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Sarah Polley

1979-01-08

The Biography

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.

Sarah Polley in

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Dawn of the Dead

7.056 average rating
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Splice

5.9 average rating
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Mr. Nobody

7.816 average rating
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Go

6.997 average rating
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eXistenZ

6.8 average rating
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My Life Without Me

6 average rating
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

6.954 average rating
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Exotica

6.623 average rating
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The I Inside

5.9 average rating
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The Secret Life of Words

7 average rating
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Beowulf & Grendel

5.6 average rating
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Don't Come Knocking

6.2 average rating
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One Magic Christmas

5.789 average rating
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The Sweet Hereafter

6.891 average rating
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The Claim

6.038 average rating
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Last Night

6.6 average rating
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The Big Town

5.4 average rating
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Guinevere

5.9 average rating
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Stories We Tell

7.082 average rating
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The Weight of Water

5.503 average rating