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.
My Life Without Me
(Ann)
The Secret Life of Words
(Hanna)
Dawn of the Dead
(Ana)
The Sweet Hereafter
(Nicole Burnell)
Don't Come Knocking
(Sky)
eXistenZ
(Merle)
Exotica
(Tracey Brown)
Mr. Nobody
(Adult Elise)
The I Inside
(Clair)
Go
(Ronna Martin)
One Magic Christmas
(Molly Monaghan)
The Weight of Water
(Maren Hontvedt)
The Event
(Dana Shapiro)
No Such Thing
(Beatrice)
Babar: The Movie
(Young Celeste)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
(Sally Salt)
Guinevere
(Harper Sloane)
Splice
(Elsa)
The Claim
(Hope Burn)
Last Night
(Jennifer Wheeler)
Heaven On Earth
(Becky Hawthorne)
Trigger
(Hillary)
White Lies
(Catherine)
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
(Josephine)
Jerry and Tom
(Deb)
Wrath of Gods
(Self)
Blue Monkey
(Ellen)
Siblings
(Tabby)
Stories We Tell
(Self (uncredited))
Pretty Kill
(Karla)
This Might Be Good
Lantern Hill
(Jody Turner)
Preludes
Beowulf & Grendel
(Selma)
The Life Before This
(Connie)
The Planet of Junior Brown
(Butter)
Children First!
(Host)
Luck
(Margaret)
Hands of a Stranger
(Suzie Hearn)
Road to Avonlea: The Movie
Confidential
(Emma (child))
The Law of Enclosures
(Beatty 'Beatrice')
Johann's Gift to Christmas
(The Angel)
Love Come Down
(Sister Sarah)
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
(Self - Filmmaker)
The Hanging Garden
(Teen Rosemary)
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen
(Self - 'Sally Salt')
Sugar
(Pregnant Girl)
The Big Town
(Christy Donaldson)
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
(Self)
Dermott's Quest
(Gwen)
Friday the 13th: The Series
(Mary)
Ramona
(Ramona)
Slings & Arrows
(Sophie)
Road to Avonlea
(Sara Stanley)
John Adams
(Abigail Adams Smith)
Teen Choice Awards
(Self - Nominee)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
(Self)
Away from Her
(Director)
Take This Waltz
(Director)
Take This Waltz
(Writer)
Take This Waltz
(Producer)
Stories We Tell
(Director)
Stories We Tell
(Writer)
Women Talking
(Screenplay)
The Best Day of My Life
(Screenplay)
Don't Think Twice
(Director)
Don't Think Twice
(Writer)
Don't Think Twice
(Producer)
Away from Her
(Writer)
The Secret Path
(Executive Producer)
& Sons
(Writer)
I Shout Love
(Director)
I Shout Love
(Writer)
The Best Kind of People
(Director)
The Best Kind of People
(Screenplay)
The Best Kind of People
(Producer)
Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity
(Executive Producer)
The Best Day of My Life
(Director)
Women Talking
(Director)
Alias Grace
(Producer)
Hey Lady!
(Executive Producer)
Hey Lady!
(Director)
Alias Grace
(Writer)
Alias Grace
(Teleplay)
Alias Grace
(Creator)