Leah Purcell AM is one of Australia’s leading actors, with award-winning roles in theatre, film, and television.

She is a proud Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri woman from QLD.

Leah stars alongside Sigourney Weaver in the upcoming seven-part drama The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, which is Produced by Made Up Stories, Amazon Studios, and Endeavor Content, and based on the novel by Holly Ringland. The series is a coming-of-age drama about a young girl whose violent childhood casts a dark shadow over her adult life.

Leah recently appeared in the feature film Shayda directed by the award winning Noora Niasari and produced by Origma 45’s Vincent Sheehan and Executive Produced by Dirty Films’ Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. The film shows the strength of of a Iranian mother finding refuge in Australia with her six-year old daughter. Finding community, freedom and themselves in the face of violence. The film will have its world premiere in competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023.

The Drovers Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson, Leah’s feature film directorial debut, premiered in competion at SxSW 2021 and was released theatrically in Australia and New Zealand by Roadshow Films and in the US by Samuel Goldwyn Films in 2022. In addition to starring in the leading role of Molly Johnson, Leah also wrote and produced the film with her own production company Oombarra Productions and Bunya Productions. Leah won the 2022 AACTA award for Best Lead Actress in Film for her performance. The film had 13 AACTA nominations, 2 ADG nominations (Winning Best Debut Feature Film) and had one AWG nomination for the Screenplay.

Leah’s film credits include: Last Cab to Darwin (dir: Jeremy Sims), My Mistress (dir: Stephen Lance), Lantana (dir: Ray Lawrence), Lennie Cahill Shoots Through (dir: Sarah Lancaster), Somersault (dir: Cate Shortland); The Proposition (dir: John Hillcoat); and Jindabyne (dir Ray Lawrence).

Leah was a lead cast member of Wentworth in the role of Rita Connors for Fremantle and Foxtel. She has been nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Television Series for her work in Wentworth, and the series is distributed across more than 90 countries all over the world.

Other television credits include Janet King series 2 (Screentime) Black Comedy (Scarlett Pictures), Love Child 2 & 3 (Playmaker Media), Mary: The Making of a Princess (FMA), House of Hancock (CJZ), Redfern Now 1 & 2 (Blackfella), My Place (Matchbox), Love My Way (Southern Star); McLeods Daughters (Nine Network), Starter Wife (NBC), GP (ABC), Water Rats, (Nine Network); Cleverman, Beastmaster, The Lost World and Bad Cop, Bad Cop (ABC).

Her first professional break came in 1993 when she was cast in Bran Nue Dae, touring Australia to rave reviews. After moving to Sydney in 1995, she was one of the first presenters on the RED Music Channel on Galaxy Pay TV (later Foxtel). A regular role in ABC TV’s Police Rescue followed and in 1997 she was nominated for an Australian Film Industry (AFI) award for Best Actress in a TV Drama for her performance in Fallen Angels.

Leah then conceived and co-wrote Box the Pony which was the smash hit of the 1997 Festival of the Dreaming and has since played to sell-out seasons at Belvoir St. Theatre, the Sydney Opera House, the 1999 Edinburgh Festival and a season at the Barbican Theatre in London 2000. The published text of the play won the 1999 NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the 2000 Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for Best Play. Purcell was nominated at the inaugural 2001 Sir Robert Helpmann Awards for Best Female Actor in a Play for her performance in Box the Pony.

Other theatre includes: Marriage of Figaro (QTC) opposite Geoffrey Rush, The Vagina Monologues, Dorothy Hewitt’s final play Nowhere (Melb International Arts Festival), Beasty Girl: The Secret Life of Errol Flynn (Melb International Arts Festival) for which she won a Green Room award (2004) for Best Actress; and Neil Armfield’s Stuff Happens (Company B); then followed Stickybricks (Sydney Festival); The Good Body (Adelaide Fringe Festival); Parramatta Girls (Company B), The Story of the Miracles at Cookie’s Table (Griffin Theatre, Malthouse Theatre & QPAC; An Oak Tree (Belvoir downstairs); Michael Attenborough’s When the Rain Stops Falling (Almeida Theatre, London); Bell Shakespeare’s 20th Anniversary production of King Lear opposite John Bell; Blood Wedding (Sydney Theatre Co), The Dark Room, Don’t Take Your Love to Town, Radiance and most recently The Drover’s Wife (Company B).

