Sacha Horler is an Australian actress. Her parents were lawyers, but co-founded Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company in the early 1970s.
Early life and education Sacha Horler graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1993.
Career
Horler made her film debut in 1995 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, 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 YearTitleRoleNotes2018The Hold UpClariceShort film2018NekrotronicMrs North Feature film2018The Mother SituationSarahShort film2018Peter RabbitTaxi Driver Feature film 2017Remembering AgathaCynthia Short film2017A Few Less MenRanger Ruth Feature film2017The Suitor Aunt JuneShort film2016Comedy Showroom: The LetdownEsterTV movie2016Kill Your DinnerScarlettShort film2015The Dressmaker Una Pleasence Feature film 2012BeaconsfieldRachel WebbTV movie2010Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleStrix (voice) Animated feature film 2010HawkeJean SinclairTV movie2010Savages CrossingShae Feature film 2009My Year Without SexNatalie Feature film 2005BlackJack: Ace Point GameAngieTV movie2005Look Both WaysLinda Feature film 2005The Illustrated Family Doctor Carol Kelp Feature film 2004Go BigMichaela TwinchTV movie2003Syntax ErrorLaurenShort film2003Travelling LightBronwyn White Feature film 2002Secret Bridesmaids' BusinessLucy Dean Feature film 2001Russian DollLiza Feature film 2000Walk the TalkBonita Feature film 2000My Mother FrankMargaret Feature film1999Soft FruitNadia Feature film 1998Babe: Pig in the CityNight Nurse Feature film1998PraiseCynthia Feature film 1997BlackrockTeacher Feature film 1995Billy's HolidayKristin Feature film
Television +YearTitleRoleNotesRef2027The Great White TBATV series2024Ladies in Black Dorothy Miles6 episodes2023While the Men are Away Helen TV series, 3 episodes2022Colin From AccountsFiona TV series, 1 episode2021Celebrity Letters and NumbersHerself: Contestant1 episode2019Total ControlKelly Campbell TV series, 2 episodes2017-19The LetdownEster TV series, 10 episodes2016-19Secret CityLudie Sypek TV series, 10 episodes2018SandoVictoria 'Sando' Sandringham TV series, 6 episodes2016-17Home and AwayRanae Turner TV series, 10 episodes2015-16No Activity Police Voice TV series, 9 episodes2010-16OffspringStacey TV series, 4 episodes2016The Kettering IncidentBarbara Holloway TV series, 8 episodesJack IrishAlli Aquaro TV series, 4 episodes2015Catching MilatKaren Milat TV miniseries, 1 episode2014Black ComedyGuest Cast TV series, 2 episodesOld SchoolRhonda TV series, 7 episodesThe MoodysYvonne Tisdale TV series, 6 episodes2013The Darkside2012Dance AcademyAnthea TV series, 3 episodes2011CrowniesVirginia Gardiner TV series, 5 episodesSmall Time Gangster Cathy TV series, 8 episodes2010RakeAnnie Murray TV series, 1 episode2009My PlaceElsie TV series, 1 episodeRescue: Special OpsAmanda Jackson TV series, 1 episodeAll SaintsCollette Harris TV series. 1 episode2006Love My WayP.K TV series, 8 episodes2006headLandJulie Palermo TV series, 6 episodes2003CrashBurnAbby TV series, 13 episodes2000-03Grass RootsHelen Manoufis TV series, 15 episodes2003FarscapePrisoner Morrock TV series, 1 episode2002Halifax f.p.Karen Oldfield TV series, 1 episode2001ChangiNerida TV miniseries, 1 episode1998Murder CallElsepth TV series, 1 episode1996Water RatsChristine Martin TV series, 1 episode
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