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Sarah Polley

1979 - Today

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Sarah Ellen Polley (born January 8, 1979) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 33 in 2024). Sarah Polley is the 8,860th most popular actor (down from 6,427th in 2024), the 797th most popular biography from Canada (down from 535th in 2019) and the 235th most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among actors, Sarah Polley ranks 8,860 out of 13,578. Before her are Payman Maadi, Kazunari Ninomiya, Fred Savage, Joan Blackman, Jonathan Goldstein, and Surekha Sikri. After her are Özge Özpirinçci, John Pyper-Ferguson, Lea DeLaria, Kang Ji-hwan, Gina Philips, and Daniel Kaluuya.

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Among people born in 1979, Sarah Polley ranks 367. Before her are Lisa Batiashvili, Cara Black, Elisabeth Harnois, Nicki Hunter, Park Si-yeon, and Marieke Vervoort. After her are Glover Teixeira, Andrea Osvárt, Ivan Miljković, Michel Franco, Milene Domingues, and Darjuš Lavrinovič.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Sarah Polley ranks 797 out of 1,622. Before her are Guy Lombardo (1902), Hugh Dillon (1963), Nicole de Boer (1970), Maude Abbott (1868), Caroline Rhea (1964), and Tiny Thompson (1903). After her are Catriona Le May Doan (1970), Corey Hart (1962), Irving Kaplansky (1917), Erik Mongrain (1980), Devon Larratt (1975), and Diego Klattenhoff (1979).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Sarah Polley ranks 235. Before her are Brendan Fehr (1977), Finn Wolfhard (2002), Missy Peregrym (1982), Rick Genest (1985), Nicole de Boer (1970), and Caroline Rhea (1964). After her are Diego Klattenhoff (1979), Robbie Amell (1988), Kevin Zegers (1984), Laura Vandervoort (1984), Charlene Choi (1982), and Caterina Scorsone (1981).

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