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Sarah Polley is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actress whose work has earned the highest honors in her field. She began acting as a child, playing Ramona Quimby on the series Ramona and appearing in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), before becoming a national favorite as Sara Stanley on Road to Avonlea (1990 to 1996). As an adult actor she starred in Exotica (1994), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Go (1999), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Splice (2009) and Mr. Nobody (2009). Polley moved behind the camera with Away from Her (2006), which brought her a Canadian Screen Award for directing and an Oscar nomination for adapted screenplay. She followed with Take This Waltz (2011), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the documentary Stories We Tell (2012), and she wrote the miniseries Alias Grace from Margaret Atwood's novel. Her film Women Talking (2022) brought her the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and a Writers Guild of America Award. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2010. Polley speaks with insight on storytelling, creativity and a life spent in film.