- Leah Purcell
Leah Purcell (born
14 August 1970 ) is anAustralia n actress from Murgon in the Kingaroy district ofQueensland .She is an accomplished film, television and theatre actor, singer, director and
playwright .She is the youngest of six children of Aboriginal and white Australian descent. Her father was aboxing trainer.After a difficult adolescence, looking after her sick mother who died while Leah was in her late teens, she had turned to drink and had her own child, Leah finally left Murgon and moved toBrisbane and became involved withcommunity theatre .In 1996 she moved to
Sydney to become presenter on a music videocable 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'sBelvoir Street Theatre , theSydney Opera House , the 1999Edinburgh Festival and in 2000 at theBarbican 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" starringAnthony LaPaglia andGeoffrey Rush and in the theatre in "The Vagina Monologues " and in the 2004 films "Somersault", "The Proposition " (starringGuy Pearce andEmily Watson and written byNick Cave ) and "Jindabyne" (starringGabriel Byrne ) as well as playing the role ofCondoleezza Rice in David Hare's play, "Stuff Happens " in Sydney andMelbourne .External links
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* [http://www.leahpurcell.com/ Official Leah Purcell website]
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