Birth Date: January 8, 1979
Birth Place: Toronto, Ontario, USA
Occupation: Actress, writer, director
Claim to Fame: Go, 1999
Height: 5'2"
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Blonde
Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley Links: Sarah Polley at Babe Invasion Top Celebrity Pages: Sarah Polley Bomis: Sarah Polley TeraBabes: Sarah Polley Sarah Polley Quotes: “The films I learned to act in always involved something ambiguous. In the Atom Egoyen films the unspoken is what’s important – the words are mechanisms to talk around what you’re really talking about. And now I feel a struggle sometimes when a piece of dialogue is exactly what it is.” “I like to play people who have secrets, who have isolated themselves in some way. I do think of loneliness as the thing that I’m constantly running away from – but I don’t think I’m the only person who feels that way.” “I wonder is, in running away from mainstream, you make yourself more inaccessible than you need to be.” “It’ll be the first time I’ve been interviewed by someone who’s going to alienate more people than I will.” [when interviewed by Mark Ruffalo in Interview magazine, 2003] |
Trivia:
-She had her first audition at age 5. She debuted in films at age 6 with
"One Magic Christmas"
-Dropped out of high school to become a political activist for Socialist groups. Lived with her writer boyfriend in Toronto. Was attacked by police at a political protest at Queens Park in 1995.
-In 1994 had surgery to correct scoliosis.
-Daughter of actor Michael Polley and casting director Diane Polley. Her mother died when she was 11.
-Lost some back teeth at a rally, in a violent clash between police and protesters.
-When she was 12, during the gulf war, she attended a children’s awards show in Washington DC and was seated at a table with some representatives from Disney. They asked her to remove a peace symbol that she was wearing but she refused. Disney has blacklisted her ever since.
-Bears a striking resemblance to a young Uma Thurman.
-Attending the Canadian Film Centre's director's program. [2001]
Filmography:
I Inside, The (2003) .... Claire
Dermott's Quest (2003) .... Gwen
My Life Without Me (2003) .... Ann
Event, The (2003) .... Dana
Luck (2002)
No Such Thing (2001) .... Beatrice
This Might Be Good (2000)
Claim, The (2000) .... Hope Burn
Law of Enclosures, The (2000) .... Beatrice
Love Come Down (2000) .... Sister Sarah
Weight of Water, The (2000) .... Maren Hontvedt
Life Before This, The (1999) .... Connie
Go (1999) .... Ronna Martin
eXistenZ (1999) .... Merle
Guinevere (1999) .... Harper Sloane
Last Night (1998) .... Jennifer 'Jenny' Wheeler
White Lies (1998/I) (TV) .... Catherine Chapman
Jerry and Tom (1998) .... Deb
"Straight Up" (1997) TV Series .... Lily
Planet of Junior Brown, The (1997) .... Butter
Hanging Garden, The (1997) .... Teen Rosemary
Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) .... Nicole
Children First! (1996)
Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1996) .... Josephine
Exotica (1994) .... Tracey Brown
Johann's Gift to Christmas (1991) (TV) .... Angel
Lantern Hill (1990) (TV) .... Jody Turner
Babar: The Movie (1989) (voice) .... Young Celeste
"Road to Avonlea" (1989) TV Series .... Sara Stanley
"Ramona" (1988) TV Series .... Ramona Quimby
Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1988) .... Sally Salt
Blue Monkey (1987) .... Ellen
Heaven on Earth (1987) (TV)
Prettykill (1987) .... Karla
Big Town, The (1987) .... Christy Donaldson
Hands of a Stranger (1987) (TV)
One Magic Christmas (1985) .... Molly Monaghan
Director:
All I Want for Christmas (2002)
I Shout Love (2001)
Best Day of My Life, The (1999)
Don't Think Twice (1999)
Writer:
I Shout Love (2001)
Don't Think Twice (1999)
