Guy Pearce has celebrated his mom as a "sharp, fierce and witty" girl earlier than her Alzheimer's prognosis as he introduced her demise.

The British-born actor, finest identified for his position in 2000 psychological movie Memento, first got here to public consideration when he appeared in Neighbours.

The 55-year-old mirrored how he'll "miss" his mom, Anne, in a submit on X, previously generally known as Twitter.

"Lost my beautiful Mum today. 'Kicked the bucket' as she would say," he stated.

"What a pointy, fierce and witty girl Anne was, till Alzheimer's struck in 2010.

"It's been a long and winding road. A fitting song 4 ur departure Mum.

"Tracy and I'll miss u enormously. We'll all the time love u XX."

Pearce, who has starred in Hollywood movies together with LA Confidential, The Hurt Locker and The Time Machine, additionally shared photographs of his mom all through her life, together with on his mother and father' marriage ceremony day.

He acquired messages of condolences from followers who stated they have been "sorry" for his loss.

Pearce grew up in Australia along with his eldest sister Tracy, who he has beforehand described as having an mental incapacity.

His father, Stuart Pearce, who had served within the Royal New Zealand Air Force, died in an plane accident when the actor was a toddler.