Personal Info
Birth date
1970-08-14 (55 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Murgon, Queensland, Australia
Also known as
-Leah Purcell
Biography
We dont have a biography for Leah Purcell
Filmography
Wentworth
8
Overview:
Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series.Water Rats
6.6
Overview:
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.McLeod's Daughters
7.3
Overview:
When Jack McLeod passes away, his two daughters inherit Drovers Run, a vast cattle ranch in the Australian outback. Ultimately, Tess and Claire decide to run the ranch together, with their housekeeper, Meg, her teenage daughter, Jodi, and a local girl, Becky. Their lives are hard and the obstacles many, but the rewards are every bit as grand as the wild open land they've inherited.Police Rescue
6.4
Overview:
Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work attending to various incidents from road accidents to train crashes.My Life Is Murder
7.105
Overview:
Investigator Alexa Crowe, cannot help fighting the good fight – whether it is solving murders or combatting the small frustrations of everyday life. Fearless and unapologetic, Alexa's unique skills and insights into the darker quirks of human nature, allows her to provoke, comfort and push the right buttons as she unravels the truth behind the most baffling of crimes.BeastMaster
6.4
Overview:
BeastMaster chronicles the adventures of Dar, the last surviving male of the storied Sula tribe, who is blessed with the ability to communicate telepathically with the animals of his ancient world. Also endowed with the strength, courage and fighting skills of a great warrior, he uses his gifts to defend all living creatures oppressed by the forces of evil.Lantana
6.677
Overview:
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.The Lost World
7.15
Overview:
Early 20th-century adventurers find themselves fighting for survival after their hot-air balloon crashes into a remote part of the Amazon, stranding them on a prehistoric plateau.Mary: The Making of a Princess
4.3
Overview:
This is the story of a fateful encounter and the life-changing choices that led to one of Australia's and the world's most recognisable and romantic love stories.The Proposition
7.037
Overview:
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most inhospitable regions, Charlie faces a terrible moral dilemma that can end only in violence.The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
7.692
Overview:
After losing her parents in a mysterious fire, nine-year-old Alice Hart is raised by her grandmother June on a flower farm where she learns there are secrets within secrets. But years on, an unearthed betrayal sees Alice forced to face her past.The Starter Wife
5
Overview:
The events of one woman's life following her divorce after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio executive. Based on the best-selling novel by Gigi Levangie Grazer.Love Child
5.3
Overview:
The lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in the 1960s. Joan Miller is a smart and sophisticated midwife who returns home from London to take a job at the Kings Cross Hospital. Dr Patrick McNaughton is a charismatic head of obstetrics at Kings Cross Hospital. Frances Bolton is the tough matron who also controls the running of Stanton House, a home for unwed pregnant young women.Jindabyne
5.5
Overview:
Outside the Australian town of Jindabyne, local man Stuart Kane is on a fishing trip with friends when they discover the body of a murdered girl.Last Cab to Darwin
6.8
Overview:
Rex is a loner, and when he's told he doesn't have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive through the Australian outback from Broken Hill to Darwin to die on his own terms; but his journey reveals to him that before you can end your life, you have to live it, and to live it, you've got to share it.Somewhere in the Darkness
9
Overview:
In this Australian drama, a department store collapses, trapping an old man (Barry Jenkins) and a young boy (Rowan Whitt) underneath. In hopes of keeping the child calm, the man tells him a series of folk tales which teach a moral lesson while they entertain. Somewhere In The Darkness received its world premier at the 1999 Slamdance Film Festival in the United States; it was later screened at Australia's Sydney Film Festival the same year. ~ Mark Deming, RoviWentworth: Behind the Bars
NYR
Overview:
Before the launch of Wentworth's highly anticipated eighth season on Fox Showcase, let's take a journey back through seven seasons of gripping, unstoppable drama.Janet King
6.8
Overview:
Senior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and a conspiracy which will have shocking ramifications throughout the judicial system.Lennie Cahill Shoots Through
NYR
Overview:
An unsolved crime, a retiring cop and a dying crim determined not to take his regrets to the grave.Somersault
6.2
Overview:
