Sarah Peirse is a New Zealand actress. She is on screen and stage, best known for her portrayals of two very different mothers — the kind-hearted Honora Rieper in Heavenly Creatures, and the disaffected sophisticate Kate in Rain. More recently she appeared as Hilda in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy. As well as The Shannara Chronicles.
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