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    Australian actress and film director

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    The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023) 10 Videos. 3 Photos. 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.

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  4. Leah Purcell (@leahpurcell) • Instagram photos and videos. 54K Followers, 528 Following, 1,264 Posts - Leah Purcell (@leahpurcell) on Instagram: "📧 admin@creativerep.com.au Actor • Writer • Producer • Director @thedroverswifefilm : Out Now High Country : Out now on @binge & @foxtel".

  5. Jun 9, 2022 · Introduced by actor Deb Mailman. 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 ...

    • 'My Mother Never Had A Voice'
    • The Pain of Being The 'Secret Family'
    • Bain and Leah, A Love Story 'Gift' from The Ancestors
    • Leah Flips Pioneering Tale on Its Head

    Leah might have gotten out of Murgon, but she never left her people. A Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka woman, she is the storyteller, the holder and keeper of the stories. For 30 years now she has been telling the story of her family, of her mother and grandmother. "I'm a truth-teller. All I can share is the truth in my family's stories, because that's al...

    Leah was the youngest of Florence's seven children. Born when Florence was 42 it was just her and her mother. "I was her shoulder to cry on. I had a lot of responsibility as a child. My job was to protect her and look after her." Her father was a white man, the local butcher and boxing trainer, who lived with his white wife and three children on th...

    Leah started in community theatre in Brisbane in the early '90s. Her cousin set her up on a blind date with Bain Stewart and 30 years later they are still going strong. Bain was a champion kickboxer who ran a martial arts gym. Like Leah, his mother was Aboriginal, his father white. "He knew I was interested in acting and he really encouraged me wit...

    Leah was about to semi-retire from acting to concentrate on her writing when she was offered one of the three leads in Wentworth. "And I said, 'Just let me talk to the actor in me'. And, you know, I was screaming with joy. I loved Wentworth because we women had kickass, bad-ass, boss-bitch moments." In 2014, she was awarded the Balnaves Foundation ...

  6. Leah Purcell poses in the media room with AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in Film during the 2022 AACTA Awards Presented By Foxtel Group at the Hordern on December 07, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

  7. Mar 26, 2020 · Photograph: Brett Boardman. Stage. This article is more than 7 years old. Reimagining The Drover's Wife: Leah Purcell weaves Indigenous Australia into classic tale. The Aboriginal actor and...

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