Let’s state the obvious right away: Personally and professionally, Sarah Polley is blooming right now.

The Canadian filmmaker, 32, is expecting her first child early next year.

She’s also just delivered a terrific new movie she wrote and directed called Take This Waltz. It opens later this year.

Starring Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen as a married couple and Luke Kirby as the handsome neighbour who comes between them, Take This Waltz is an intense look at the workings of love and loyalty in a relationship. (The performances are stunning; this is going to mark a whole new chapter for Seth Rogen.)

But everyone thinks the movie is autobiographical. Polley was married and divorced and then recently remarried, a series of events that gives rise to comparisons with Take This Waltz. But, nah: “I would never in a million years write a film that had to do with my own life,” said the filmmaker yesterday, during an interview at a Toronto hotel.

“I would make a documentary, maybe, but I would certainly never expose myself in a way that I would want to have other people dramatize.”

Polley added, “Every short film I’ve ever made and my two feature films are all about long relationships, and another person, and the end of the long relationship. It’s material I’ve been returning to every since I was 20 years old, so for about 12 years. If it had been autobiographical, I would have been much more prepared to answer questions about myself and my life than I am.” She laughed.

As for her other big project, Polley seems surprised people are as interested in her pregnancy as they are in her movie. She’s a bit embarrassed about that.

“I just told someone I was pregnant. Then it was reported that I had announced I was pregnant, which is pretty weird if you’re not famous enough to be announcing anything,” she said, laughing. “This is all new to me. I’ve always been open about whatever is going on in my life, but nobody’s ever cared. That’s one of the great things about living in Canada and not leaving,” continued Polley, who grew up in the public eye as a child actor known for her role in TV’s Road to Avonlea, and still lives in Toronto. “People don’t care that much about your personal life.”

“No one reported when I got married or divorced or remarried so it’s funny to me how the pregnancy has been such news,” she said, cheerfully. “I’m not sure what to do with it.”

By Liz Braun

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The Toronto International Film Festival released about half of their lineup on July 26, and their 36th year promises to be a doozy. Toronto native and Canadian movie darling Sarah Polley was in the audience for the announcements, and her latest film ‘Take This Waltz’ is slated as one of the gala films.

“The lineup this year is very interesting, especially David Cronenberg’s latest film,” said Polley, referring to her Canadian counterpart. Indeed, Cronenberg’s ‘A Dangerous Method,’ starring Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud, promises to be the breath-stealer of the festival. Polley’s ‘Take This Waltz,’ starring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman, will also premiere in Toronto (as many speculated).

“‘Take This Waltz’ is sort of like a love song to Toronto,” said Polley, who shot the film in the city in 2010. “And hey, Toronto is a much sexier city than people think.”

After witnessing the lineup, she certainly isn’t kidding! Check out some of the other films making their debut at the festival after the jump. Read the full story

DVD screencaps of Sarah in Splice have been added to the gallery. Enjoy the new additions.

New photos of Sarah attending Canada’s Walk of Fame on October 16, 2010 have been added to the gallery.

New photos of Sarah attending the Trigger premiere at the 35th Annual Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2010 have been added to the gallery.

Michelle Williams and Sarah Polley on set of their new movie “Take This Waltz” filming in Toronto, Canada.

New photos of Sarah and her co-stars attending the Splice premiere held on May 26th in Toronto have been added to the gallery.

Sarah was featured in the September 2009 issue of L’Uomo Vogue and I finally found and scanned the magazine for this site today. Enjoy!