Sacha Horler

Biography

Sacha Horler is an Australian actress, born in Sydney, who trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts and graduated in 1993 before making her film debut two years later in the music-themed comedy Billy's Holiday. She appeared in Blackrock and Babe: Pig in the City before her breakthrough in the 1998 drama Praise, which brought her the Australian Film Institute award for Best Actress; a second AFI award followed for Soft Fruit. A Best Supporting Actress award came in 2003 for Travelling Light. Stage roles included Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party, while her television work ranged from the comedy Grass Roots and the miniseries Changi to Love My Way and Offspring. Among her later films was the AFI-nominated drama My Year Without Sex.