Cast & creator
Leah Purcell
Best known for McLeod's Daughters, Water Rats, Wentworth
Movies
24
film credits
Series
26
television credits
Career
37
1991–2027 · acting roles
Credit score
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (50)
Showing 50 of 50 credits
Series
★ 7.2
McLeod's Daughters
Terri Barker
2001
Series
★ 6.2
Water Rats
1996
Series
★ 8.0
Wentworth
Rita Connors
2013
Series
★ 7.2
The Lost World
Witch Doctor
1999
Series
★ 6.4
BeastMaster
The Black Apparition
1999
Series
★ 6.7
Police Rescue
Const. Tracey Davis
1991
Series
★ 8.0
Redfern Now
Grace
2012Series
★ 8.0
Redfern Now
Director
2012
Series
★ 7.2
My Life Is Murder
Director
2019
Series
★ 7.7
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Twig
2023
Series
★ 5.3
Love Child
Daisy
2014
Series
★ 6.0
High Country
Andrea 'Andie' Whitford
2024Series
★ 6.0
High Country
Executive Producer
2024
Series
★ 4.4
The Starter Wife
Hannah Sprints
2007
Series
★ 6.9
Janet King
Heather O'Connor
2014
Series
★ 5.8
Cleverman
Creator
2016
Series
Anh's Brush with Fame
Herself
2016
Movie
★ 7.0
The Proposition
Queenie
2005
Series
★ 8.0
Ghosts Australia
Mel
2025
Movie
★ 5.1
My Mistress
Audrey
2014
Series
★ 8.0
Bad Cop, Bad Cop
Lorraine Simpson
2002
Series
★ 5.0
My Place
Writer
2009
Movie
★ 5.9
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
Molly Johnson
2022Movie
★ 5.9
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
Director
2022Movie
★ 5.9
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
Screenplay
2022Movie
★ 5.9
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
Theatre Play
2022
Series
★ 5.5
The Secret Daughter
Director
2016
Series
Ready for This
Writer
2015
Movie
★ 4.6
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
2017
Series
★ 6.7
House of Hancock
Hilda Kickett
2015
Series
All My Friends Are Racist
Justice Janelle Ray AO
2021Series
All My Friends Are Racist
Executive Producer
2021
Movie
★ 5.4
Jindabyne
Carmel
2006W
Movie
Wentworth: Unlocked
2021
Movie
★ 6.8
Last Cab to Darwin
Sonya
2015
Movie
★ 6.7
Lantana
Claudia Wiss
2001
Movie
Zac Power
Agent Ironclad (voice)
2027W
Movie
Wentworth Behind the Bars 3: A Look at the Final Season
2020
Movie
★ 6.8
Shayda
Joyce
2023
Movie
Wentworth: Behind the Bars
Rita Connors
2020
Movie
★ 6.3
Somersault
Diane
2004F
Series
★ 9.0
Fallen Angels
Sharon Walker
1997
Movie
★ 4.3
Mary: The Making of a Princess
Toni Klan
2015
Movie
★ 5.0
Tomorrow
Laura
2009
Movie
★ 9.3
Somewhere in the Darkness
Lulu
1999L
Movie
★ 9.0
Lennie Cahill Shoots Through
Doctor
2003
Movie
★ 4.7
Here Out West
Director
2022
Movie
Looking Black
Self
2022B
Movie
★ 7.0
Black Chicks Talking
Herself
2002B
Movie
★ 7.0
Black Chicks Talking
Director
2002