# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leah-purcell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:01:51.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leah-purcell"
name: "Leah Purcell"
slug: "leah-purcell"
description: "Leah Maree Purcell is an Australian stage and film actress, playwright, film director, and novelist. She made her film debut in 1999, appearing in Paul Fenech's Somewhere in the Darkness, which led to roles in films, such as Lantana (2001), Somersault (2004), The Proposition (2005) and Jindabyne (2006)."
tagline: "Australian actress and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leah_Purcell_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1970-08-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.03651466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LeahPurcell15"
    handle:    "LeahPurcell15"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/leahpurcell/"
    handle:    "leahpurcell"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0700732/"
    handle:    "nm0700732"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.leahpurcell.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/854950"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Purcell"
    title: "Leah Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ليه بورسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "ليه بورسيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Purcell"
    title: "Leah Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Purcell"
    title: "Leah Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Purcell"
    title: "Leah Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Purcell"
    title: "Leah Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%84_%ED%8D%BC%EC%85%80"
    title: "리아 퍼셀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Purcell"
    title: "Leah Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Purcell"
    title: "Leah Purcell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1810579"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38782"
    title: "Leah Purcell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump