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Sarah Polley
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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 Ramon…
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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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2026
& Sons
Movie Screenplay
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2025
The Studio
TV show Sarah Polley
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2025
Seven Veils
Movie Thanks
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2024
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Women Talking
Movie Screenplay
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2021
Directors on Directors
TV show Self
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2020
Hey Lady!
TV show Director
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2019
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2017
Alias Grace
TV show Producer
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2016
The Secret Path
Movie Executive Producer
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Movie Self
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2012
Stories We Tell
Movie Self (uncredited)
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2011
Take This Waltz
Movie Director
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2010
Trigger
Movie Hillary
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2010
Splice
Movie Elsa
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2009
Mr. Nobody
Movie Adult Elise
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2008
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
Movie Self - 'Sally Salt'
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2008
John Adams
TV show Abigail Adams Smith
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2007
Wrath of Gods
Movie Self
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2007
Away from Her
Movie Director
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2005
The Secret Life of Words
Movie Hanna
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2005
Beowulf & Grendel
Movie Selma
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2005
Don't Come Knocking
Movie Sky
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2004
Siblings
Movie Tabby
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2004
Sugar
Movie Pregnant Girl
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2004
Luck
Movie Margaret
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2004
The I Inside
Movie Clair
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2004
Dawn of the Dead
Movie Ana
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2003
Slings & Arrows
TV show Sophie
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2003
My Life Without Me
Movie Ann
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2003
Dermott's Quest
Movie Gwen
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2003
The Event
Movie Dana Shapiro
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2002
No Such Thing
Movie Beatrice
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2002
I Shout Love
Movie Director
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2001
The Weight of Water
Movie Maren Hontvedt
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2000
The Claim
Movie Hope Burn
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2000
Preludes
Movie
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2000
The Law of Enclosures
Movie Beatty 'Beatrice'
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2000
This Might Be Good
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