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Leah Maree Purcell AM (born 14 August 1970) is an Aboriginal Australian stage and film actress, playwright, film director, and novelist. She made her film debut in 1999, appearing in Paul Fenech's Somewhere in the Darkness, which led to roles in films, such as Lantana (2001), Somersault (2004), The Proposition (2005) and Jindabyne (2006).
Leah Purcell. Actress: The Legend of Molly Johnson. Multi talented Leah Purcell is a Theatre, Film and Television Actress, Singer, Director, Playwright and Author. She is the youngest of seven children of Aboriginal Australian descent. Her father was a butcher and a boxing trainer.
Leah Purcell. Actress: The Legend of Molly Johnson. Multi talented Leah Purcell is a Theatre, Film and Television Actress, Singer, Director, Playwright and Author. She is the youngest of seven children of Aboriginal Australian descent. Her father was a butcher and a boxing trainer.
Jun 9, 2022 · From a poor Indigenous girl in regional Queensland, actor, writer and director Leah Purcell is now at the top of her game. She has starred in some of Australia’s most renowned films and written and directed some of our best television.
Jul 13, 2024 · A fictional story inspired by true events, Australian series High Country stars Leah Purcell as detective Andrea ‘Andie’ Whitford who is transferred to the town of Brokenridge in the Victorian...
Nov 25, 2022 · The acclaimed Indigenous actor/writer/director is nominated for eight AACTA awards for her debut feature film that reimagines a classic Australian story through a black, female lens.
Jun 12, 2022 · In her own words, Leah Purcell has "come from the dirt" and pulled herself up to the top of her industry as a writer, actor and director. It's through the scenes of her new movie that she weaves ...
Aug 19, 2022 · Australian indigenous director, writer, and actress Leah Purcell continues her journey adapting Henry Lawson’s classic short story The Drover’s Wife (1892), first for the stage, then...
May 2, 2022 · When The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is released in cinemas across the country this week, it will be another feather in the cap for lead actor, writer, director and co-producer of the film, Leah Purcell, on a journey lasting almost five decades.
Aug 24, 2022 · Inspired by a short story by Australian writer Henry Lawson that she heard as a child, writer, director, and star Leah Purcell has turned a classic colonial tale into a gripping tale of feminist strength. Journalist Katherine Tulich talks with Purcell in this video report.
