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Sarah Polley is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Canadienne born on 8 january 1979 at Toronto (Canada)
Sarah E. Polley OC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress and film director. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series Road to Avonlea. She has also starred in such films as Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Guinevere, Go, The Weight of Water, My Life Without Me, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Dawn of the Dead, Splice, and Mr. Nobody.
Polley made her feature film directorial debut with Away from Her, 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, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011. Her latest film, Stories We Tell, is her first feature-length documentary. It had its world premiere at the 2012 Venice Film Festival, and its North American premiere followed at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Toronto Film Critics Association awarded it the $100,000 prize for best Canadian film of the year.
In 2007 Polley discovered that the man who raised her was not her biological father. The story of her mother's affair and her biological father are detailed in her documentary Stories We Tell.
On August 23, 2011, she married Canadian law clerk David Sandomierski, who is working on his PhD in law at the University of Toronto. Their daughter Eve was born on February 7, 2012. In August 2014, Polley revealed that she had given birth to a second daughter.
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(2007)
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(1988)
(Actress)
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Nationality Canada
Birth 8 january 1979 (45 years) at Toronto (Canada)
Awards Officer of the Order of Canada, Writers Guild of America Award
Birth 8 january 1979 (45 years) at Toronto (Canada)
Awards Officer of the Order of Canada, Writers Guild of America Award
Sarah E. Polley OC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress and film director. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series Road to Avonlea. She has also starred in such films as Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, Guinevere, Go, The Weight of Water, My Life Without Me, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Dawn of the Dead, Splice, and Mr. Nobody.
Polley made her feature film directorial debut with Away from Her, 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, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011. Her latest film, Stories We Tell, is her first feature-length documentary. It had its world premiere at the 2012 Venice Film Festival, and its North American premiere followed at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Toronto Film Critics Association awarded it the $100,000 prize for best Canadian film of the year.
Biography
Polley is an atheist. On September 10, 2003, she married Canadian film editor David Wharnsby, her companion of seven years. They divorced in 2008.In 2007 Polley discovered that the man who raised her was not her biological father. The story of her mother's affair and her biological father are detailed in her documentary Stories We Tell.
On August 23, 2011, she married Canadian law clerk David Sandomierski, who is working on his PhD in law at the University of Toronto. Their daughter Eve was born on February 7, 2012. In August 2014, Polley revealed that she had given birth to a second daughter.
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Filmography of Sarah Polley (42 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Every Thing Will Be Fine | Actress | Kate |
| 2013 | Stories We Tell | Actress, Director, Writer | Self (uncredited) |
| 2012 | Take This Waltz | Director, Writer, Producer | |
| 2010 | Splice | Actress | Elsa |
| 2010 | Trigger | Actress | Hillary |
| 2009 | Mr. Nobody | Actress | Adult Elise |
| 2007 | Away from Her | Director, Writer | |
| 2007 | Wrath of Gods | Actress | Self |
| 2005 | Beowulf & Grendel | Actress | Selma |
| 2005 | Don't Come Knocking | Actress | Sky |
| 2005 | The Secret Life of Words | Actress | Hanna |
| 2004 | Dawn of the Dead | Actress | Ana |
| 2004 | A Day Without a Mexican | Scriptwriter | |
| 2004 | The I Inside | Actress | Clair |
| 2004 | Sugar | Actress | Pregnant Girl |
| 2003 | My Life Without Me | Actress | Ann |
| 2003 | The Event | Actress | Dana Shapiro |
| 2001 | The Weight of Water | Actress | Maren Hontvedt |
| 2001 | No Such Thing | Actress | Beatrice |
| 2000 | The Law of Enclosures | Actress | Beatty 'Beatrice' |
| 2000 | The Claim | Actress | Hope Burn |
| 2000 | Love Come Down | Actress | Sister Sarah |
| 1999 | eXistenZ | Actress | Merle |
| 1999 | Go | Actress | Ronna Martin |
| 1999 | Guinevere | Actress | Harper Sloane |
| 1999 | The Life Before This | Actress | Connie |
| 1998 | Last Night | Actress | Jennifer Wheeler |
| 1998 | Jerry and Tom | Actress | Deb |
| 1998 | Last Night | Actress | Jennifer Wheeler |
| 1998 | White Lies | Actress | Catherine |
| 1997 | The Hanging Garden | Actress | Teen Rosemary |
| 1997 | The Sweet Hereafter | Actress | Nicole Burnell |
| 1997 | The Planet of Junior Brown | Actress | Butter |
| 1994 | Exotica | Actress | Tracey Brown |
| 1989 | Babar: The Movie | Actress | Young Celeste |
| 1989 | Lantern Hill | Actress | Jody Turner |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Actress | Sally Salt |
| 1987 | The Big Town | Actress | Christy Donaldson |
| 1987 | Blue Monkey | Actress | Ellen |
| 1987 | Pretty Kill | Actress | Karla |
| 1986 | Hands of a Stranger | Actress | Suzie Hearn |
| 1985 | One Magic Christmas | Actress | Molly Monaghan |