2
The Sweet Hereafter
as Nicole Burnell
1997
6.9
The Planet of Junior Brown
as Butter
1997
4.0
The Hanging Garden
as Teen Rosemary
1997
6.2
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
as Josephine
1997
5.3
🎬
Children First!
as Host
1996
0.0
Exotica
as Tracey
1994
6.6
Johann's Gift to Christmas
as The Angel
1992
5.0
Road to Avonlea
as Sara Stanley
1990
8.2
🎬
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
1990
9.0
Lantern Hill
as Jody Turner
1989
8.0
Babar: The Movie
as Young Celeste
1989
5.7
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Sally Salt
1988
7.0
Ramona
as Ramona
1988
5.7
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Mary
1987
7.3
The Big Town
as Christy Donaldson
1987
5.6
Blue Monkey
as Ellen
1987
4.9
Hands of a Stranger
as Suzie Hearn
1987
4.3
Pretty Kill
as Karla
1987
1.8
Heaven On Earth
as Becky Hawthorne
1987
0.0
The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
1986
5.5
Confidential
as Emma (child)
1986
2.2
One Magic Christmas
as Molly Monaghan
1985
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2