Sarah Polley

Actor | Producer

Sarah Ellen Polley OC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian filmmaker, political activist and retired actress. She fir...

See full bio

Videos & Photos

All Videos & Photos

filmography

Full Filmography
Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

... 2004

The Secret Life of Words

The Secret Life of Words

... 2005

Exotica

Exotica

... 1994

The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter

... 1997

The Weight of Water

The Weight of Water

... 2000

Fullname:

Sarah Polley

Date of Birth:

1979-01-08

Country:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography of

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.

Biography of

Sarah Polley

Videos

Photos

Biography of

Sarah Polley

Found movies in total

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

... 2006

Alice in Terrorland

Alice in Terrorland

... 2023

Mr. Brooks

Mr. Brooks

... 2007

Palo Alto

Palo Alto

... 2013

Sucker Punch

Sucker Punch

... 2011

In Blue

In Blue

... 2017

The First Lap

The First Lap

... 2017

J.T. LeRoy

J.T. LeRoy

... 2019

Daddy, Darling

Daddy, Darling

... 1970