High Country

Shayda

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

Looking Black

The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

All My Friends Are Racist

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

Mary: The Making of a Princess

Last Cab to Darwin

House of Hancock

My Mistress

Janet King

Love Child

Wentworth

Redfern Now

Tomorrow

Jindabyne

The Proposition

Somersault

Lennie Cahill Shoots Through

Black Chicks Talking

Lantana

BeastMaster

The Lost World

Somewhere in the Darkness

Fallen Angels

Water Rats

Police Rescue

Here Out West

My Life Is Murder

The Secret Daughter

Cleverman

Ready for This

My Place

Leah Maree Purcell  (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).
In 2014, Purcell wrote and starred in the play, The Drover's Wife, based on the original story by Henry Lawson. In 2019, she went on to write the bestselling novel, The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, which was adapted for the screen when Purcell made her directorial debut in the acclaimed film of the same name in 2022, for which she had also written, produced and starred as the titular character. For her work, she has won several awards, including a Helpmann Award, two AACTA Awards, and Asia Pacific Screen Awards Jury Grand Prize.
Purcell is notable for her roles in several television drama series, including Police Rescue (1996), Fallen Angels (1997), Redfern Now (2012–2013), which earned her an AACTA Award, Janet King (2016), and perhaps her most recognisable television role being that of her AACTA and Logie Award-nominated performance as Rita Connors in the Foxtel prison drama series, Wentworth (2018–2021), the Amazon miniseries The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023), and currently the Binge series, High Country (2024).

Leah Purcell