Film

LUNA & THE BRAIN TUNA (Short)
Role: Fisherwoman Jane. Dir: Aaron Lucas, Cosmic Scream Pty Ltd | 2024
SHAYDA
Role: Joyce. Dir: Noora Niasari, Origma Productions Pty Ltd 2022
THE DROVER’S WIFE
Role: Molly Johnson. Dir: Leah Purcell, Bunya Productions 2020
THE LAST CAB TO DARWIN
Role: Sonya. Dir: Jeremy Sims, Last Cab Productions 2015
THE DARKSIDE
Role: Brenda. Dir: Warwick Thornton. The Darkside Project P/L 2013
MY MISTRESS
Role: Audrey. Dir: Stephen Lance, Mini Studios 2014
SHE. SAY (Short)
Role: Lead. Dir: Leah Purcell, premiered at Sydney Film Festival 2012
TOMORROW
Role: Laura. Dir: Simon Portus. Swing Wing P/L 2009
JINDABYNE
Role: Carmel (Main cast). Dir: Ray Lawrence, April Films 2006
THE PROPOSITION
Role: Queenie (Main cast). Dir: John Hillcoat, Producer: Robert Jones 2005
PREJUDICE
Role: Leah. Dir: Nathan Ramsay, Tropfest Film 2005
SOMERSAULT **Winner, AFI Best Film Award 2004
Role: Diane. Dir: Cate Shortland, Producer: Jan Chapman 2004
LENNIE CAHILL SHOOTS THROUGH
Role: Dr Sarah Lancaster. Dir: Paul Oliver, Producer: Charlie Doane 2003
BEGINNINGS *Winner, Dendy Short Film Award 2002
Role: Constable. Dir: Husein Alicajic, Sydney Film Festival 2002
LANTANA **Winner, AFI Best Film Award 2001
Role: Detective Claudia Weiss (Leading role). Dir: Ray Lawrence, Jan Chapman Productions 2001
SOMEWHERE IN THE DARKNESS
Role: Lulu. Dir: Paul Fenech, Livewire Films 1999
BOX (Short)
Role: Anna (lead role). Dir: Catriona McKenzie, ABC TV 1997
PATHOLOGY MAN (Short)
Role: Leigh Sherrie. Dir: Paul Fenech

Television

HIGH COUNTRY
Role: Andrea Whitford. Dir: Beck Cole & Kevin Carlin, Curio Pictures | Binge, 2023
LOOKING BLACK  (Documentary)
Role: Herself. ABC, 2022
THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART
Role: Twig. Dir: Gwendyn Ivin, Made Up Stories & Endeavor Content | Amazon Studios, 2022
WENTWORTH (Series 8)
Role: Rita Connors. Dir: Various, Fremantle Media | Foxtel, 2020
WENTWORTH (Series 7)
Role: Rita Connors. Dir: Various, Fremantle Media | Foxtel, 2019
WENTWORTH (Series 6)
Role: Rita Connors. Dir: Various, Fremantle Media | Foxtel, 2018
BLACK COMEDY (Series 3)
Role: Guest Cast. Dir: Beck Cole & Steven McGregor, Scarlett Pictures | ABC, 2018
BLACK COMEDY (Series 2)
Role: Detective Graham (SCU) & Aunty Mary (The Elders). Dir: Beck Cole & Erica Glynn, Scarlett Pictures / ABC 2017
JANET KING (Series 2)
Role: Heather (main cast). Dir: Peter Andrikidis, Screentime / ABC 2016
LOVE CHILD (Series 3)
Role: Daisy. Dir: Geoff Bennett & Grant Brown, Playmaker / Nine Network 2016
CLEVERMAN
Role: Helen. Goalpost Pictures / ABC 2016
MARY: THE MAKING OF A PRINCESS (Telemovie)
Role: Toni Klan. Dir: Jennifer Leacey, Fremantle Media 2015
HOUSE OF HANCOCK
Role: Hilde Kickett. Dir. Mark Joffe, CJZ / Arresting Television / Nine Network 2015
LOVE CHILD (Series 2)
Role: Daisy. Dir: Lynn-Maree Danzey, Playmaker / Nine Network 2015
THE AGONY OF MODERN MANNERS
Guest interviewee. Highwire Films / ABC 2014
REDFERN NOW (Series 2) “Pokies”
Role: Grace. Dir: Beck Cole, Blackfella Films / ABC 2013
REDFERN NOW (Series 1) “Family”
Role: Grace (Lead). Dir: Catriona McKenzie, Blackfella Films / ABC 2012
MY PLACE
Role: Ellen. Dir: Shawn Seet, Little Leaf Pictures 2009
McLEODS DAUGHTERS
Role: Terri Barker (Lead guest). Dir: Arnie Custo, Millennium 2008
LOVE MY WAY (Series 3)
Role: Caroline (semi regular). Dir: Shirley Barrett & Ian Watson, Southern Star 2007
STARTER WIFE
Role: Hannah Sprints. Dir: Jon Avnet, NBC / Hay Pop Pty Ltd 2007
BAD COP, BAD COP (Series 1)
Role: Lorraine Simpson. Dir: Cate Shortland, Southern Star 2002
BEASTMASTER (Series 3)
Role: The Black Apparition. Dir: Colin Budds, Coote Hayes Productions 2001
BEASTMASTER (Series 2)
Role: The Black Apparition. Dir: Colin Budds, Coote Hayes Productions 2001
THE LOST WORLD (Series 2)
Role: Witch Doctor. Dir: Colin Budds, Telescene Film Group Productions 2001
BEASTMASTER (Series 1)
Role: The Black Apparition. Dir: Ian Gilmour & Pino Amenta, Coote Hayes Productions 2000
WATER RATS (Series 3)
Role: Sarah Lane. Dir: Chris Martin-Jones, Southern Star 1998
FALLEN ANGELS (Series 1)
Role: Sharon Walker (lead). Dir: Various, ABC TV 1997
GP (Series 8)
Role: Donna. Dir: Tony Tilse, Roadshow Coote & Carroll, 1996
POLICE RESCUE (Series 5)
Role: Constable Tracy Davis (Main cast). Dir: Various, Southern Star 1996

