Acting
Sarah Polley
- Titles
- 60movies15TV shows
- Career
Active from 1987 to 2026, busiest in 1999 with 5 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 22top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
The Sweet Hereafter85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Family Dynamics6.3average 4.8
- Melancholy6.3average 4.7
- Pathos6.7average 5.2
- Psychological6.9average 5.6
- Romance4.7average 3.8
- Coming of Age3.8average 3.0
- Contemporary Realism6.1average 5.4
- Wit & Wordplay4.3average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.4, average 4.9
- Violence3.1, average 4.2
- Crime2.7, average 3.7
- Physical Comedy1.5, average 2.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 8
- Non-Linear Narrative 4
- Ensemble Cast 3
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Complex Relationships 3
- Moral Dilemma 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Character Study 3
- Contemporary Realism 3
- Dysfunctional Family 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Don McKellarActorExotica, Last Night, Trigger, The Event, Joe's So Mean to Josephine- LLuc MontpellierCinematographerWomen Talking, Away from Her, Take This Waltz, I Shout Love, Luck
Julian RichingsActorMy Life Without Me, The Claim, Trigger, I Shout Love- DDavid WharnsbyEditorAway from Her, I Shout Love, Don't Think Twice, The Best Day of My Life
Julie ChristieActorAway from Her, The Secret Life of Words, No Such Thing
Stephen ReaActorThe I Inside, Guinevere, The Life Before This- KKristen ThomsonActorAway from Her, The Law of Enclosures, I Shout Love
- JJonathan GoldsmithComposerAway from Her, Take This Waltz, Stories We Tell
Christopher DonaldsonEditorWomen Talking, Take This Waltz, Luck- SSusan ShiptonEditorMr. Nobody, Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter
Bruce GreenwoodActorExotica, The Sweet Hereafter
Cedric SmithActorRoad to Avonlea, Heaven On Earth
Movies and TV shows
63Upcoming
2 titles
Director, Screenplay
Director, Screenplay
2020s
5 titles · average score 65
Screenplay
TV show · as Sarah Polley
Thanks
Executive Producer
Screenplay, Director
2010s
5 titles · average score 71
Executive Producer
Director, Writer
Producer, Writer
as Elsa
as Hillary
2000s
21 titles · average score 60
as Adult Elise
TV show · as Abigail Adams Smith
Director, Writer
as Clair
as Margaret
as Beatrice
as Maren Hontvedt
as Beatty 'Beatrice'
1990s
17 titles · average score 69
as Ronna Martin
as Harper Sloane
as Connie
Producer, Director
Director, Screenplay
as Jennifer Wheeler
as Catherine
as Nicole Burnell
as Josephine
as Teen Rosemary
as Tracey
TV show · as Sara Stanley
1980s
13 titles · average score 59
as Jody Turner
as Young Celeste
as Sally Salt
TV show · as Ramona
as Becky Hawthorne
TV show · as Mary
as Christy Donaldson
as Ellen
as Suzie Hearn
as Karla
TV show · as Becky Hawthorne
as Molly Monaghan