Sarah Polley on her acting career in 1989

At age 10, Sarah Polleydidn't want to be an actor when she grew up -- she was already an actor, for one thing.

"I can't picture myself being an actress when I grow up," she told host Denise Rudnickiof CBC'sMidday in 1989. "I want to win Wimbledon. That's my ambition."

For 1988's The Adventures of BaronMunchausen,Polley'sfirst major film role, she temporarily lost her hearing from an explosion on the set as she explains in the clip seen at the top of this page.

But the experience didn't end her acting career, and she went on to star in the 1990-96CBC-TV series Road to Avonlea and worked with director Atom Egoyanon 1994's Exotica and 1997's The Sweet Hereafter.

Later on, Polleyleftacting to work behind thecamera, first with 2006's Away From Her, an adaptation of an Alice Munro story that Polley wrote and directed.

Sarah Polley, actress and activist

28 years ago

Duration 4:19

A young Sarah Polley speaks about her political activism.