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
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Actress

Career

Her other television credits include the television series All Saints, Winners & Losers, Last Man Standing, Jeopardy, Supergirl and Canal Road.

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^[2][3] in Steve Rodgers' play Savage River^[4] for the Griffin Theatre Company. Sergeant received praise as "a stand out performance amid an excellent cast" in Sue Smith's Thrall.^[5] 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 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.^[6] 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 2010 she was awarded a Mike Walsh Fellowships Special Grant. In 2021, Sergeant joined The CW's Supergirl as Nyxly in the final season.^[7]

Filmography

Film

• George of the Jungle 2 (2003) as Attractive Woman
• The Bet (2006) as Lila
• Iron Sky (2012) as Vivian Wagner
• Crawlspace (2012) as Wiki
• Patrick (2013) as Nurse Williams
• Runner (TBA) as Julie

Television

• Jeopardy (season 3) (2004) as Professor Sharpe
• Last Man Standing (4 episodes) (2005) as Janessa
• Two Twisted (1 episode) (2006) as Isabelle Dempsey
• All Saints (season 10, 1 episode) (2007) as Bianca Frost
• Satisfaction (seasons 1-2) (2007-2009) as Heather
• Canal Road (2008) as Holly Chong
• Winners & Losers (seaaon 2) (2012) as Cat Johnson
• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (6 episodes) (2014) as the Jabberwocky
• The Originals (6 episodes) (2014) as Francesca Guerrera
• House of Hancock (miniseries) (2015) as Rose Porteous
• Snowfall (seasons 1-6) (2017-2023) as Julia
• American Woman (episode: "Jack") (2018) as Hannah
• Supergirl (season 6) (2021) as Nyxlygsptlnz

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