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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 · The New Yorker Interview. The Stories Sarah Polley Couldn’t Tell. The director spent years recovering from a head injury, raising a family, and facing the traumas of her past. In a new book,...
Jun 12, 2022 · Photograph: Collection Christophel/Alamy. As a child, the Canadian actor-director starred in the former Python’s The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. In this extract from her new memoir, she recalls...
Apr 12, 2024 · Sarah Polley (born January 8, 1979, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) 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.
Mar 13, 2023 · Toronto writer-director Sarah Polley won the award for best adapted screenplay at the 2023 Academy Awards on Sunday night, an evening with a distinctly Canadian flavour, including a lead-actor...
May 30, 2022 · Claire Armitstead. As a child star, the actor suffered trauma and neglect. Now an acclaimed director, she is confronting the ghosts of her past with a frank new book. Mon 30 May 2022 03.00 EDT.
