Leah Purcell

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Summary

Leah Purcell is an Australian actor, writer, director and playwright whose screen work includes Wentworth and Redfern Now. Her work often explores Aboriginal identity, frontier violence, racism and gendered violence; her adaptations of The Drover’s Wife recast a familiar colonial story through the experience of an Aboriginal woman. Purcell has described the importance of seeing Aboriginal worlds on screen and has spoken publicly about preserving Indigenous culture and telling stories from a First Nations perspective. No public party affiliations or campaign endorsements are on record.