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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...
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 ...
Nov 25, 2022 · Leah Purcell wrote, directed, produced and starred in The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson. Louise Kennerley. Purcell is immersing in Maori culture in Otaki, a coastal town about an hour north of Wellington, where she is the first Indigenous filmmaker to take up a residency at the Maoriland Film Festival.
