Leah Purcell (born 14 August 1970) is an Indigenous Australian actress, director and writer. She is a Helpmann Award and AACTA Award winner.Leah Purcell was born in Murgon, Queensland, the youngest of seven children of Aboriginal and white Australian descent. Her father was a butcher and a boxing trainer. After a difficult adolescence, looking after her sick mother who died while Leah was in her late teens, problems with alcohol and teenage motherhood, Purcell left Murgon and moved to Brisbane and became involved with community theatre. Wikipedia