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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 ...
- Leah Purcell weaves her Indigenous Songlines into new film ...
Leah Purcell weaves her Indigenous Songlines into new film...
- The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is a ...
When The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is...
- Leah Purcell weaves her Indigenous Songlines into new film ...
- '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 ...
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- Susan Chenery,Vanessa Gorman
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.
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- music,pop culture reporter Mawunyo Gbogbo
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).
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 13, 2022 · Purcell is the first Indigenous woman to write, direct and star in her own feature film, The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson. She’s woven her family’s complicated history and her ...
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Feb 17, 2024 · Leah Purcell opens up about her devastation over the Voice to Parliament result, the death of her mother – and the difficult but joyous childhood that shaped her, as he launches her new drama ...
