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Sarah Polley was born (1979) in Toronto, Ontario. She is an actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea. Polley made her film directorial debut with Away from Her, winning a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction and a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Her second film, Take This Waltz, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival (2011).

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On screen, actor Sarah Polley was often cast as the fierce protagonist veering straight into peril, whether it was an oncoming bus or some sort of explosion. Off screen, however, she says she feared confronting certain things, including a traumatic experience with former CBC radio personality Jian Ghomeshi.

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After 'Women Talking' won Best Adapted Screenplay, writer/director Sarah Polley thanked the Academy for not being 'mortally offended' by the film's title in her acceptance speech.

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