Sarah Peirse
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Sarah Peirse is a New Zealand actress who works on both screen and stage. She is best known for her roles as Honora Rieper in Heavenly Creatures and as Kate in Rain.
Career
[edit]Screen
[edit]Peirse played two very different mothers — the kind-hearted yet stricken mother Honora Rieper in the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures, and the disaffected sophisticate Kate in the 2001 film Rain.
Later roles include Hilda in Peter Jackson's Hobbit (2012-2014) trilogy, as well as Dr. Gladys Bell in the television series Sweet Tooth (2021-2023).[1]
On 9 December 2024, Peirse was named in the cast for series three of Foxtel legal drama The Twelve.[2]
Stage
[edit]In 2018, Peirse performed in Melbourne Theatre Company's The Children".[3]'
Selected filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | A Woman of Good Character | Lizzie |
| 1985 | Sylvia | Vivian Wallop |
| 1986 | My Letter to George | |
| Arriving Tuesday | Carol | |
| 1988 | The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey | Linnet |
| 1994 | Heavenly Creatures | Honora Parker Rieper |
| 2001 | Rain | Kate |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love | Florist |
| 2011 | Bliss: The Beginning of Katherine Mansfield | Annie Beauchamp |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Hilda Blanca |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Hilda Blanca |
| 2018 | Mortal Engines | Dr. Twix |
| 2024 | Went Up the Hill | Helen |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Aftershock | Angela Flite | TV movie | |
| 2010 | Spirited | Charlotte | ||
| 2010-17 | Offspring | Marjorie Van Dyke | Recurring role | |
| 2014 | Old School | Margaret McCabe | 8 episodes | [4] |
| Rake | Politicians Commissioner | 1 episode | ||
| 2016 | The Shannara Chronicles | Pyria | 2 episodes | |
| Hunters | Finnerman | Main role | ||
| 2017 | Seven Types of Ambiguity | Detective Staszic | Main role | |
| 2017-19 | The Letdown | Verity | 8 episodes | [5][6] |
| 2020 | Stateless | Genevieve | Main role | |
| 2021 | Sweet Tooth | Dr. Gladys Bell | 3 episodes | |
| 2021-24 | Under the Vines | Marissa | 17 episodes | |
| 2021-23 | Love Me | Christine Mathieson | 8 episodes | [7] |
| 2025 | The Twelve | TV series |
Theatre
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Switzerland | ABS Waterfront | [8] | |
| 2018 | A Cheery Soul | Miss Docker | Sydney Theatre Co | [9] |
| The Children | Patricia Highsmith | Melbourne Theatre Co | [3] | |
| 2012 | The Gift | Auckland Theatre Co | [10] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sarah Peirse". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ Writer, Staff (8 December 2024). "Danielle Cormack, Eryn Jean Norvill, Sarah Peirse join Sam Neill in 'The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ a b Harford, Sonia (18 January 2018). "Sarah Peirse in MTC's The Children, a nightmare vision of the 'quake' to come". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Knox, David (30 May 2013). "ABC announces new crime series, Old School. | TV Tonight". TVtonight.com.au.
- ^ Knox, David (25 October 2018). "Cameras roll on season 2 of the Letdown | TV Tonight". TVTonight.com.au.
- ^ Knox, David (16 June 2017). "Cameras roll on the Letdown series for ABC, Netflix. | TV Tonight". TVTonight.com.au.
- ^ Knox, David (15 August 2021). "Love Me, new local drama for Binge, Foxtel. | TV Tonight". TVtonight.com.au.
- ^ Writer, Staff. "Actress Sarah Peirse chats about iconic New Zealand films to 'Switzerland' | Articles". www.rova.nz. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ Writer, Staff. "★★★★☆ A Cheery Soul (Sydney Theatre Company)". Limelight. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Theatre: The Gift - Entertainment News". NZ Herald. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Sarah Peirse at IMDb
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