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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sarah_PolleySarah Polley - Wikipedia

    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.

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0001631Sarah Polley - IMDb

    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 wounded and conflicted young ...

  3. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2022/11/21Sarah Polley’s Journey from Child Star to Feminist Auteur

    Nov 14, 2022 · Sarah Polley’s Journey from Child Star to Feminist Auteur. Just as the subjects of her new movie, “Women Talking,” challenge the rules of their fundamentalist community, Polley is questioning...

  4. www.newyorker.com › culture › the-new-yorker-interviewThe Stories Sarah Polley Couldn’t Tell | The New Yorker

    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...

  5. www.cbc.ca › news › entertainmentToronto filmmaker Sarah Polley among Canadian triumphs at the...

    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...

  6. www.britannica.com › biography › Sarah-PolleySarah Polley | Biography, Movies, Oscar, & Facts | Britannica

    Jul 3, 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.

  7. english.elpais.com › culture › 2023/03/08Oscar nominee Sarah Polley: ‘This could’ve been the big year for...

    Mar 8, 2023 · Oscar nominee Sarah Polley: ‘This could’ve been the big year for Black female directors but it wasn’t: this is still a problem in the Academy’ The Canadian director is up for two Academy Awards,...

  8. www.npr.org › 2022/03/02 › 1084033913Sarah Polley on the medical advice that inspired her to confront...

    Mar 2, 2022 · NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with actress, director and writer Sarah Polley about her new book, Run Towards the Danger.

  9. www.indiewire.com › awards › consider-thisSarah Polley Talks 'Women Talking' (and More) -- Interview -...

    Feb 23, 2023 · Sarah Polley Just Wants Everyone to Talk More (A Lot More) The Oscar nominee has a utopian dream for her film: that it makes people, yes, talk. She tells IndieWire about the conversations, the...

  10. www.vogue.com › article › women-talking-sarah-polley-interview‘Women Talking’ Director Sarah Polley on Her Oscar Nod ... - ...

    Feb 19, 2023 · “It’s not just about representation, it’s about acknowledgement,” says “Women Talking” director Sarah Polley ahead of the 2023 Oscars.