---
name: "Leah Purcell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leah-purcell"
fi1m_id: "leah-purcell"
imdb_id: "nm0700732"
tmdb_id: 38782
wikidata_id: "Q1810579"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 August 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:57:12.912037+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leah Purcell

## Identity

Leah Purcell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leah-purcell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leah-purcell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0700732
- **TMDB ID:** 38782
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1810579
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Purcell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1810579, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700732/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38782

Actor. Born 14 August 1970 in Murgon, Queensland, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 August 1970, Murgon, Queensland, Australia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Purcell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1810579, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700732/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38782

## Coming up

- *Zac Power* (2027-01-07), as Agent Ironclad (voice)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lantana*](https://film.one/film/lantana.md) (78)

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## Biography

Leah Purcell is an Australian actress, playwright, film director and novelist. Born on 14 August 1970 in Murgon, Queensland, she made her film debut in 1999 and appeared as Claudia Wiss in *Lantana* (2001).

Her other film roles include Diane in *Somersault* (2004), Queenie in *The Proposition* (2005) and Carmel in *Jindabyne* (2006). On television she has played Rita Connors in *Wentworth* (2018–2021) and Twig in *The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart* (2023).

Purcell wrote and starred in the play *The Drover's Wife* (2014) and its 2022 film adaptation, which she also directed and produced. She has received several awards, including AACTA Awards and a Helpmann Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lantana* (2001), Fi1m 78, as Claudia Wiss — [page](https://film.one/film/lantana.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Zac Power* (2027), as Agent Ironclad (voice)
- *Ghosts Australia* (2025), series, as Mel
- *High Country* (2024), series, as Andrea 'Andie' Whitford · Executive Producer
- *Shayda* (2023), as Joyce
- *The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart* (2023), series, as Twig
- *The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson* (2022), as Molly Johnson · Director, Screenplay, Theatre Play
- *Here Out West* (2022), Director
- *All My Friends Are Racist* (2021), series, as Justice Janelle Ray AO · Executive Producer
- *Wentworth: Unlocked* (2021), Actor
- *Wentworth Behind the Bars 3: A Look at the Final Season* (2020), Actor
- *Wentworth: Behind the Bars* (2020), as Rita Connors
- *My Life Is Murder* (2019), series, Director
- *The Secret Daughter* (2016), series, Director
- *Cleverman* (2016), series, Creator
- *Mary: The Making of a Princess* (2015), as Toni Klan
- *Ready for This* (2015), series, Writer
- *Last Cab to Darwin* (2015), as Sonya
- *House of Hancock* (2015), series, as Hilda Kickett
- *My Mistress* (2014), as Audrey
- *Janet King* (2014), series, as Heather O'Connor
- *Love Child* (2014), series, as Daisy
- *Wentworth* (2013), series, as Rita Connors
- *Redfern Now* (2012), series, as Grace · Director
- *My Place* (2009), series, Writer
- *Tomorrow* (2009), as Laura
- *The Starter Wife* (2007), series, as Hannah Sprints
- *Jindabyne* (2006), as Carmel
- *The Proposition* (2005), as Queenie
- *Somersault* (2004), as Diane
- *Lennie Cahill Shoots Through* (2003), as Doctor
- *Bad Cop, Bad Cop* (2002), series, as Lorraine Simpson
- *Black Chicks Talking* (2002), Director
- *Lantana* (2001), as Claudia Wiss — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lantana.md)
- *McLeod's Daughters* (2001), series, as Terri Barker
- *BeastMaster* (1999), series, as The Black Apparition
- *The Lost World* (1999), series, as Witch Doctor
- *Somewhere in the Darkness* (1999), as Lulu
- *Fallen Angels* (1997), series, as Sharon Walker
- *Water Rats* (1996), series, Actor
- *Police Rescue* (1991), series, as Const. Tracey Davis

## Gallery

- ![Leah Purcell](https://film.one/media/person/3933231/gallery-0b2f22e1c7fd.jpg) Leah Purcell — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Leah_Purcell_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Leah Purcell](https://film.one/media/person/3933231/gallery-d882d279b6f8.jpg) Leah Purcell — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- ASPA Jury Grand Prize 2021: ASPA Jury Grand Prize (won), for *The Drover’s Wife*
- Member of the Order of Australia 2021: Member of the Order of Australia (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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