Australian teenager Heidi is left with little choice but to leave home after she's caught red-handed with her mother's boyfriend. With few options, Heidi ends up in Jindabyne, a tourist community. Upon meeting Joe at a bar, she pursues a relationship with him and tries to find something resembling a normal home life. Heidi makes small strides by getting a job and finding a place to stay, but her relationship with Joe must overcome more than its share of hurdles.High Country
5.9
Overview:
When detective Andrea 'Andie' Whitford is transferred to the Victorian High Country, she is thrust into a baffling mystery of five missing persons who have vanished into the wilderness. Through an edge-of-the-seat, high-stakes investigation, Andie uncovers a complex web involving murder, deceit and revenge.My Mistress
5.2
Overview:
After the death of his father, a 16-year-old boy struggles with anger and instability, distancing himself from his mother. His search for escape leads him to a lonely dominatrix living nearby, a woman accustomed to giving and controlling pain. Drawn to her world, he seeks both solace and love, while she finds herself pulled into a bond that neither expected but both need.Redfern Now
8
Overview:
Six extraordinary stories one unmissable series. Redfern Now is the first drama series written, directed and produced by Indigenous Australians.Cleverman
5.767
Overview:
In the near future, creatures from ancient Aboriginal mythology endowed with extraordinary physical traits have emerged and must coexist with humans. Known as 'Hairypeople' they battle for survival in a world that wants to exploit and destroy them. One young man – The Cleverman – struggles with his own power and the responsibility to unite this divided world, but he must first overcome a deep estrangement from his older brother.Here Out West
4.7
Overview:
A baby is kidnapped from hospital by a desperate grandmother. Her flight sets off a chain of events that bring together complete strangers over the course of one day.Tomorrow
5
Overview:
Kirsten is a 14 year old girl who lives in an isolated Australian country town. Laura is a businesswoman on her way to Brisbane. When their journeys coincide Kirsten and Laura make a connection that runs deeper than their differences.House of Hancock
6.7
Overview:
House of Hancock tells the epic true story of the Hancock dynasty and the bizarre love triangle that emerged between Lang, his daughter Gina, and his beautiful Filipina housekeeper Rose.My Place
5
Overview:
My Place tells the story of one house in south Sydney as told by the generations of children who have lived there over a period of over 220 years. The series opens in 2008 and travels back to pre-1788. Each episode centres around a child with a talent for some kind of trouble, each hiding up the same old fig tree, each with a story to tell.Acting
2024High Country (8 Episodes) as Andrea 'Andie' Whitford
2023Shayda as Joyce
2023The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (7 Episodes) as Twig
2022Looking Black as Self
2022The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson as Molly Johnson
2021All My Friends Are Racist (5 Episodes) as Justice Janelle Ray AO
2020Wentworth: Behind the Bars as Rita Connors
2017David Stratton: A Cinematic Life as Self
2016Anh's Brush with Fame (1 Episode) as Herself
2015Mary: The Making of a Princess as Toni Klan
2015Last Cab to Darwin as Sonya
2015House of Hancock (2 Episodes) as Hilda Kickett
2014My Mistress as Audrey
2014Janet King (8 Episodes) as Heather O'Connor
2014Love Child (3 Episodes) as Daisy
2013Wentworth (42 Episodes) as Rita Connors
2012Redfern Now (2 Episodes) as Grace
2009Tomorrow as Laura
2007The Starter Wife (2 Episodes) as Hannah Sprints
2006Jindabyne as Carmel
2005The Proposition as Queenie
2004Somersault as Diane
2003Lennie Cahill Shoots Through as Doctor
2002Black Chicks Talking as Herself
2001Lantana as Claudia Wiss
2001McLeod's Daughters (1 Episode) as Terri Barker
1999BeastMaster (5 Episodes) as The Black Apparition
1999The Lost World (1 Episode) as Witch Doctor
1999Somewhere in the Darkness as Lulu
1997Fallen Angels (20 Episodes) as Sharon Walker
1996Water Rats (1 Episode) as Unknown
1991Police Rescue (9 Episodes) as Const. Tracey Davis
Production
2024High Country (8 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2021All My Friends Are Racist (5 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
Directing
2022The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson ... Director
2022Here Out West ... Director
2019My Life Is Murder (2 Episodes) ... Director
2016The Secret Daughter (1 Episode) ... Director
2012Redfern Now (2 Episodes) ... Director
2002Black Chicks Talking ... Director
Writing
2022The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson ... Screenplay, Theatre Play
2015Ready for This (1 Episode) ... Writer
2009My Place (1 Episode) ... Writer
Creator
2016Cleverman ... Creator