Age: 47
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Sarah Ellen Polley OC (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian filmmaker, political activist and retired actress. She first garnered attention as a child actress for her role as Ramona Quimby in the television series Ramona, based on Beverly Cleary's books. This subsequently led to her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series Road to Avonlea (1990–1996). She has starred in many feature films, including The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Exotica (1994), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Guinevere (1999), Go (1999), The Weight of Water (2000), No Such Thing (2001), My Life Without Me (2003), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Splice (2009), and Mr. Nobody (2009). Polley made her feature film directorial debut with Away from Her (2006), for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Director and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Polley's second film, Take This Waltz (2011), premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by her first documentary film, Stories We Tell (2012). She also wrote the miniseries Alias Grace, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. In 2022, Polley wrote and directed the film Women Talking, based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sarah Polley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sarah Polley
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"The Invisible Spy" is a gripping six-episode miniseries that chronicles the extraordinary life of Virginia Hall Goillot, an American who became one of the most highly decorated spies in World War II. Hall’s journey begins in 1930s Europe, where a hunting accident cost her her leg. Refusing to be deterred, she enters the world of espionage, where her tenacity, resourcefulness, and sharp mind defy conventional expectations. After joining the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), Hall is parachuted into Nazi-occupied France. Using the code names "Marie" and "Diane," she befriends, leads, and empowers French resistance cells, orchestrating sabotage operations, gathering vital intelligence, and helping Allied forces weaken the Nazis’ stranglehold on Europe. Her prosthetic leg and her quiet, modest demeanor make her appear ordinary, yet it is this very ordinariness that allows her to blend into her surroundings and avoid detection from the ruthless Gestapo. Hall’s work is vital to the success of the Normandy Invasion, but her courage comes at great personal cost. She is one of the most hunted women in Europe by the Nazis, yet she continues to push forward, driven by her commitment to freedom.
