Adrienne Pearce (sometimes credited as Pierce or Pearse) is a South African actress, dancer, and voiceover artist. Her films include ''

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'', '' The Bone Snatcher'', ''

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'', '' Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell'', and '' Glasshouse''. On television, she has featured in the

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series ''

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'' and the

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series '' Troy: Fall of a City''.

Early life

Pearce trained in dance at the Masque School of Ballet in

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and the South African Dance Teachers' Association in

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. She began her career performing audio programmes for Springbok Radio.

Filmography

Film

}) , Tinkie , , - , 2017 , ''Double Echo'' , Mother , , - , 2017 , ''

'' , Mavis Stokes , , - , 2017 , ''Dear Father Christmas'' ( af, Liewe Kersfeesvader) , Tinkie Windvogel , , - , 2018 , '' Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell'' , Mac , Direct-to-video , - , 2019 , ''

Bhai's Cafe ''Bhai's Cafe'' is a South African musical comedy-drama film shot in the style of a Bollywood film directed by Maynard Kraak from a screenplay by Darron Meyer and Aaron Naidoo. It premiered at the 2019 Durban International Film Festival. It had ...

'' , Mrs. Raphaelly , , - , 2019 , ''

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'' , Secretary , , - , 2021 , '' Glasshouse'' , Mother , , - , 2021 , ''

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'' , Dr. Redding , , -

Television

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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