Sacha Horler

Sacha Horler
Horler at the Killing Them Softly Australian Premiere in September 2012
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present

Sacha Horler (born 1971) is an Australian actress. Her parents were lawyers, but co-founded Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company in the early 1970s.

Career

Sacha Horler graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1993 and made her film debut two years later with a role in the music-themed comedy Billy's Holiday. Among her Sydney stage credits were featured roles in the one-act play collection Playgrounds (1996) and Harold Pinter's theatre classic The Birthday Party (1997). In 1997, Horler was featured in the Australian-produced drama Blackrock, and the following year she appeared in the international hit Babe: Pig in the City.

Horler's breakthrough role was in the 1998 gritty drama Praise which featured a significant amount of nudity and sex scenes. In 1999, her follow-up supporting role in Soft Fruit required her to gain weight for the part. That same year she had a supporting role in the drama My Mother Frank.

Over the next ten years, Horler appeared in various roles in a number of Australian TV series. The more significant of these were the Australian Broadcasting Corporation comedy TV series Grass Roots in 2000 and 2003, the miniseries Changi in 2001, TV series drama CrashBurn and science fiction drama Farscape in 2003, and drama series headLand and the critically acclaimed Love My Way in 2006.

In 2009, Horler starred in the AFI-nominated Australian drama My Year Without Sex. Since then she has had recurring roles in a number of Australian drama series including Offspring in 2010, Small Time Gangster and legal drama Crownies in 2011, and the telemovie Beaconsfield in 2012.

Awards

Horler won two Australian Film Institute acting awards in 1999, winning Best Actress as a sexual obsessive in Praise, and Best Supporting Actress for her role in Soft Fruit. Horler also won Best Supporting Actress in 2003 for her role in Travelling Light.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2018 The Hold Up Clarice Short film
2018 Nekrotronic Mrs North Feature film
2018 The Mother Situation Sarah Short film
2018 Peter Rabbit Taxi Driver Feature film
2017 Remembering Agatha Cynthia Short film
2017 A Few Less Men Ranger Ruth Feature film
2017 The Suitor Aunt June Short film
2016 Comedy Showroom: The Letdown Ester TV movie
2016 Kill Your Dinner Scarlett Short film
2015 The Dressmaker Una Pleasence Feature film
2012 Beaconsfield [1] Rachel Webb TV movie
2010 Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Strix Feature film
2010 Hawke Jean Sinclair TV movie
2010 Savages Crossing Shae Feature film
2009 My Year Without Sex Natalie Feature film
2005 BlackJack: Ace Point Game Angie TV movie
2005 Look Both Ways Linda Feature film
2005 The Illustrated Family Doctor Carol Kelp Feature film
2004 Go Big Michaela Twinch TV movie
2003 Syntax Error Lauren Short film
2003 Travelling Light Bronwyn White Feature film
2002 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Lucy Dean Feature film
2001 Russian Doll Liza Feature film
2000 Walk the Talk Bonita Feature film
2000 My Mother Frank Margaret Feature film
1999 Soft Fruit Nadia Feature film
1998 Babe: Pig in the City Night Nurse Feature film
1998 Praise Cynthia Feature film
1997 Blackrock Teacher Feature film
1995 Billy's Holiday Kristin Feature film

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2024 Ladies in Black Dorothy Miles 6 episodes
2023 While the Men are Away Helen TV series, 3 episodes [2]
2022 Colin From Accounts Fiona TV series, 1 episode
2019 Total Control Kelly Campbell TV series, 2 episodes
2017-19 The Letdown Ester TV series, 10 episodes
2016-19 Secret City Ludie Sypek TV series, 10 episodes [3]
2018 Sando Victoria 'Sando' Sandringham TV series, 6 episodes [4]
2016-17 Home and Away Ranae Turner TV series, 10 episodes
2015-16 No Activity Police Voice TV series, 9 episodes
2010-16 Offspring Stacey TV series, 4 episodes
2016 The Kettering Incident Barbara Holloway TV series, 8 episodes [5]
Jack Irish Alli Aquaro TV series, 4 episodes
2015 Catching Milat Karen Milat TV miniseries, 1 episode
2014 Black Comedy Guest Cast TV series, 2 episodes
Old School Rhonda TV series, 7 episodes [6]
The Moodys Yvonne Tisdale TV series, 6 episodes
2013 The Darkside
2012 Dance Academy Anthea TV series, 3 episodes
2011 Crownies Virginia Gardiner TV series, 5 episodes
Small Time Gangster Cathy TV series, 8 episodes
2010 Rake Annie Murray TV series, 1 episode
2009 My Place Elsie TV series, 1 episode
Rescue: Special Ops Amanda Jackson TV series, 1 episode
All Saints Collette Harris TV series. 1 episode
2006 Love My Way P.K TV series, 8 episodes
2006 headLand Julie Palermo TV series, 6 episodes
2003 CrashBurn Abby TV series, 13 episodes
2000-03 Grass Roots Helen Manoufis TV series, 15 episodes
2003 Farscape Prisoner Morrock TV series, 1 episode
2002 Halifax f.p. Karen Oldfield TV series, 1 episode
2001 Changi Nerida TV miniseries, 1 episode
1998 Murder Call Elsepth TV series, 1 episode
1996 Water Rats Christine Martin TV series, 1 episode

References

  1. ^ "Beaconsfield still too raw, too real for some. | TV Tonight". 20 April 2012.
  2. ^ Knox, David (25 January 2023). "Cameras roll on While the Men Are Away | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au.
  3. ^ Knox, David (15 February 2018). "Renewed: Secret City | TV Tonight". TVTonight.com.au.
  4. ^ "Sacha Horler steps into ABC comedy Sando | TV Tonight". 5 December 2017.
  5. ^ Knox, David (19 June 2016). "The Kettering Incident | TV Tonight". TVtonight.com.au.
  6. ^ Knox, David (23 August 2018). "Airdate: Old School | TV Tonight". TVtonight.com.au.