Sarah Ellen Polley OC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress,
writer, director, producer and political activist. Polley first
garnered attention as a child actress for her role as Ramona Quimby in
the television series Ramona, based on Beverly Cleary's books.
Subsequently this led to her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian
television series Road to Avonlea (1990â€"1996). She has starred in
many feature films, including Exotica (1994), The Sweet Hereafter
(1997), Guinevere (1999), Go (1999), The Weight of Water (2000), 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 a Genie Award for Best
Achievement in Direction and was nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Adapted Screenplay. Polley's second film, Take This Waltz (2011),
premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.Her first
documentary film, Stories We Tell (2012), was awarded the $100,000
prize for best Canadian film of the year by the Toronto Film Critics
Association. In 2017, Polley executive produced the film A Better Man
(2017), and wrote the miniseries Alias Grace, based on the 1996 novel
of the same name by Margaret Atwood, which Polley began adapting in
2012.
writer, director, producer and political activist. Polley first
garnered attention as a child actress for her role as Ramona Quimby in
the television series Ramona, based on Beverly Cleary's books.
Subsequently this led to her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian
television series Road to Avonlea (1990â€"1996). She has starred in
many feature films, including Exotica (1994), The Sweet Hereafter
(1997), Guinevere (1999), Go (1999), The Weight of Water (2000), 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 a Genie Award for Best
Achievement in Direction and was nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Adapted Screenplay. Polley's second film, Take This Waltz (2011),
premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.Her first
documentary film, Stories We Tell (2012), was awarded the $100,000
prize for best Canadian film of the year by the Toronto Film Critics
Association. In 2017, Polley executive produced the film A Better Man
(2017), and wrote the miniseries Alias Grace, based on the 1996 novel
of the same name by Margaret Atwood, which Polley began adapting in
2012.
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