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Sarah Polley

Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn January 8, 1979 (46 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Blue Monkey
  • Babar: The Movie
  • The Event

Known For

  • Dawn of the Dead
  • Mr. Nobody
  • Women Talking
  • Go
  • Splice
  • Alias Grace
  • Take This Waltz
  • Away from Her
  • My Life Without Me
  • The Sweet Hereafter
  • Stories We Tell
  • eXistenZ
  • The Secret Life of Words
  • John Adams
  • The I Inside
  • The Studio (2025)
  • Exotica
  • Last Night
  • Road to Avonlea
  • No Such Thing
  • Guinevere
  • The Weight of Water
  • Don't Come Knocking
  • The Claim

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2010
    Trigger · as Hillary
    2009
    Mr. Nobody · as Adult Elise
    2009
    Splice · as Elsa
    2008
    John Adams (TV Series) · as Abigail Adams Smith
    2006
    2006
    XX premios Goya · as Hanna
    2005
    2005
    2005
    Beowulf & Grendel · as Selma
    2005
    2004
    2004
    Siblings · as Tabby
    2004
    Sugar · as Pregnant Girl
    2004
    The I Inside · as Clair
    2004
    2004
    2003
    Luck · as Margaret
    2003
    Slings & Arrows (TV Series) · as Sophie
    2003
    2003
    The Event · as Dana Shapiro
    2001
    No Such Thing · as Beatrice
    2000
    The Claim · as Hope Burn
    2000
    The Law of Enclosures · as Beatty 'beatrice'
    2000
    The Weight of Water · as Maren Hontvedt
    2000
    Love Come Down · as Sister Sarah
    1999
    Guinevere · as Harper Sloane
    1999
    1999
    eXistenZ · as Merle
    1999
    Go · as Ronna Martin
    1998
    Happy Christmas, Miss King · as Sara Stanley
    1998
    Jerry and Tom · as Deb
    1998
    Last Night · as Jennifer Wheeler
    1998
    Made in Canada (TV Series) · as Rhonda
    1998
    White Lies · as Catherine
    1997
    1997
    The Hanging Garden · as Teen Rosemary
    1997
    The Sweet Hereafter · as Nicole Burnell
    1996
    1996
    Life and Times (TV Series) · as Narrator
    1994
    Exotica · as Tracey
    1991
    1991
    The Hidden Room (TV Series) · as Alice
    1990
    Road to Avonlea (TV Series) · as Sara Stanley
    1990
    1989
    Lantern Hill · as Jody Turner
    1989
    Babar: The Movie · as Young Celeste
    1988
    1988
    Ramona (TV Series) · as Ramona
    1987
    Friday the 13th: The Series (TV Series) · as Mary
    1987
    The Big Town · as Christy Donaldson
    1987
    1987
    Hands of a Stranger · as Suzie Hearn
    1987
    1986
    Confidential · as Emma (child)
    1985
    One Magic Christmas · as Molly Monaghan
    1985
    Night Heat (TV Series) · as Cindy Keating
    1984
    Screen Two (TV Series) · as Becky Hawthorne

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