Sarah Peirse
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Sarah Peirse is a New Zealand actress. She works both on screen and stage, best known for her portrayals of two very different mothers — the kind-hearted yet stricken mother Honora Rieper in Heavenly Creatures, and the disaffected sophisticate Kate in Rain. Later roles include Hilda in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, as well as Dr. Gladys Bell in the television series Sweet Tooth.[1]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Aftershock | Angela Flite | TV movie |
| 2010 | Spirited | Charlotte | |
| 2010-17 | Offspring | Marjorie Van Dyke | Recurring role |
| 2014 | Old School [2] | Margaret McCabe | 8 episodes |
| 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 [3][4] | Verity | 8 episodes |
| 2020 | Stateless | Genevieve | Main role |
| 2021 | Sweet Tooth | Dr. Gladys Bell | 3 episodes |
| 2021-present | Under the Vines | Marissa | 11 episodes |
| 2021-23 | Love Me[5] | Christine Mathieson | 8 episodes |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sarah Peirse". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ "ABC announces new crime series, Old School. | TV Tonight". 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Cameras roll on season 2 of the Letdown | TV Tonight". 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Cameras roll on the Letdown series for ABC, Netflix. | TV Tonight". 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Love Me, new local drama for Binge, Foxtel. | TV Tonight". 15 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Sarah Peirse at IMDb
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