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Sarah Ellen Polley is a Canadian actress, writer, director, producer and political activist. Polley first garnered attention as a child actress for her role as Ramona Quimby in the television series Ramona, based on Beverly Cleary's books. Subsequently this 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 Exotica (1994), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Guinevere (1999), Go (1999), The Weight of Water (2000), My Life Without Me (2003), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Splice (2009), and Mr. Nobody (2009).
Born
Monday, 08 January 1979
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power | Self / Self - Filmmaker | 2019 |
Stories We Tell | Self | 2012 |
Trigger | Hillary | 2010 |
Splice | Elsa Kast / Elsa | 2010 |
Mr. Nobody | Adult Elise | 2009 |
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism | Self | 2009 |
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen | Self - 'Sally Salt' | 2008 |
The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2008 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power | Self / Self - Filmmaker | 2019 |
Stories We Tell | Self | 2012 |
Trigger | Hillary | 2010 |
Splice | Elsa Kast / Elsa | 2010 |
Mr. Nobody | Adult Elise | 2009 |
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism | Self | 2009 |
The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen | Self - 'Sally Salt' | 2008 |
The 80th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2008 |
John Adams | Abigail Adams Smith | 2008 |
Wrath of Gods | Self | 2006 |
The Secret Life of Words | Hanna | 2005 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Beowulf & Grendel | Selma | 2005 |
Don't Come Knocking | Sky | 2005 |
Siblings | Tabby | 2004 |
Sugar | Pregnant Girl | 2004 |
Luck | Margaret | 2004 |
Dawn of the Dead | Ana | 2004 |
The I Inside | Clair | 2004 |
Slings and Arrows | Sophie | 2003 |
The Event | Dana / Dana Shapiro | 2003 |
My Life Without Me | Ann | 2003 |
No Such Thing | Beatrice | 2001 |
The Claim | Hope Dillon / Hope Burn | 2001 |
The Weight of Water | Maren Hontvedt | 2000 |
The Law of Enclosures | Beatty 'Beatrice' | 2000 |
Love Come Down | Sister Sarah | 2000 |
The Life Before This | Connie | 1999 |
Guinevere | Harper Sloane | 1999 |
eXistenZ | Merle | 1999 |
Go | Ronna Martin | 1999 |
Happy Christmas, Miss King | Sara Stanley | 1998 |
Jerry and Tom | Deb | 1998 |
Last Night | Jennifer Wheeler | 1998 |
The Hanging Garden | Teen Rosemary | 1997 |
The Sweet Hereafter | Nicole Burnell / Nicole | 1997 |
The Planet of Junior Brown | Butter | 1997 |
Life and Times | Narrator | 1996 |
Joe's So Mean to Josephine | Josephine | 1996 |
Exotica | Harold's daughter / Tracey / Tracey Brown | 1994 |
The Hidden Room | Alice | 1991 |
Avonlea | Sara Stanley / Jo Pitts | 1990 |
Lantern Hill | Jody Turner | 1989 |
Babar: The Movie | Young Celeste | 1989 |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Sally Salt | 1988 |
Ramona | Ramona | 1988 |
Friday the 13th: The Series | Mary | 1987 |
The Big Town | Christy Donaldson | 1987 |
Blue Monkey | Ellen | 1987 |
Hands of a Stranger | Suzie Hearn | 1987 |
Tomorrow's a Killer | Karla | 1987 |
Confidential | Emma (child) / Emma | 1986 |
One Magic Christmas | Molly Monaghan | 1985 |
Night Heat | Cindy Keating | 1985 |
Screen Two | Becky Hawthorne | 1985 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Women Talking | 2022 |
Hey Lady! | 2020 |
Stories We Tell | 2012 |
Take This Waltz | 2011 |
Away from Her | 2007 |
The Shields Stories | 2004 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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A Better Man | 2018 |
Alias Grace | 2017 |
Secret Path | 2016 |
Take This Waltz | 2011 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2023 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
2023 | Oscar | Best Adapted Screenplay | Won |
2008 | Oscar | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |