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 .

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Career

Screen

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

In 2018, Peirse performed in Melbourne Theatre Company's The Children". [3] '

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
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
2011Bliss: The Beginning of Katherine MansfieldAnnie 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

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2008AftershockAngela FliteTV movie
2010 Spirited Charlotte
2010-17 Offspring Marjorie Van DykeRecurring role
2014Old SchoolMargaret McCabe8 episodes [4]
RakePoliticians Commissioner1 episode
2016The Shannara ChroniclesPyria2 episodes
Hunters FinnermanMain role
2017 Seven Types of Ambiguity Detective StaszicMain role
2017-19The LetdownVerity8 episodes [5] [6]
2020 Stateless GenevieveMain role
2021 Sweet Tooth Dr. Gladys Bell3 episodes
2021-24 Under the Vines Marissa17 episodes
2021-23 Love Me Christine Mathieson8 episodes [7]
2025 The Twelve TV series

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2023SwitzerlandABS Waterfront [8]
2018A Cheery SoulMiss DockerSydney Theatre Co [9]
The ChildrenPatricia HighsmithMelbourne Theatre Co [3]
2012The GiftAuckland Theatre Co [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Sarah Peirse". NZ On Screen . Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Staff Writer (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.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Knox, David (30 May 2013). "ABC announces new crime series, Old School. | TV Tonight". TVtonight.com.au.
  5. ↑ Knox, David (25 October 2018). "Cameras roll on season 2 of the Letdown | TV Tonight". TVTonight.com.au.
  6. ↑ Knox, David (16 June 2017). "Cameras roll on the Letdown series for ABC, Netflix. | TV Tonight". TVTonight.com.au.
  7. ↑ Knox, David (15 August 2021). "Love Me, new local drama for Binge, Foxtel. | TV Tonight". TVtonight.com.au.
  8. ↑ Staff Writer. "Actress Sarah Peirse chats about iconic New Zealand films to 'Switzerland' | Articles". www.rova.nz. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. ↑ Staff Writer. "★★★★☆ A Cheery Soul (Sydney Theatre Company)". Limelight. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  10. ↑ "Theatre: The Gift - Entertainment News". NZ Herald. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2024.


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