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 Stan ... ley 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.
Road to Avonlea
as Sara Stanley
Episodes: 91
First Aired: Jan 07, 1990
Ramona
as Ramona
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Sep 10, 1988
John Adams
as Abigail Adams Smith
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Mar 16, 2008
Slings & Arrows
as Sophie
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Nov 03, 2003
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Mary
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1987
Teen Choice Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 01, 1999
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 2015
The Oscars
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 19, 1953
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 03, 2021
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