Sacha Horler
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Sacha Horler is an Australian actress. Her parents were lawyers, but co-founded Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company in the early 1970s.
, and even appeared in the international hit Babe: Pig in the City
the following year. Among her notable Sydney stage credits were featured roles in the one-act play collection Playgrounds (1996) and Harold Pinter
's theater classic The Birthday Party
(1997).
Next up for the actress was her breakthrough role in the gritty drama Praise, which featured several sobering sex scenes and a great deal of unromanticized nudity.
Horler's follow-up supporting role in Soft Fruit
was a more difficult role for the actress, as it required her to considerably gain weight for the role. That year, she also had a supporting turn in the drama My Mother Frank
, starring as the married daughter of a widow (Sinéad Cusack
) who returns to school after her children have grown. She also appeared in the TV series CrashBurn
playing "Abby".
acting awards in 1999, winning Best Actress as a sexual obsessive in Praise, and Best Supporting Actress for her role in Soft Fruit.
Career
In 1993, Sacha Horler graduated from Sydney's prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Arts and made her film debut two years later with a role in the music-themed comedy Billy's Holiday. In 1997, Horler was featured in the Australian produced drama BlackrockBlackrock (film)
Blackrock is a 1997 Australian film directed by Steven Vidler and written by Nick Enright. Internationally, it is best remembered as the first prominent role of actor Heath Ledger.-Origin:...
, and even appeared in the international hit Babe: Pig in the City
Babe: Pig in the City
Babe: Pig in the City is a 1998 sequel to the 1995 film Babe. It occurs in the fictional city of Metropolis. Due to the unexpected darker and more mature subject matter , the film was not received as well as the first Babe film was, as it flopped at the box office and reviews were generally...
the following year. Among her notable Sydney stage credits were featured roles in the one-act play collection Playgrounds (1996) and Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
's theater classic The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party (play)
The Birthday Party is the first full-length play by Harold Pinter and one of Pinter's best-known and most-frequently performed plays...
(1997).
Next up for the actress was her breakthrough role in the gritty drama Praise, which featured several sobering sex scenes and a great deal of unromanticized nudity.
Horler's follow-up supporting role in Soft Fruit
Soft Fruit (film)
Soft Fruit is a 1999 drama about a dying mother, and her children who come together to fulfill her last wishes. It is an Australian American co-production produced by Australian filmmaker Jane Campion and directed by Christina Andreef.-Cast:...
was a more difficult role for the actress, as it required her to considerably gain weight for the role. That year, she also had a supporting turn in the drama My Mother Frank
My Mother Frank
My Mother Frank is a multi-award-winning Australian film released in 2000.-Plot outline:David Kennedy is preparing to go to university. His mother, Francis is a widow and has very little social life. David tells her that she should get out more and much to his surprise, Frank enrolls at the same...
, starring as the married daughter of a widow (Sinéad Cusack
Sinéad Cusack
Sinéad Moira Cusack is an Irish stage, television and film actress. She has received two Tony Award nominations: once for Best Leading Actress in Much Ado About Nothing , and again for Best Featured Actress in Rock 'n' Roll .-Background:...
) who returns to school after her children have grown. She also appeared in the TV series CrashBurn
CrashBurn
CrashBurn was an Australian 13-part drama series airing on Network Ten, about surviving long-term relationships in an age where multiple partners and multiple orgasms are considered a birthright....
playing "Abby".
Awards
Horler won two Australian Film InstituteAustralian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry...
acting awards in 1999, winning Best Actress as a sexual obsessive in Praise, and Best Supporting Actress for her role in Soft Fruit.
Filmography
- Billy's Holiday, 1995, Kristin
- BlackrockBlackrock (film)Blackrock is a 1997 Australian film directed by Steven Vidler and written by Nick Enright. Internationally, it is best remembered as the first prominent role of actor Heath Ledger.-Origin:...
, 1997, Teacher - Babe: Pig in the CityBabe: Pig in the CityBabe: Pig in the City is a 1998 sequel to the 1995 film Babe. It occurs in the fictional city of Metropolis. Due to the unexpected darker and more mature subject matter , the film was not received as well as the first Babe film was, as it flopped at the box office and reviews were generally...
, 1998, Night Nurse - Praise, 1998, Cynthia
- Soft FruitSoft Fruit (film)Soft Fruit is a 1999 drama about a dying mother, and her children who come together to fulfill her last wishes. It is an Australian American co-production produced by Australian filmmaker Jane Campion and directed by Christina Andreef.-Cast:...
, 1999, Nadia - Walk the Talk, 2000, Bonita
- My Mother FrankMy Mother FrankMy Mother Frank is a multi-award-winning Australian film released in 2000.-Plot outline:David Kennedy is preparing to go to university. His mother, Francis is a widow and has very little social life. David tells her that she should get out more and much to his surprise, Frank enrolls at the same...
, 2000, Margaret - Grass Roots, 2000, Helen Manoufis
- Changi (TV series), 2001, Nerida
- Russian Doll, 2001, Liza
- Halifax f.p: Takes Two, 2002, Karen Oldfield
- Secret Bridesmaids' Business, 2002, Lucy Dean
- Syntax Error, 2003, Lauren
- Travelling Light, 2003, Bronwyn White
- CrashBurnCrashBurnCrashBurn was an Australian 13-part drama series airing on Network Ten, about surviving long-term relationships in an age where multiple partners and multiple orgasms are considered a birthright....
, 2003, Abby - Love My WayLove My WayLove My Way was a Logie Award winning and critically acclaimed Australian television drama series. It won the AFI award for Best Television Drama Series for each of its three seasons ....
, 2004, - Go Big, 2004, Michaela Twinch
- BlackJack: Ace Point Game, 2005, Angie
- The Illustrated Family Doctor, 2005, Carol Kelp
- Look Both WaysLook Both WaysLook Both Ways is a 2005 Australian independent film, written and directed by Sarah Watt, starring an ensemble cast, which was released on 18 August 2005. The film was supported by the Adelaide Film Festival fund and opened the 2005 festival. It won four AFI Awards, including Best Film and Best...
, 2005, Linda - My Year Without SexMy Year Without Sex (film)My Year Without Sex received strongly favourable reviews, and was touted by The Sydney Morning Herald as "possibly the best" Australian film of 2009 as well as "the most accomplished" local film of 2009 by The Age....
, 2009, Natalie - HawkeHawke (telemovie)Hawke is a television film or telemovie, which was produced by The Film Company for Network Ten. The telemovie premiered on 18 July 2010 in the prime-time slot of 8.30pm.- Premise :...
, 2010, Jean Sinclair - Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, 2010, Strix Struma
- OffspringOffspring (TV series)Offspring is an Australian television comedy-drama series which premiered on Network Ten in Australia on 15 August 2010. Offspring is centred around 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her family, as they navigate the chaos of modern life...
, 2010–Present, Stacey - [Crownies (TV series), 2011, Virginia
TV appearances
- Water RatsWater Rats (TV series)Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001. The series was based around the men and women of the Sydney Water Police who fight crime across Sydney Harbour and surrounding locales. The show was set on and around Goat Island in Sydney...
, Christine Martin - in the episode "Bad Blood" (1996) - Murder CallMurder CallMurder Call was an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The idea to the series was born by the books of Tessa Vance by Jennifer Rowe: Suspect/Deadline and Something Wicked...
, Elspeth - in the episode "More Than Meets the Eye" (1998) - FarscapeFarscapeFarscape is an Australian-American science fiction television series filmed in Australia and produced originally for the Nine Network. The series was conceived by Rockne S. O'Bannon and produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment...
, Morrock - in the episode "Prayer" (2003)