Leela Varghese
Film director, screenwriter and actress · Directors · Born 1992 · age 34
Leela Varghese is an Australian film-maker and comedian. She was a member of the comedy band The Coconuts with Shabana Azeez and performed at the Adelaide Fringe in 2023. Varghese co-directed the 2025 film Lesbian Space Princess with Emma Hough Hobbs and directed the short film I'm The Most Racist Person I Know.
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Our Effed Up WorldFilm, Shopper #12025
I'm the Most Racist Person I KnowFilm, Director, Writer
Lesbian Space PrincessFilm, 2025Director, Writer2021
Science+Film, Director2019
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Leela Varghese (born 1992 in Bundaberg) is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and actress. From 2008 to 2018, Leela Varghese worked as a presenter for the Australian children's series *Totally Wild*; beginning in 2011, she directed and wrote several short films. She garnered particular attention with the short film *Crush*, which won the award for Best Screenplay at Tropfest in 2019. Subsequently, together with Emma Hough Hobbs, she developed the feature film *Lesbian Space Princess*, which screened in the Panorama section at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival and was awarded the Teddy Award for Best LGBTQIA+ Feature Film. Varghese is openly lesbian and frequently explores queer perspectives and diversity in her work.
