SarahPeirse
- Actor
Sarah Peirse is a multi-award winning actor on screen and stage, best known for her portrayals of two very different mothers — the kind-hearted Honorah Rieper in Heavenly Creatures, and the disaffected sophisticate in Rain. Peirse has also won awards for Vincent Ward’s The Navigator, and one of her earliest starring roles: A Woman of Good Character.
Screenography
Biography
Sarah Peirse began acting in the late 1970s. On-screen, she has made a habit of avoiding formula projects, often working with emerging directors who demonstrate a fresh eye: Vincent Ward on The Navigator, Peter Jackson on Heavenly Creatures, Christine Jeffs on Rain. For Peirse, the result has been an impressive body of awards and nominations.
Awards
2018 Equity Ensemble Awards (Australia)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Mini-series or Telemovie (shared with nine others): Seven Types of Ambiguity
2012 New Zealand Television Awards
Nominated for Best Performance by a Supporting Actress: for Bliss: The Beginning of Katherine Mansfield
“Peirse delivers a gorgeously haunted performance that is no less sympathetic for its subtlety.”
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