Peta Sergeant

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Peta Sergeant
Born1981 (age 4344)
Penang Island, Malaysia
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present

Peta Sergeant is a Malaysian-born Australian actress best known for her lead role in the Australian television series Satisfaction . She graduated from NIDA. [1]

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Career

Sergeant played Janessa in the Seven Network drama series Last Man Standing . [2] In 2006, she joined the cast of All Saints as surgeon Dr Bianca Frost. [2] Sergeant starred as corrections officer Holly Chong in the short-lived 2008 drama Canal Road . [3]

Her other television credits include Jeopardy .

Film credits include George of the Jungle 2 , Patrick and The Bet .

She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of a woman on the run [4] [5] in Steve Rodgers' play Savage River [6] for the Griffin Theatre Company. Sergeant received praise as "a stand out performance amid an excellent cast" in Sue Smith's Thrall. [7] She was cast as Nina Cruz in the Melbourne Theatre Company production of All About My Mother, an adaptation for the stage based on the film by Pedro Almodóvar, directed by Simon Phillips. In 2010, she was awarded a Mike Walsh Fellowships Special Grant.

In 2012, she starred in Iron Sky , as Vivian Wagner, a campaign adviser to a Sarah Palin-like president of the United States, who later becomes general on the US' interplanetary warship USS George W. Bush . [8] She also joined the supporting cast of Winners & Losers as Cat Johnson. [9] In 2013, she starred in Patrick as Nurse Williams. In 2014 she played the Jabberwocky in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and Francesca Guerrera in The Originals . In the 2015 telemovie House of Hancock , Sergeant portrayed Rose Porteous. She plays Julia in Snowfall .

In 2021, Sergeant joined The CW's Supergirl as Nyxly in the final season. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 George of the Jungle 2 Attractive Woman
2006 The Bet Lila
2012 Iron Sky Vivian Wagner
2012 Crawlspace Wiki
2013 Patrick Nurse Williams
TBA Runner JuliePost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Jeopardy Professor SharpeSeason 3
2005 Last Man Standing Janessa4 episodes
2006 Two Twisted Isabelle Dempsey1 episode
2007 All Saints Dr. Bianca FrostSeason 10, 1 episode
2007–2009 Satisfaction HeatherSeasons 1–2
2008 Canal Road Holly Chong
2012 Winners & Losers Cat JohnsonSeason 2
2014 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Jabberwocky 6 episodes
2014 The Originals Francesca Guerrera6 episodes
2015 House of Hancock Rose Porteous Miniseries
2017–2023 Snowfall JuliaSeasons 1–6)
2018 American Woman HannahEpisode: "Jack"
2018 Castle Rock AngelaEpisode: "Harvest"
2021 Supergirl Nyxlygsptlnz Season 6

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Theatre

References

  1. "SHOWTIME AUSTRALIA - Satisfaction - Cast & Characters". showtime.com.au. 24 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  2. 1 2 Timbs, Pete (15–21 July 2006). "Inside TV". TV Week . No. 29. p. 90.
  3. Gavin, Rachael (2020). "Everything you need to know about Aussie drama Canal Road". Nine.com.au . Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  4. "Savage River | Griffin Theatre Company". www.australianstage.com.au.
  5. Profile Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , stagenoise.com; accessed 14 March 2014.
  6. Savage River Archived 15 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Thrall". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 August 2006.
  8. "Iron Sky". IMDb. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  9. Murray, Scott (16 August 2012). "Tuesday, 21 August". The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  10. Petski, Denise (9 April 2021). "'Supergirl': Peta Sergeant Joins Season 6 As New Series Regular". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.