Women Talking
2022
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Sarah Ellen Polley OC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, 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.
Actress: My Life Without Me. Sarah Polley is an actress and director renowned in her native Canada for her political activism. Blessed with an extremely expressive face that enables directors to minimize dialog due to her uncanny ability to suggest a character's thoughts, Polley has become a favorite of critics for her sensitive portraits of ...
Mar 13, 2022 · In the fall of 2015, the filmmaker Sarah Polley was at a swimming pool near her home in Toronto, rummaging through a lost-and-found bin for her hair dryer, when a jostled fire extinguisher fell...
Nov 14, 2022 · Polley had become famous as a child actor—by her early teens, she was a household name in her native Canada, starring in “Road to Avonlea,” a nostalgic television series inspired by the...
Mar 2, 2022 · NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with actress, director and writer Sarah Polley about her new book, Run Towards the Danger.
Mar 13, 2023 · An extraordinary win for Toronto writer-director Sarah Polley was one of many pivotal points during a victorious night for Team Canada at the Oscars, with additional key wins for Montreal...
May 9, 2024 · Sarah Polley (born January 8, 1979, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor, director, writer, and producer who first won acclaim as a child actor, noted for her natural and unaffected performances in Atom Egoyan’s Exotica (1994) and The Sweet Hereafter (1997), among other credits.
Feb 17, 2022 · It’s been more than six years since Sarah Polley was struck on the head by a fire extinguisher, one that was unwisely hung over a lost-and-found box at her local community center, leaving...
Mar 12, 2023 · Sarah Polley has won her first Academy Award. The Canadian filmmaker, who hails from Toronto, Ont., was awarded the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar Sunday night for her movie, Women Talking.
Mar 12, 2023 · March 12, 2023 8:04pm. Sarah Polley won her first Oscar for her Women Talking. “First of all, just want to thank the Academy for not being mortally offended by the words women and...
