Sarah Peirse is a New Zealand actress. She works both on screen and stage, best known for her portrayals of two very different mothers — the kind-hearted yet stricken mother Honora Rieper in Heavenly Creatures, and the disaffected sophisticate Kate in Rain. Later roles include Hilda in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, as well as Dr. Gladys Bell in the television series Sweet Tooth.[1]
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | A Woman of Good Character | Lizzie | |
| 1985 | Sylvia | Vivian Wallop | |
| 1986 | My Letter to George | ||
| Arriving Tuesday | Carol | ||
| 1988 | Linnet | ||
| 1994 | Heavenly Creatures | Honora Parker Rieper | |
| 2001 | Rain | Kate | |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love | Florist | |
| 2011 | Bliss: The Beginning of Katherine Mansfield | Annie Beauchamp | |
| 2013 | Hilda Blanca | ||
| 2014 | Hilda Blanca | ||
| 2018 | Mortal Engines | Dr. Twix | |
| 2024 | Went Up the Hill | Helen |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Aftershock | Angela Flite | TV movie | |
| 2010 | Spirited | Charlotte | ||
| 2010-17 | Offspring | Marjorie Van Dyke | Recurring role | |
| 2014 | Old School [2] | Margaret McCabe | 8 episodes | |
| 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 [3] [4] | Verity | 8 episodes | |
| 2020 | Stateless | Genevieve | Main role | |
| 2021 | Sweet Tooth | Dr. Gladys Bell | 3 episodes | |
| 2021-23 | Under the Vines | Marissa | 11 episodes | |
| 2021-23 | Love Me (Australian TV series)[5] | Christine Mathieson | 8 episodes |