Polley at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival
Born
Sarah Ellen Polley
(1979-01-08) January 8, 1979 (age 45)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
Actor
writer
director
producer
political activist
Years active
1985–present
Spouses
David Wharnsby
(m. 2003; div. 2008)
David Sandomierski
(m. 2011)
Children
3
Parent
Harry Gulkin (biological father)
Sarah Ellen PolleyOC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, political activist and retired actress.[1] 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.[2] Polley's second film, Take This Waltz (2011), premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] followed by her first documentary film, Stories We Tell (2012). She also wrote the miniseries Alias Grace,[4] based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood.[5] 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.[6]
^Howell, Peter (September 24, 1999)"Nobody's Starlet: Toronto's Sarah Polley is Only 20 but already a veteran actor so secure in her craft she can thumb her nose at Hollywood". Toronto Star. September 4, 1999. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
^"Sarah Polley pulls name off heart film". Retrieved January 11, 2018.
^"TIFF 2011: U2, Brad Pitt, George Clooney Films Featured At 2011 Toronto International Film Festival". The Huffington Post. July 26, 2011. Archived from the original on December 8, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
^"Alias Grace: Miniseries". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
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^"Sarah Polley wins her 1st-ever Oscar for 'Women Talking' - National | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
Sarah Ellen Polley OC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, political activist and retired actress. She first garnered attention as a...
We Tell is a 2012 Canadian documentary film written and directed by SarahPolley and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The film explores...
Williams and Seth Rogen in Take This Waltz, written and directed by SarahPolley. The film was well received when it premiered at the 2011 Toronto International...
collection by Canadian director, screenwriter, and former child actress SarahPolley. It was published on 1 March 2022 by September Publishing. Each of the...
film, cowritten and directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, SarahPolley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Robin Williams and Uma Thurman...
Her is a 2006 Canadian independent drama film written and directed by SarahPolley and starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent. Olympia Dukakis, Michael...
biological father of the film's director, SarahPolley, through an affair with Polley's married mother, Diane Elizabeth Polley (née MacMillan). His granddaughter...
is a 2003 Canadian drama film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring SarahPolley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, and Leonor Watling. Based on the 1997...
1967) is a Canadian film editor. He was married to director and actress SarahPolley. Wharnsby was born in Waterloo, Ontario. He attended Kitchener-Waterloo...
Mondell co-directed with Allen Mondell 2006 Away from Her; director: SarahPolley 2006 Day Night Day Night; director: Julia Loktev 2006 The Dead Girl;...
Women Talking is a 2022 American drama film written and directed by SarahPolley. It is based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews, and inspired...
20th century (1903–1912). Ten-year-old Montreal heiress Sara Stanley (SarahPolley) is sent by her wealthy father to live with her two maiden aunts, Hetty...
starring SarahPolley, Tim Robbins, Javier Cámara and Julie Christie. It was released on 15 December 2006. Taciturn, partially deaf Hanna (Polley) is a Yugoslavian...
it also stars Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, SarahPolley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, and Robert A. Silverman. The film...
2019 Trillium Book Award. A film adaptation of the book, directed by SarahPolley and produced by and featuring Frances McDormand, Rooney Mara, and Claire...
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