Sarah Polley

Acting · Born 1979-01-08 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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…

Filmography

• The Secret Life of Words as Hanna
• Dawn of the Dead as Ana
• Mr. Nobody as Adult Elise
• Go as Ronna Martin
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen as Sally Salt
• Stories We Tell as Self (uncredited)
• My Life Without Me as Ann
• The Sweet Hereafter as Nicole Burnell
• Don't Come Knocking as Sky
• eXistenZ as Merle

TV

• John Adams as Abigail Adams Smith
• The Studio as Sarah Polley
• Friday the 13th: The Series as Mary
• Ramona as Ramona
• Slings & Arrows as Sophie
• Road to Avonlea as Sara Stanley
• Teen Choice Awards as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
• The Oscars as Self
• Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee