Portrait of Leah Purcell

Acting

Leah Purcell

Career

Active from 1997 to 2027, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Redfern Now
Redfern Now
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Leah Purcell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.5, average 3.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Australian Setting 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Cultural Heritage 2
  • Contemporary Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles ยท average score 72
Zac Power
Zac Power (2027)

as Agent Ironclad (voice)

Ghosts Australia
Ghosts Australia (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Mel

High Country
High Country (2024)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Andrea 'Andie' Whitford

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Twig

Shayda
Shayda (2023)
GoodWatch score 73

as Joyce

The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson (2022)
GoodWatch score 66

as Molly Johnson

Here Out West
Here Out West (2022)
GoodWatch score 78

Director

All My Friends Are Racist
All My Friends Are Racist (2021)

TV show ยท as Justice Janelle Ray AO

Wentworth: Behind the Bars
Wentworth: Behind the Bars (2020)

as Rita Connors

2010s

8 titles ยท average score 67
House of Hancock
House of Hancock (2015)

TV show ยท as Hilda Kickett

Last Cab to Darwin
Last Cab to Darwin (2015)
GoodWatch score 75

as Sonya

Mary: The Making of a Princess
Mary: The Making of a Princess (2015)
GoodWatch score 53

as Toni Klan

Janet King
Janet King (2014)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Heather O'Connor

My Mistress
My Mistress (2014)
GoodWatch score 41

as Audrey

Love Child
Love Child (2014)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Daisy

Wentworth
Wentworth (2013)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Rita Connors

Redfern Now
Redfern Now (2012)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Grace

2000s

10 titles ยท average score 70
Tomorrow
Tomorrow (2009)

as Laura

The Starter Wife
The Starter Wife (2007)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Hannah Sprints

Jindabyne
Jindabyne (2006)
GoodWatch score 60

as Carmel

The Proposition
The Proposition (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

as Queenie

Somersault
Somersault (2004)
GoodWatch score 74

as Diane

Lennie Cahill Shoots Through
Lennie Cahill Shoots Through (2003)

as Doctor

Black Chicks Talking
Black Chicks Talking (2002)

Director

Bad Cop, Bad Cop
Bad Cop, Bad Cop (2002)

TV show ยท as Lorraine Simpson

McLeod's Daughters
McLeod's Daughters (2001)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Terri Barker

Lantana
Lantana (2001)
GoodWatch score 79

as Claudia Wiss

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 69
Somewhere in the Darkness
Somewhere in the Darkness (1999)

as Lulu

The Lost World
The Lost World (1999)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Witch Doctor

BeastMaster
BeastMaster (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as The Black Apparition

Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels (1997)

TV show ยท as Sharon Walker

Water Rats
Water Rats (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Police Rescue
Police Rescue (1991)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Const. Tracey Davis