Biography
Sarah Ellen Polley is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, political activist and 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).
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2023
- Writers Guild of America Award · 2023
- Canada's Walk of Fame · 2010
- Canadian Comedy Award — Best Performance by a Female – Film
- Governor General's Performing Arts Award
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- John Dunning Best First Feature Award
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2023 · nominated
- Golden Globe Award — Best Screenplay · 2023 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2008 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actress · 2006 · nominated
Filmography40 titles
Avonlea
Mr. Nobody
The Studio
John Adams
Slings and Arrows
Friday the 13th: The Series
Alias Grace
Stories We Tell
Dawn of the Dead
Away from Her
The Secret Life of Words
Go
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Sweet Hereafter
Women Talking
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
eXistenZ
Last Night
Exotica
Take This Waltz
Jerry and Tom
Don't Come Knocking
The Hanging Garden
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
My Life Without Me
No Such Thing
The Claim
Splice
The I Inside
One Magic Christmas
The Event
Guinevere
Babar: The Movie
Seven Veils
Beowulf & Grendel
Love Come Down
The Weight of Water
The Big Town
Blue Monkey
The Planet of Junior Brown