Leah Purcell

Biography

Career Overview

Leah Purcell has 29 screen credits in a career dating back to 1999. Signature works include The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, Shayda. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

29

Birth Date

1970-08-14 00:00:00

Birth Place

Murgon, Queensland, Australia

Known For

• 

  The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
• 

  The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
• 

  Shayda
• 

  My Mistress
• Black Chicks Talking
• 

  Tomorrow

Frequent Collaborators

• Sigourney Weaver (1 collaborations)
• Alycia Debnam-Carey (1 collaborations)
• Asher Keddie (1 collaborations)
• Frankie Adams (1 collaborations)
• Alexander England (1 collaborations)
• Charlie Vickers (1 collaborations)
• Tilda Cobham-Hervey (1 collaborations)
• Sebastián Zurita (1 collaborations)
• Alyla Browne (1 collaborations)
• Rob Collins (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (24 credits)

  • Zac Power

    Agent Ironclad (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2027
  • Ghosts Australia

    - Hot Box (2025) ... Mel actor actors
    2025
  • Shayda

    Joyce

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

    Twig

    actor

    actors

    - Part 7: Sturt's Desert Pea (2023) ... Twig actor actors

    - Part 6: Wheel of Fire (2023) ... Twig actor actors

    - Part 5: Desert Oak (2023) ... Twig actor actors

    - Part 4: River Lily (2023) ... Twig actor actors

    - Part 3: Lantern Bush (2023) ... Twig actor actors
    2023
  • Looking Black

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

    Molly Johnson

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • Wentworth: Unlocked

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Wentworth Behind the Bars 3: A Look at the Final Season

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Wentworth: Behind the Bars

    Rita Connors

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Mary: The Making of a Princess

    Toni Klan

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Last Cab to Darwin

    Sonya

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • My Mistress

    Audrey

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Wentworth

    Rita Connors

    actor

    actors

    - Legacy (2021) ... Rita Connors actor actors

    - The Reckoning (2021) ... Rita Connors actor actors

    - The Abyss (2021) ... Rita Connors actor actors

    - Collateral (2021) ... Rita Connors actor actors

    - One Eye Open (2021) ... Rita Connors actor actors
    2013
  • Tomorrow

    Laura

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Jindabyne

    Carmel

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • The Proposition

    Queenie

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Somersault

    Diane

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Lennie Cahill Shoots Through

    Doctor

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Black Chicks Talking

    Herself

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Lantana

    Claudia Wiss

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • McLeod's Daughters

    - Dammed (2008) ... Terri Barker actor actors
    2001
  • Somewhere in the Darkness

    Lulu

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Lost World

    - The Visitor (2001) ... Witch Doctor actor actors
    1999

• writing (1 credits)

  • The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

    screenplay

    writing
    2022

• directing (4 credits)

  • The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Here Out West

    director

    directing
    2022
  • My Life Is Murder

    - Lividity in Lycra (2019) ... director directing

    - The Boyfriend Experience (2019) ... director directing
    2019
  • Black Chicks Talking

    director

    directing
    2002