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Leah Purcell. 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 ...
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.
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Leah Purcell is an Aboriginal Australian actress, singer, director, playwright and author. She has starred in films such as Somersault and The Proposition, and TV shows such as Redfern Now and Wentworth.
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Jun 9, 2022 · Watch the Australian Story episode on actor, writer and director Leah Purcell, who reimagines a classic Australian tale with her family's history and her own past. She is the first Indigenous woman to write, direct and star in her own feature film.
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Nov 25, 2022 · View all comments. 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 ...
Jun 12, 2022 · Leah Purcell is an actor, writer, producer and director who weaves her Indigenous Songlines into her stories. She shares her family history of Stolen Generations, her escape from violence and her passion for storytelling in this ABC News profile.
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Mar 26, 2020 · In the autobiographical work Box the Pony, we learned she was a one-time Miss Murgon from up rural Queensland way, and about the strong, influential women in her life. Leah Purcell, 46, likens...
