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Leah Purcell is a Actor and Director Australienne born on 14 august 1970 at Murgon (Australie)

Leah Purcell

Leah Purcell
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Nationality Australie
Birth 14 august 1970 (53 years) at Murgon (Australie)

Leah Purcell (born 14 August 1970, Murgon, Queensland) is an Indigenous Australian actress, director and writer. She is a Helpmann Award winner.

Biography

She is a film, television and theatre actress, singer, director and playwright. She is the youngest of seven children of Aboriginal and white Australian descent. Her father was a butcher and a boxing trainer... After a difficult adolescence, looking after her sick mother who died while Leah was in her late teens, problems with alcohol and teenage motherhood, Purcell left Murgon and moved to Brisbane and became involved with community theatre.

In 1996 she moved to Sydney to become presenter on a music video cable television station, RED Music Channel. This was followed by roles in the ABC television series Police Rescue and Fallen Angels. She co-wrote and acted in a play called Box the Pony, which played at Sydney's Belvoir Street Theatre, the Sydney Opera House, the 1999 Edinburgh Festival and in 2000 at the Barbican Theatre in London. She then wrote and directed the documentary Black Chicks Talking, which won a 2002 Inside Film award. She appeared in the acclaimed Australian film Lantana starring Anthony LaPaglia and Geoffrey Rush and in the theatre in The Vagina Monologues. She went on to feature in 2004 films Somersault, The Proposition (starring Guy Pearce and Emily Watson and written by Nick Cave) and Jindabyne (starring Gabriel Byrne) as well as playing the role of Condoleezza Rice in David Hare's play, Stuff Happens in Sydney and Melbourne.

Usually with

Nick Cave
Nick Cave
(1 films)
Jeremy Sims
Jeremy Sims
(1 films)
Ray Lawrence
Ray Lawrence
(2 films)
Rachael Blake
Rachael Blake
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Leah Purcell (7 films)

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Actress

Last Cab to Darwin
Directed by Jeremy Sims
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Michael Caton, Jacki Weaver, Emma Hamilton, Mark Coles Smith, John Howard, David Field
Roles Sonya
Rating71% 3.5955453.5955453.5955453.5955453.595545
When Rex, a taxi driver in Broken Hill, New South Wales, is told he doesn't have long to live, he decides to pursue euthenasia at a clinic in Darwin, Northern Territory. Along the way, he experiences various encounters which encourage him to re-evaluate his life.
My Mistress, 1h44
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films
Actors Emmanuelle Béart, Harrison Gilbertson, Rachael Blake, Leah Purcell, Robyn Moore
Roles Audrey
Rating53% 2.6994452.6994452.6994452.6994452.699445
A sixteen-year-old boy discovers his father's suicide. Distraught, he goes searching for ways to numb the pain. He then meets a mysterious woman who turns out to be a dominatrix and finds solace in her arms.
Jindabyne
Jindabyne (2006)
, 2h3
Directed by Ray Lawrence
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard, Chris Haywood, Leah Purcell
Roles Carmel
Rating62% 3.1467953.1467953.1467953.1467953.146795
On an annual fishing trip, in isolated high country, Stewart (Gabriel Byrne), Carl (John Howard), Rocco (Stelios Yiakmis) and Billy (Simon Stone) find a girl's body in the river; she has been brutally murdered by Gregory (Chris Haywood), a local electrician. The girl (Tatea Reilly) turns out subsequently to be Aboriginal. The men initially suggest hiking back the following morning as it is too late in the day to safely navigate their way to their trucks. They secure the girl's body by the ankle to the riverbank, so she will not drift downstream and get lost in the rapids. However, Stewart the next day goes fishing and, after catching an especially large fish, the men decide to spend the rest of the afternoon continuing their trip before informing the police in the morning.
The Proposition, 1h44
Directed by John Hillcoat
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, David Wenham, John Hurt
Roles Queenie
Rating72% 3.6484853.6484853.6484853.6484853.648485
Set in the Australian outback in the 1880s, the movie follows a series of events following the horrific rape and murder of the Hopkins family, likely committed by the infamous Burns brothers gang.
Somersault
Somersault (2004)
, 1h46
Directed by Cate Shortland
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Erik Thomson, Hollie Andrew, Anne-Louise Lambert, Leah Purcell
Roles Diane
Rating66% 3.346313.346313.346313.346313.34631
Heidi (Cornish), a somewhat isolated, sexually promiscuous teenager living in the suburbs of Canberra, flees her home after her mother, Nicole, finds Heidi kissing Nicole's boyfriend. Isolated and alone, she initially travels to Snowy River with the promise of a job offer, however after phoning the person who informed her of the job prospect, she is rebuffed as the person explains they do not remember her. Heidi's attractive appearance and vulnerability lead her into various situations and escapades in the small town. She meets a stranger at a bar and has anonymous sex with him. In the morning, he informs her of his plans to travel to Sydney and Heidi asks if she can accompany him. His friend informs her that he already has a girlfriend and the idea of Heidi travelling with him is dismissed as a result of this. She strikes up a friendship with Irene (Curran), an older woman who runs a motel in the town. Irene, realising Heidi has very little life experience and no permanent roots in the town, offers her an apartment to rent at the back of the motel. In order to pay the rent, Heidi must find a job, and after an unsuccessful attempt to work at a beanie shop, she is hired at a service station. One of Heidi's co-workers is Bianca (Andrew) and the two become friends after Bianca offers her a lift home one evening.
Lantana
Lantana (2001)
, 2h1
Directed by Ray Lawrence
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays
Actors Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake, Manu Bennett
Roles Claudia Wiss
Rating71% 3.5967753.5967753.5967753.5967753.596775
An unknown woman's body is seen caught in the lantana bush, missing a shoe.

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