Sacha Horler

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Sacha Horler
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Horler at the Killing Them Softly Australian Premiere in September 2012
Born1971 (age 5253)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation Actress
Years active1995–present

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

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Career

Sacha Horler graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1993 and made her film debut two years later with a role in the music-themed comedy Billy's Holiday . Among her Sydney stage credits were featured roles in the one-act play collection Playgrounds (1996) and Harold Pinter's theatre classic The Birthday Party (1997). In 1997, Horler was featured in the Australian-produced drama Blackrock , 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 Soft Fruit 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 Australian Broadcasting Corporation comedy TV series Grass Roots in 2000 and 2003, the miniseries Changi in 2001, TV series drama CrashBurn and science fiction drama Farscape in 2003, and drama series headLand and the critically acclaimed Love My Way in 2006.

In 2009, Horler starred in the AFI-nominated Australian drama My Year Without Sex . Since then she has had recurring roles in a number of Australian drama series including Offspring in 2010, Small Time Gangster and legal drama Crownies in 2011, and the telemovie Beaconsfield in 2012.

Awards

Horler won two Australian Film Institute acting awards in 1999, winning Best Actress as a sexual obsessive in Praise , and Best Supporting Actress for her role in Soft Fruit . Horler also won Best Supporting Actress in 2003 for her role in Travelling Light .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018The Hold UpClariceShort film
2018 Nekrotronic Mrs NorthFeature film
2018The Mother SituationSarahShort film
2018 Peter Rabbit Taxi DriverFeature film
2017Remembering AgathaCynthiaShort film
2017 A Few Less Men Ranger RuthFeature film
2017The SuitorAunt JuneShort film
2016Comedy Showroom: The LetdownEsterTV movie
2016Kill Your DinnerScarlettShort film
2015 The Dressmaker Una PleasenceFeature film
2012 Beaconsfield [1] Rachel WebbTV movie
2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole StrixFeature film
2010 Hawke Jean SinclairTV movie
2010Savages CrossingShaeFeature film
2009 My Year Without Sex NatalieFeature film
2005 BlackJack: Ace Point Game AngieTV movie
2005 Look Both Ways LindaFeature film
2005 The Illustrated Family Doctor Carol KelpFeature film
2004 Go Big Michaela TwinchTV movie
2003Syntax ErrorLaurenShort film
2003 Travelling Light Bronwyn WhiteFeature film
2002 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Lucy DeanFeature film
2001 Russian Doll LizaFeature film
2000 Walk the Talk BonitaFeature film
2000 My Mother Frank MargaretFeature film
1999 Soft Fruit NadiaFeature film
1998 Babe: Pig in the City Night NurseFeature film
1998 Praise CynthiaFeature film
1997 Blackrock TeacherFeature film
1995 Billy's Holiday KristinFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 While the Men are Away [2] TV series, 8 episodes
2022 Colin From Accounts FionaTV series, 1 episode
2019 Total Control Kelly CampbellTV series, 2 episodes
2017-19 The Letdown EsterTV series, 10 episodes
2016-19 Secret City [3] Ludie SypekTV series, 10 episodes
2018 Sando [4] Victoria 'Sando' SandringhamTV series, 6 episodes
2016-17 Home and Away Ranae TurnerTV series, 10 episodes
2015-16 No Activity Police VoiceTV series, 9 episodes
2010-16 Offspring StaceyTV series, 4 episodes
2016 The Kettering Incident [5] Barbara HollowayTV series, 8 episodes
2016 Jack Irish Alli AquaroTV series, 4 episodes
2015 Catching Milat Karen MilatTV miniseries, 1 episode
2014 Black Comedy Guest CastTV series, 2 episodes
2014 Old School [6] RhondaTV series, 7 episodes
2014 The Moodys Yvonne TisdaleTV series, 6 episodes
2013The Darkside
2012 Dance Academy AntheaTV series, 3 episodes
2011 Crownies Virginia GardinerTV series, 5 episodes
2011 Small Time Gangster CathyTV series, 8 episodes
2010 Rake Annie MurrayTV series, 1 episode
2009 My Place ElsieTV series, 1 episode
2009 Rescue: Special Ops Amanda JacksonTV series, 1 episode
2009 All Saints Collette HarrisTV series. 1 episode
2006 Love My Way P.KTV series, 8 episodes
2006 headLand Julie PalermoTV series, 6 episodes
2003 CrashBurn AbbyTV series, 13 episodes
2000-03 Grass Roots Helen ManoufisTV series, 15 episodes
2003 Farscape Prisoner MorrockTV series, 1 episode
2002 Halifax f.p. Karen OldfieldTV series, 1 episode
2001 Changi NeridaTV miniseries, 1 episode
1998 Murder Call ElsepthTV series, 1 episode
1996 Water Rats Christine MartinTV series, 1 episode

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  2. "Cameras roll on While the Men Are Away | TV Tonight". 25 January 2023.
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  4. "Sacha Horler steps into ABC comedy Sando | TV Tonight". 5 December 2017.
  5. "The Kettering Incident | TV Tonight". 19 June 2016.
  6. "Airdate: Old School | TV Tonight". 23 August 2018.