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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 Heavenly Creatures and as Kate in Rain .
Peirse played two very different mothers — the kind-hearted yet stricken mother Honora Rieper in the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures , and the disaffected sophisticate Kate in the 2001 film Rain .
Later roles include Hilda in Peter Jackson's Hobbit (2012-2014) trilogy, as well as Dr. Gladys Bell in the television series Sweet Tooth (2021-2023). [1]
On 9 December 2024, Peirse was named in the cast for series three of Foxtel legal drama The Twelve. [2]
In 2018, Peirse performed in Melbourne Theatre Company's The Children". [3] '
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | A Woman of Good Character | Lizzie |
| 1985 | Sylvia | Vivian Wallop |
| 1986 | My Letter to George | |
| Arriving Tuesday | Carol | |
| 1988 | The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey | Linnet |
| 1994 | Heavenly Creatures | Honora Parker Rieper |
| 2001 | Rain | Kate |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love | Florist |
| 2011 | Bliss: The Beginning of Katherine Mansfield | Annie Beauchamp |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Hilda Blanca |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Hilda Blanca |
| 2018 | Mortal Engines | Dr. Twix |
| 2024 | Went Up the Hill | Helen |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Aftershock | Angela Flite | TV movie | |
| 2010 | Spirited | Charlotte | ||
| 2010-17 | Offspring | Marjorie Van Dyke | Recurring role | |
| 2014 | Old School | Margaret McCabe | 8 episodes | [4] |
| Rake | Politicians Commissioner | 1 episode | ||
| 2016 | The Shannara Chronicles | Pyria | 2 episodes | |
| Hunters | Finnerman | Main role | ||
| 2017 | Seven Types of Ambiguity | Detective Staszic | Main role | |
| 2017-19 | The Letdown | Verity | 8 episodes | [5] [6] |
| 2020 | Stateless | Genevieve | Main role | |
| 2021 | Sweet Tooth | Dr. Gladys Bell | 3 episodes | |
| 2021-24 | Under the Vines | Marissa | 17 episodes | |
| 2021-23 | Love Me | Christine Mathieson | 8 episodes | [7] |
| 2025 | The Twelve | TV series |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Switzerland | ABS Waterfront | [8] | |
| 2018 | A Cheery Soul | Miss Docker | Sydney Theatre Co | [9] |
| The Children | Patricia Highsmith | Melbourne Theatre Co | [3] | |
| 2012 | The Gift | Auckland Theatre Co | [10] |
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