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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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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November 7th, 2019 | Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power | Self - Filmmaker | 6.8 | |
August 10th, 2014 | Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women | Self | 6.5 | |
October 12th, 2012 | Stories We Tell | Self (uncredited) | 7.1 | |
September 12th, 2010 | Trigger | Hillary | 4.8 | |
June 3rd, 2010 | Splice | Elsa | 5.9 | |
November 6th, 2009 | Mr. Nobody | Adult Elise | 7.8 | |
April 8th, 2008 | The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen | Self - 'Sally Salt' | 7.8 | |
May 6th, 2007 | Wrath of Gods | Self | 5 | |
December 15th, 2005 | The Secret Life of Words | Hanna | 7 | |
September 14th, 2005 | Beowulf & Grendel | Selma | 5.6 | |
August 25th, 2005 | Don't Come Knocking | Sky | 6.2 | |
September 14th, 2004 | Siblings | Tabby | 5.1 | |
May 22nd, 2004 | Sugar | Pregnant Girl | 5 | |
April 30th, 2004 | Luck | Margaret | 5.9 | |
March 21st, 2004 | The I Inside | Clair | 5.9 | |
March 19th, 2004 | Dawn of the Dead | Ana | 7.1 | |
March 7th, 2003 | My Life Without Me | Ann | 6.1 | |
March 1st, 2003 | Dermott's Quest | Gwen | 6.5 | |
January 19th, 2003 | The Event | Dana Shapiro | 5.8 | |
March 29th, 2002 | No Such Thing | Beatrice | 6 | |
March 30th, 2001 | The Weight of Water | Maren Hontvedt | 5.5 | |
December 29th, 2000 | The Claim | Hope Burn | 6 | |
November 15th, 2000 | Preludes | TBD | TBD | |
September 15th, 2000 | The Law of Enclosures | Beatty 'Beatrice' | 4.9 | |
September 7th, 2000 | This Might Be Good | TBD | 6.5 | |
August 2nd, 2000 | Love Come Down | Sister Sarah | 5.5 | |
September 15th, 1999 | The Life Before This | Connie | 5 | |
September 12th, 1999 | Guinevere | Harper Sloane | 5.8 | |
April 14th, 1999 | eXistenZ | Merle | 6.8 | |
April 9th, 1999 | Go | Ronna Martin | 7 | |
December 4th, 1998 | Jerry and Tom | Deb | 6.3 | |
October 23rd, 1998 | Last Night | Jennifer Wheeler | 6.7 | |
March 29th, 1998 | White Lies | Catherine | 5.6 | |
September 25th, 1997 | The Sweet Hereafter | Nicole Burnell | 6.9 | |
September 6th, 1997 | The Planet of Junior Brown | Butter | 4.5 | |
September 5th, 1997 | The Hanging Garden | Teen Rosemary | 6.2 | |
January 18th, 1997 | Joe's So Mean to Josephine | Josephine | 5.6 | |
January 1st, 1996 | Children First! | Host | 10 | |
September 29th, 1994 | Exotica | Tracey | 6.6 | |
September 25th, 1992 | Johann's Gift to Christmas | The Angel | 7 | |
January 1st, 1990 | Road to Avonlea: The Movie | TBD | 9 | |
August 29th, 1989 | Lantern Hill | Jody Turner | 8 | |
July 28th, 1989 | Babar: The Movie | Young Celeste | 5.8 | |
December 7th, 1988 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Sally Salt | 7 | |
September 25th, 1987 | Blue Monkey | Ellen | 5 | |
September 25th, 1987 | The Big Town | Christy Donaldson | 5.6 | |
May 10th, 1987 | Hands of a Stranger | Suzie Hearn | 4.9 | |
March 27th, 1987 | Pretty Kill | Karla | 2.4 | |
March 1st, 1987 | Heaven On Earth | Becky Hawthorne | 8 | |
March 9th, 1986 | The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood | TBD | 5.5 | |
January 1st, 1986 | Confidential | Emma (child) | 3.3 | |
November 22nd, 1985 | One Magic Christmas | Molly Monaghan | 5.9 |