Early career and fall-out with Disney
Her first cinematic appearance was at the age of four, as Molly in the Disney film One Magic Christmas. At age eight, she was cast in the title role in the television series Ramona, based on Beverly Cleary's books. Though the series lasted but one season, Polley burst into the public eye the following year as Sara Stanley on the popular CBC television series Road to Avonlea, produced by Kevin Sullivan. The series made her famous and financially independent, and she was hailed as "Canada's Sweetheart" by the popular press.
The show was picked up by the Disney Channel for distribution in the U.S. At the age of 12 (around 1991) Polley attended an awards ceremony while wearing a peace sign to protest the first Gulf War. Disney executives asked her to remove it and she refused. This soured her relationship with Disney and she left Road to Avonlea in 1994. . The show itself was cancelled in 1996(to which she publicly claimed indifference), although she did return as Sara Stanley for
More about Sarah Polley (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Polley, the youngest of five children, was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Diane (née MacMillan), an actress and casting director, and Michael Polley, a British-born read more...
Early Career And Fall-out With Disney
Her first cinematic appearance was at the age of four, as Molly in the Disney film One Magic Christmas. At age eight, she was cast in the title role in the television series Ramona, read more...
Career
Polley appeared as Lily on the CBC television series, Straight Up. It ran from 1996–1998 and she won the Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program read more...
Political Activism
Following the row with Disney, Polley dedicated more of her efforts to politics, becoming a prominent member of the New Democratic Party, where Ontario legislator Peter Kormos was read more...
Personal Life
On September 10, 2003 she married Canadian film editor David Wharnsby, her companion of seven years. "My relationship [with him] is the thing I'm proudest of in my life. I had a read more...
Sarah Polley (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress, singer, Genie Award-winning film director and Academy Award-nominated screenwriter. She has starred in such films as The read more...