01 June 2007

Young Filmmaker - Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

The Canadian began her acting career as a child, working in both film and television. Sarah Polley has since moved on to roles in mainly independent films, often playing characters in the midst of tragedy of some sort. She has appeared in two Isabel Coixet films, Things I Never Told You and The Secret Life of Words. Polley has recently taken up directing, mostly of projects for Canadian television. The 29-year-old has been described as socially conscious, and she has drawn comment as much for the roles she has turned down as for those she has chosen to play. Polley, who makes her home in Toronto, has been nominated for acting awards in Canada and at festivals throughout the United States.

In May 2007, Away From Her hit American theaters, earning Polley directorial accolades for her sensitive handling of a love story featuring two couples, each dealing with one partner with Alzheimer’s disease. Polley’s promising career has achieved another milestone.

From the June 2007 edition of eJournal USA.