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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.
Jan 20, 2022 · Sarah portrayed Honora Parker, who is murdered by her daughter Pauline (played by Melanie Lynskey) and Juliet Hulme (Kate Winslet). It was a first feature film role for Kate and Melanie, and Sarah has stayed in touch with both actors for the past 26 years, particularly Kate.
Jan 1, 2009 · He`s happy there with his wife Kate, Sarah Peirse and his 14 year old daughter Janey, Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki and son Jim, Aaron Murphy. But it`s clear that Kate is not a happy woman, which is why at one of the many parties with neighbours she responds to Cady, the ubiquitous Marton Csokas, an itinerant yachtie.
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Oct 14, 1994 · Heavenly Creatures: Directed by Peter Jackson. With Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent. Two teenage girls share a unique bond; their parents, concerned that the friendship is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge.
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Sarah Peirse is an actress best known for her screen roles as Kate in Rain and Pauline Parker’s mother, Honora, in Heavenly Creatures. She works mostly in theatre here and in Australia.
Bowled over by the “magnificent” script by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh and its portrait of a disintegrating mother-daughter relationship, she signed on to play Pauline Parker’s unfortunate mother Honorah. She also did double duties on set, working as an acting coach to newcomer Melanie Lynskey, who played her screen daughter.
A shot from Rain: Sarah Peirse as Kate, and Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki as her daughter Janey. Photographer Alistair Guthrie. Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
