Sarah Polley

Represented by Celia Chassels

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Height: 5'2"         Hair:  Blonde           Eyes:  Blue            ACTRA/CAEA

 

SELECTED FILM:

Splice

Elsa (Lead)

Gaumont//Copperheart Ent.; Dir; Vincenzo Natali

Mr. Nobody

Elise (Lead)

Christal Films; Dir: Jaco Van Dormael

++The Secret Life of Words

Hanna (Lead)

El Deseo S.A.; Dir: Isabel Coixet

Don't Come Knocking

Sky (Lead)

DCK Prod.; Dir: Wim Wenders

Dawn Of The Dead

Ana (Lead)

Corpus Vivos Prods.; Dir: Zack Synder

Luck

Margaret (Lead)

34 Seconds; Dir: Peter Wellington

*My Life Without Me

Anne ( Lead)

Prod: P. Almodovar; Dir: Isabel Croixet

The Event

Dana (Co-Star)

Think Films; Dir: Thom Fitzgerald

No Such Thing

Beatrice (Lead)

American Zoetrope; Dir: Hal Hartley

The Claim

Hope (Lead)

Revolution Films; Dir; M. Winterbottom

Weight Of Water

Maron (Lead)

Prod: Janet Yang; Dir: Kathryn Bigelow

Law of Enclosures

Beatrice (Lead)

Alliance; Dir: John Greyson

Life Before This

Connie (Co-star)

Alliance; Dir: Jerry Ciccoritti

Guinevere

Harper (Lead)

Miramax; Dir: Audrey Wells

EXISTENZ

Merle (Co-Star)

Miramax/Alliance; Dir: David Cronenberg

Go

Ronna (Lead)

Columbia/TriStar; Dir: Doug Liman

****White Lies

Catherine (Lead)

CBC; Dir: Kari Skogland

The Planet of Jr. Brown

Butter (Co-star)

Filmworks/CBC; Dir: Clement Virgo

**The Sweet Hereafter

Nicole (Lead)

EgoArts; Dir: Atom Egoyan

***The Hanging Garden

Teen Rosemary (Co-star)

Triptych; Dir: Thom Fitzgerald

Joe's So Mean to Josephine

Josephine (Lead)

Accent/Alliance; Dir: Peter Wellington

Exotica

Tracey (Co-star)

Alliance; Dir: Atom Egoyan

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Sally Salt (Lead)

Columbia; Dir: Terry Gilliam

 

*Genie Award 2003 - Best Actress: My Life Without Me

**Cannes-Grand Prix-1997 International Critics Prize - 1997

Chicago and Boston Film Critics Award-Best Supporting Actress-1997

***Most Popular Film - Toronto Int'l Film Fest - Atlantic Film Fest - Vancouver Film Fest

Best Canadian Film - Toronto Int'l Film Festival - shared with the Sweet Hereafter

****International Emmy Nomination

++Goya Award 2005 - Best Film; European Film Actress 2006 Nomination

 

SELECTED TELEVISION:

John Adams

Lead

HBO; Prod: Tom Hanks

Slings and Arrows

Guest Star

Rhombus Media/TMN; Dir: Peter Wellington

#Straight Up

Series Regular

CBC/Alliance; Dir: Jerry Ciccoritti

Road to Avonlea (7 seasons)

Series Lead

Disney/CBC; Dir: Various

Ramona

Series Lead

PBS/Atlantis/Lancit

#Lantern Hill

Lead

Disney Prods./Kevin Sullivan

 

 

 

#Gemini Award

 

 

 

DIRECTING/PRODUCING/WRITING:

@Away From Her

The Harp

@@ Shout Love

Don't Think Twice

The Best Day Of My Life

 

@Nominated for Academy Award 2008 - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

@@Best Short Dramatic Film Genie- 2003, Kristen Thompson: Actra Award- Outstanding Female Performance

Complete list of awards available upon request.