Sacha Horler (born 1971) is an Australian actress. Her parents were lawyers, but co-founded Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company in the early 1970s.

Career

Sacha Horler graduated from

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's National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1993 and made her film debut two years later with a role in the music-themed comedy ''

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''. Among her Sydney stage credits were featured roles in the one-act play collection '' Playgrounds'' (1996) and

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's theater classic '' The Birthday Party'' (1997). In 1997, Horler was featured in the Australian-produced drama ''

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'', and the following year she appeared in the international hit '' Babe: Pig in the City''. Horler's breakthrough role was in the 1998 gritty drama '' Praise'' which featured a significant amount of nudity and sex scenes. In 1999, her follow-up supporting role in ''

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'' required her to gain weight for the part. That same year she had a supporting role in the drama '' My Mother Frank''. Over the next ten years, Horler appeared in various roles in a number of Australian TV series. The more significant of these were the

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comedy TV series ''

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'' in 2000 and 2003, the

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'' in 2001, TV series drama ''

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'' in 2003, and drama series ''

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'' and the critically acclaimed ''

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'' in 2006. In 2009, Horler starred in the AFI-nominated Australian drama ''

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''. Since then she has had recurring roles in a number of Australian drama series including ''

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'' in 2010, ''

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'' and legal drama ''

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'' in 2011, and the telemovie ''

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'' in 2012.

Awards

Horler won two

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acting awards in 1999, winning Best Actress as a sexual obsessive in '' Praise'', and Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''

''. Horler also won Best Supporting Actress in 2003 for her role in '' Travelling Light''.

Filmography

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'', 1995, Kristin *''

'', 1997, Teacher *'' Babe: Pig in the City'', 1998, Night Nurse *'' Praise'', 1998, Cynthia *''

'', 1999, Nadia *'' Walk the Talk'', 2000, Bonita *'' My Mother Frank'', 2000, Margaret *''

'', 2000, Helen Mansoufis *''

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'', 2001, Nerida *''

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'', 2001, Liza *'' Halifax f.p: Takes Two'', 2002, Karen Oldfield *'' Syntax Error'', 2003, Lauren *'' Travelling Light'', 2003, Bronwyn White *''

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'', 2003, Abby *''

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'', 2004, Michaela Twinch *'' BlackJack: Ace Point Game'', 2005, Angie *'' The Illustrated Family Doctor'', 2005, Carol Kelp *'' Look Both Ways'', 2005, Linda *''

'', 2009, Natalie *'' Hawke'', 2010, Jean Sinclair *'' Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole'', 2010, Strix Struma *''

'', 2010 – present, Stacey *''

'', 2011, Virginia *'' Kings Cross ER: St Vincent's Hospital'', 2012 – present, narrator * The Dressmaker, 2015 - Una Pleasance *

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2018 - Taxi driver

TV appearances

* '' Water Rats'' ... Christine Martin – in the episode ''"Bad Blood"'' (1996) * ''

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'' ... Elspeth – in the episode ''"More Than Meets the Eye"'' (1998) * ''

'' (2000) * ''

'' ... Morrock – in the episode ''"Prayer"'' (2003) * ''

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'' ... Abby (2003) *

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... Annie Murray - in the episode "R vs Murray" (2010) * '' Old School'' ... Rhonda (2014) * ''

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'' ... various roles (2014) * '' Catching Milat (TV series)'' ... Karen Milat (2015) *

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(2017-2019) * ''

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* '' Sando'' ... Sando (2018) * ''

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'', 2019, Lucy Dean

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horler, Sacha Living people Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Actresses from Sydney National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni Best Actress AACTA Award winners Best Supporting Actress AACTA Award winners 1971 births 20th-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian actresses