Sara Wiseman

Sara Wiseman
Born	Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Actress
Spouse(s)	Craig Hall

Sara Wiseman is a New Zealand actress living and working in New Zealand and Australia.

Early life

Wiseman was born in Auckland, New Zealand. She is the youngest of three children and grew up practising dance and snow skiing. She attended the classic course at Outward Bound NZ three times and is now an Ambassador for Outward Bound NZ.

Career and personal life

Wiseman completed a Bachelor of Performing & Screen Arts at UNITEC in Auckland and has worked on both stage and screen. Wiseman has also worked as a presenter and voiceover artist. Wiseman works both in NZ and Australia. Her movie and television roles include leads, supporting and guest appearances. Wiseman has been nominated for film and television awards multiple times and in 2011 she won Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film at the Aotearoa Film and Television awards for her role in Matariki. That year she was also a finalist for Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film for her role in The Insatiable Moon. She won Best Actress for playing Kate Sheppard in What Really Happened: The Women's Vote at the NZ Television Awards in 2012. Wiseman co-founded and is a board member and tutor at NZ acting school; The Actors Program. In 2013 Wiseman joined the cast of Australian Period drama A Place To Call Home in the recurring role of Carolyn Bligh before being upped to regular cast for the second season.

Wiseman is married to actor Craig Hall.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Letters About the Weather	Grace	Short film
2000	The Waiting Room	Woman	Short film
2001	Home Kill	Tanya	Short film
2003	The Gateway to Hell	Dr. West	Short film
2005	Luella Miller	Lydia
2006	Sione's Wedding	Yes Yes Girl
2006	Embers	Beth	Short film
2008	Our Secret	Sarah	Short film
2008	This Is Her	Sandra	Short film
2008	Jinx Sister	Laura
2008	Bridge	Bea	Short film
2010	Matarika	Megan
2010	The Insatiable Moon	Margaret
2011	Love Birds	Mum 2
2011	Rest for the Wicked	Susan
2013	Nerve	Jennifer
2015	Venus And Mars	Sue Stewart	Short Film Television Year Title Role Notes 1995 Xena: Warrior Princess Young Woman Episode: "Prometheus" 1996 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hephates Episode: "Heedless Hearts" 1999 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Mab Episode: "Once Upon a Future King" 2000 Jackson's Wharf Rebecca Priest TV series 2000 Street Legal Louise Jarvis TV series 2001-2002 Mercy Peak Dr. Nicky Somerville Main role (35 episodes) 2002 Atomic Twister Lisa Gilmore TV film 2002 Mataku Petra Episode: "The Heirloom" 2004 Serial Killers Skye Episode: "Control, Alt, Delete" 2006 Maddigan's Quest Morag Episode: "Tunnellers" 2006 Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America Susan Wood TV film 2007 The Amazing Extraordinary Friends Dr. Helen Episode: "Mad Mike Molloy" 2007-2008 Outrageous Fortune Danielle Recurring role (9 episodes) 2009 The Cult Annabelle Wills Main Role (13 episodes) 2011 Shortland Street Jennifer Mason Recurring role (9 episodes) 2011 Crownies Lisa Simpson Recurring role (4 episodes) 2011-2012 The Almighty Johnsons Helen Recurring role (6 episodes) 2012 Fatal Honeymoon Anchor Person TV film 2014 Auckland Daze Sara Episodes: "2.5", "2.6" 2013-present A Place to Call Home Carolyn Bligh Main role (23 episodes) External links Sara Wiseman at the Internet Movie Database References http://www.nzvideos.org/jinxsister.html - Jinx Sister Official Website