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 ''

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'' and as Kate in ''

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''.

Career

Screen

Peirse played two very different mothers — Honora Rieper in the 1994 film ''

'', and the disaffected sophisticate Kate in the 2001 film ''

''. Later roles include Hilda in

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's ''

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'' (2012-2014) trilogy, as well as Dr. Gladys Bell in the television series '' Sweet Tooth'' (2021-2023). On 9 December 2024, Peirse was named in the cast for series three of Foxtel legal drama '' The Twelve.''

Stage

In 2018, Peirse performed in

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's ''The Children".'

Selected filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

References

External links

* Living people New Zealand film actresses New Zealand stage actresses New Zealand television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Helpmann Award winners 20th-century New Zealand actresses 21st-century New Zealand actresses {{NewZealand-actor-stub