Actor and acting coach Perry Piercy's first notable screen role was as the mysterious Mary Carmichael in 1984 ghost story Mr Wrong. Her 1980s TV credits include female forward series The Marching Girls and sci-fi show Night of the Red Hunter. In 1988 she co-starred in Melanie Rodriga caper Send a Gorilla. The screenplay was inspired by her time working as a singing telegram. In 2000 she played bogan mum Louise Savage in Westie feature Savage Honeymoon, then co-starred in acclaimed short film Redial. These days Piercy is also a trained voice and dialect coach; her credits include 2020 TVNZ/BBC period drama The Luminaries.
For me on set it was 'how can I give the most succinct and useful note to the actor without disrupting their process or getting up the director's nose?' Perry Piercy on her dialect work for 2020 drama series The Luminaries, Radio New Zealand, 7 June 2020
2006, Editor - Television
2004, As: Cheryl Chapman - Television
2003, As: Mrs Owens - Short Film
2000, As: Louise Savage - Film
2000, As: Detective Chalmers - Film
1999, As: Roz Neilson - Television
1998, As: Alice Jameson - Television
1991, As: Gail - Television
1989, As: Anne - Television
1989, As: Various roles - Television
1988, As: Vicki - Film
1990, As: Margaret Hassett - Television
1987, As: Kerry - Television
1985, As: Mary Carmichael - Film
1988, 1989 , Subject - Television
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