Peta Sergeant

Peta Sergeant is a Malaysian-born Australian actress best known for her lead role in the Australian television series Satisfaction. She graduated from NIDA.^[1]

Peta Sergeant
Born	1981 (age 43–44) Penang Island, Malaysia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present

Career

Sergeant played Janessa in the Seven Network drama series Last Man Standing.^[2] In 2006, she joined the cast of All Saints as surgeon Dr Bianca Frost.^[2] Sergeant starred as corrections officer Holly Chong in the short-lived 2008 drama Canal Road.^[3]

Her other television credits include Jeopardy.

Film credits include George of the Jungle 2, Patrick and The Bet.

She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of a woman on the run^[4][5] in Steve Rodgers' play Savage River^[6] for the Griffin Theatre Company. Sergeant received praise as "a stand out performance amid an excellent cast" in Sue Smith's Thrall.^[7] She was cast as Nina Cruz in the Melbourne Theatre Company production of All About My Mother, an adaptation for the stage based on the film by Pedro Almodóvar, directed by Simon Phillips. In 2010, she was awarded a Mike Walsh Fellowships Special Grant.

In 2012, she starred in Iron Sky, as Vivian Wagner, a campaign adviser to a Sarah Palin-like president of the United States, who later becomes general on the US' interplanetary warship USS George W. Bush.^[8] She also joined the supporting cast of Winners & Losers as Cat Johnson.^[9] In 2013, she starred in Patrick as Nurse Williams. In 2014 she played the Jabberwocky in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and Francesca Guerrera in The Originals. In the 2015 telemovie House of Hancock, Sergeant portrayed Rose Porteous. She plays Julia in Snowfall.

In 2021, Sergeant joined The CW's Supergirl as Nyxly in the final season.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	George of the Jungle 2	Attractive Woman
2006	The Bet	Lila
2012	Iron Sky	Vivian Wagner
2012	Crawlspace	Wiki
2013	Patrick	Nurse Williams
TBA	Runner	Julie	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Jeopardy	Professor Sharpe	Season 3
2005	Last Man Standing	Janessa	4 episodes
2006	Two Twisted	Isabelle Dempsey	1 episode
2007	All Saints	Dr. Bianca Frost	Season 10, 1 episode
2007–2009	Satisfaction	Heather	Seasons 1–2
2008	Canal Road	Holly Chong
2012	Winners & Losers	Cat Johnson	Season 2
2014	Once Upon a Time in Wonderland	Jabberwocky	6 episodes
2014	The Originals	Francesca Guerrera	6 episodes
2015	House of Hancock	Rose Porteous	Miniseries
2017–2023	Snowfall	Julia	Seasons 1–6)
2018	American Woman	Hannah	Episode: "Jack"
2018	Castle Rock	Angela	Episode: "Harvest"
2021	Supergirl	Nyxlygsptlnz	Season 6

Video games

• Star Wars: Squadrons (2020) as Terisa Kerrill

Theatre

• Thrall (2006) as Indigo
• Savage River (2009) as Jude for Griffin Theatre Company
• All About My Mother as Nina Cruz for Melbourne Theatre Company