Adrienne Pearce
Adrienne Pearce
Other names Adrienne Pierce Adrienne Pearse
Occupations Actress, dancer, voiceover artist
Years active 1981–present
Adrienne Pearce (sometimes credited as Pierce or Pearse ) is a South African actress, dancer, and voiceover artist. Her films include Proteus The Bone Snatcher Van der Merwe Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell , and Glasshouse SABC series The Legend of the Hidden City Netflix series Troy: Fall of a City .
Early life Pearce trained in dance at the Masque School of Ballet in Durban and the South African Dance Teachers' Association in Pretoria . She began her career performing audio programmes for Springbok Radio .
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1985 Deadly Passion Waitress 1988 Purgatory Janine 1988 Lethal Woman Trudy the Henchwoman 1988 The Shadowed Mind Stephanie 1988 Rhino Zara 1989 American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt Secretary 1989 Out on Bail Maggie 1990 Impact Hooker 1990 Warriors from Hell Angie McCoy 1994 Demon Keeper Dia Gregory 2001 Styx Janet Direct-to-video 2003 Proteus Tinnie 2003 The Bone Snatcher Magda 2004 Blast Dr. Dorbet 2011 The Lion of Judah Helda Voice role 2014 Konfetti Dawn Lieberman 2014 Spud 3: Learning to Fly Ms. Owen 2015 Chip Friend Short film 2015 Bow Tie (Afrikaans : Strikdas )Tinkie 2017 Double Echo Mother 2017 Van der Merwe Mavis Stokes 2017 Dear Father Christmas (Afrikaans : Liewe Kersfeesvader )Tinkie Windvogel 2018 Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell Mac Direct-to-video 2019 Bhai's Cafe Mrs. Raphaelly 2019 The Red Sea Diving Resort Secretary 2021 Glasshouse Mother 2021 Afterlife of the Party Dr. Redding
Television Year Title Role Notes 1981 The Memorandum Hana Television film 1997 The Legend of the Hidden City Kabeth 2001 Mein Papa mit der kalten Schnauze Frau Hishcke Television film 2002 The Swap Administrator 2002 The Red Phone: Manhunt Puttnam Television film 2003 Red Phone 2 Puttnam Television film 2004 12 Days of Terror Mrs. Stillwell Television film 2005 Sterne über Madeira Charlotte Hornbach Television film 2005 Charlie Jade Ms. Jensen Episode: "Things Unseen" 2005 Supervnova Giselle Lamond Miniseries 2005 The Triangle Emily's Mother Miniseries 2007 Jonestown: Paradise Lost Sharon Amos Documentary 2010 Silent Witness Judge Home: Part 1 2012 Infested! Sharon Girard Episode: "Driven Insane" 2017 The Last Post Midwife Episode: "Starfish" 2017 Tali's Wedding Diary Lena Ljungbord Episode: "The Engagement" 2018 The Looming Tower Sara Episode: "Losing My Religion" 2018 Troy: Fall of a City Iola Miniseries; 5 episodes 2019 Schwiegereltern im Busch Amtsbotin Television film 2019 Deep State Helen Irving Episode: "The New Normal" 2021 The Watch Wynona Crowsnatcher Episode: "Twilight Canyons" 2022 Resident Evil Mrs Morgan Episode: "Welcome to New Raccoon City" 2024 The Morning After Mrs Fine 4 episodes
Stage Year Title Role Notes 1982 Accommodations Baxter Theatre Centre , Cape Town1983 The Rise and Fall of the First Empress Bonaparte Paulina South African State Theatre , Pretoria; Alexander Theatre , Johannesburg1990 Softer than Rock National Arts Festival 2003 Cry, the Beloved Country National Arts Festival 2005–2007 The boy who fell from the roof Mother Artscape Theatre Centre , Cape Town; Theatre on the Square, Sandton2009 The Insatiables Melissa Theatre on the Bay , Cape Town2011–2012 The Comedy of Errors Abbess Maynardville Open-Air Theatre , Cape Town2011–2012 Mary and the Conqueror Julie Mullard Artscape Theatre Centre, Cape Town; Johannesburg 2015 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2012 Dublin Gay Theatre Festival Best Female Performance Mary and the Conqueror Nominated 2013 Naledi Theatre Awards Best Performance by a Supporting Actress Nominated
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