
Sarah Polley
- Recitazione
- 8 gennaio 1979 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biografia
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 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.
Noto per
Filmografia
- & Sons · Sceneggiatura
- The Studio · Sarah Polley
- L'ultima danza di Salomè · Ringraziamenti
- Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity · Produzione esecutiva
- Women Talking - Il diritto di scegliere · Sceneggiatura, Regia
- Directors on Directors · In persona
- Hey Lady! · Produzione esecutiva, Regia
- Margaret Atwood: il potere delle parole · In persona
- L'altra Grace · Produzione, Produzione esecutiva
- The Secret Path · Produzione esecutiva
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · In persona
- Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women · In persona
- Storie di famiglia · In persona, Regia
- Take This Waltz · Regia, Sceneggiatura
- Trigger · Hillary
- Splice · Elsa Kast
- Mr. Nobody · Adult Elise
- The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen · In persona
- John Adams · Abigail Adams Smith
- Reiði guðanna · In persona
- Away from Her - Lontano da lei · Regia, Sceneggiatura
- La vita segreta delle parole · Hanna
- Beowulf & Grendel · Selma
- Non bussare alla mia porta · Sky
- Siblings · Tabby
- Sugar · Pregnant Girl
- Luck · Margaret
- The I Inside · Clair
- L'alba dei morti viventi · Ana
- Slings & Arrows · Sophie
- La mia vita senza me · Ann
- Dermott's Quest · Gwen
- The Event · Dana Shapiro
- Monster · Beatrice
- I Shout Love · Sceneggiatura, Regia
- Il mistero dell'acqua · Maren Hontvedt
- Le bianche tracce della vita · Hope Burn
- Preludes
- The Law of Enclosures · Beatty 'Beatrice'
- This Might Be Good
- Love Come Down · Sister Sarah
- Don't Think Twice · Produzione, Regia
- The Life Before This · Connie
- Guinevere · Harper Sloane
- Teen Choice Awards · In persona
- eXistenZ · Merle
- Go - Una notte da dimenticare · Ronna Martin
- The Best Day of My Life · Sceneggiatura, Regia
- Jerry & Tom · Deb
- Last Night · Jennifer Wheeler
- White Lies · Catherine
- Il dolce domani · Nicole Burnell
- The Planet of Junior Brown · Butter
- Il giardino dei ricordi · Teen Rosemary
- Joe's So Mean to Josephine · Josephine
- Children First! · Host
- Exotica · Tracey
- Johann's Gift to Christmas · The Angel
- The Hidden Room · Alice
- Road to Avonlea · Sara Stanley
- Road to Avonlea: The Movie
- Lantern Hill · Jody Turner
- Babar · Young Celeste
- Le avventure del Barone di Munchausen · Sally Salt
- Ramona · Ramona
- Venerdì 13 · Mary
- Blue Monkey · Ellen
- Braccio vincente · Christy Donaldson
- Hands of a Stranger · Suzie Hearn
- Pretty Kill · Karla
- Heaven On Earth · Becky Hawthorne
- The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
- Confidential · Emma (child)
- Un magico Natale · Molly Monaghan
- Screen Two · Becky Hawthorne
- Oscars: La notte in diretta · In persona
- Golden Globe Awards · In persona
- The Best Kind of People · Regia, Produzione
- The Bell Jar · Regia, Sceneggiatura











