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Sarah Polley

Born 1979 · Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter

Sarah Ellen Polley is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, political activist and 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).

Sarah Polley, in order

  1. 1985 One Magic Christmas: acted · directed by Phillip Borsos · critics 50%, audiences 69% · streaming on Disney+
  2. 1987 Blue Monkey: acted · directed by William Fruet · audiences 30% · streaming on Plex, Fawesome, Tubi
  3. 1987 The Big Town: acted · directed by Harold Becker · critics 50%, audiences 35% · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi
  4. 1988 Ramona (TV series): acted
  5. 1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: acted · directed by Terry Gilliam · critics 90%, audiences 82%
  6. 1990 Road to Avonlea (TV series): acted
  7. 1994 Exotica: acted · directed by Atom Egoyan · critics 95%, audiences 83%
  8. 1997 The Hanging Garden: acted · directed by Thom Fitzgerald · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
  9. 1997 The Sweet Hereafter: acted · directed by Atom Egoyan · critics 98%, audiences 86% · streaming on Criterion Channel
  10. 1998 Jerry and Tom: acted · directed by Saul Rubinek · critics 60%, audiences 72% · streaming on Hoopla
  11. 1998 Last Night: acted · directed by Don McKellar · critics 86%, audiences 85%
  12. 1998 White Lies (TV movie): acted · directed by Kari Skogland · streaming on Prime Video, Hoopla, Plex
  13. 1999 Existenz: acted · directed by David Cronenberg · critics 76%, audiences 69% · streaming on Plex
  14. 1999 Go: acted · directed by Doug Liman · critics 90%, audiences 78%
  15. 1999 Guinevere: acted · directed by Audrey Wells · critics 82%, audiences 53% · streaming on Hoopla
  16. 1999 The Law of Enclosures: acted · directed by John Greyson · audiences 33%
  17. 1999 The Life Before This: acted · directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
  18. 2000 The Claim: acted · directed by Michael Winterbottom · critics 61%, audiences 49% · streaming on Roku Channel, Fawesome, Tubi
  19. 2000 The Weight of Water: acted · directed by Kathryn Bigelow
  20. 2001 I Shout Love: directed, wrote
  21. 2001 No Such Thing: acted · directed by Hal Hartley · critics 31%, audiences 59% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Tubi
  22. 2003 Luck: acted · directed by Peter Wellington · critics 20%, audiences 38%
  23. 2003 My Life Without Me: acted · directed by Isabel Coixet · critics 64%, audiences 87%
  24. 2003 The Event: acted · directed by Thom Fitzgerald · streaming on Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Plex
  25. 2004 Dawn of the Dead: acted · directed by Zack Snyder · critics 77%, audiences 77% · streaming on Philo, Starz
  26. 2004 Sugar: acted · directed by John Palmer · critics 83%, audiences 61%
  27. 2004 The I Inside: acted · directed by Roland Suso Richter · critics 43%, audiences 43% · streaming on Hoopla
  28. 2005 Beowulf & Grendel: acted · directed by Sturla Gunnarsson · critics 51%, audiences 40% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  29. 2005 Don't Come Knocking: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 41%, audiences 60% · streaming on Roku Channel
  30. 2005 The Secret Life of Words: acted · directed by Isabel Coixet · critics 70%, audiences 86% · streaming on Prime Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
  31. 2006 Away from Her: directed, wrote · critics 94%, audiences 81% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, YouTube (free)
  32. 2006 Wrath of Gods: acted · directed by Jon Gustafsson
  33. 2008 John Adams (TV series): acted · directed by Tom Hooper · critics 83%, audiences 87% · streaming on HBO Max
  34. 2009 Mr. Nobody: acted · directed by Jaco Van Dormael · critics 65%, audiences 76% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  35. 2009 Splice: acted · directed by Vincenzo Natali · critics 74%, audiences 37%
  36. 2010 Trigger: acted · directed by Bruce McDonald · critics 86%, audiences 64%
  37. 2011 Take This Waltz: directed, wrote · critics 79%, audiences 58% · streaming on Netflix, fuboTV, Philo
  38. 2012 Stories We Tell: directed, wrote · critics 94%, audiences 79% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
  39. 2017 Alias Grace (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Mary Harron · critics 99%, audiences 88% · streaming on Netflix
  40. 2022 Women Talking: directed, wrote · critics 90%, audiences 80%
  41. 2025 & Sons: wrote · directed by Pablo Trapero · critics 54%
  42. 2025 The Studio (TV series): acted · critics 92%, audiences 77% · streaming on Apple TV
  43. The Bell Jar: directed, wrote