Where You’ve Seen Her: Sarah Polley

Among Sarah Polley’s early acting jobs was Terry Gilliam’s “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.” She continued to act throughout her adolescence on such television series as the PBS program “Ramona” and Disney’s “Avonlea.” As an adult, she has appeared in Atom Egoyan’s “The Sweet Hereafter,” Doug Liman’s “Go” and Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Weight of Water.” In 2006, she directed Julie Christie in “Away From Her,” for which Polley earned an Academy Award nomination for adapted screenplay.

—Amy Kaufman