Online

KRYSTAL KLAIRVOYANT
Role: Deborah. Dir: Erin Good, Example Content 2022

Theatre

THE DROVER’S WIFE
Role: Lead. Dir: Leticia Cáceres, Company B Belvoir 2016
RADIANCE
Role: Cressey. Dir: Leah Purcell, Company B Belvoir 2015
DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
Role: Ruby. Co-writer & Dir: Leah Purcell, Downstairs Belvoir 2012
THE DARK ROOM
Role: Anni. Dir. Leticia Cáceres, Company B Belvoir 2011
BLOOD WEDDING
Role: The Mother. Dir: Ian Sinclair, Sydney Theatre Co. 2011
THE STORY OF MIRACLES AT COOKIES TABLE
Role: Annie (Lead role). Dir: Leah Purcell, QPAC 2010
KING LEAR
Role: Regan. Dir: Marion Potts, Bell Shakespeare Company 2010
WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING
Role: Gabrielle Law. Dir: Michael Attenborough, Almeida Theatre London 2009
AN OAK TREE (Opening night)
Role: The other person. Dir: Tanya Goldberg, Downstairs Belvoir 2008
THE STORY OF MIRACLES AT COOKIE’S TABLE
Role:  Annie (Lead role). Dir: Marion Potts, Griffin Theatre Co 2007
PARRAMATTA GIRLS
Role: Marlene. Dir: Wesley Enoch, Company B Belvoir Street Theatre 2007
THE GOOD BODY
One Woman Show. Dir: Caroline Stacey, Adrian Bohm Presents, for Adelaide Fringe Festival 2006
STICKYBRICKS
Role: Various. Dir: Scott Rankin, Big hART / Sydney Festival 2006
STUFF HAPPENS
Role: Dr Condeleeza Rice. Dir: Neil Armfield, Company B & Comedy Theatre, Melb 2005
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Benefit Performance. World V Day, NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney, Australia 2005
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Main cast. Dir: Leah Purcell, Harold Blair Theatre, Cherbourg, Qld 2004
BOX THE PONY
Role: Leah/Steff. Dir: Sean Mee. Theatre Row, Broadway, New York, USA
BEASTY GIRL: The Secret Life of Errol Flynn
Role: Errol Flynn. Dir: Scott Rankin, Melb Int Arts 2003
BLACK CHICKS TALKING
Role: Elizabeth. Dir: Leah Purcell & Sean Mee. Perth Int Arts Festival 2003
BLACK CHICKS TALKING
Role: Elizabeth. Dir: Leah Purcell & Sean Mee. Playhouse, Syd Opera House Festival 2003
BLACK CHICKS TALKING
Role: Elizabeth. Dir: Leah Purcell & Sean Mee. World Premiere, QLD Perf Arts Centre 2002
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Cast: Leah Purcell, Judy Nunn & Denise Roberts. NIDA Parade Theatre, Sydney
NOWHERE
Role: Vonnie. Dir: Aubrey Mellor, Beckett Theatre, Malthouse. Melbourne International Arts Fest 2001
BOX THE PONY
Role: Leah/Steff. Dir: Sean Mee, Barbican Centre BITE: Arts Fest London 2000
BOX THE PONY
Role: Leah/Steff. Dir: Sean Mee, Playhouse, SOH, Message Sticks Festival 2000
BOX THE PONY
Role: Leah/Steff. Dir: Sean Mee, Cremorne Theatre, QLD Perf Arts Centre 2000
BOX THE PONY
Role: Leah/Steff. Dir: Sean Mee, Company B, Belvoir St. Theatre, Sydney 1999
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Cast: Leah Purcell, Tracey Mann & Brooke Satchwell. Valhalla Cinema, Syd
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Role: Suzanne (lead). Dir: Neil Armfield, Drama Theatre, SOH Olympic Arts Fest 1998
BOX THE PONY
Role: Leah/Steff. Dir: Sean Mee, VIC Arts Centre, Melb Int Arts Festival 1998
BOX THE PONY
Role: Leah/Steff. Dir: Sean Mee, Barracks, Edinburgh Arts Festival, UK
BOX THE PONY
Role: Leah/Steff. Dir: Sean Mee, Civic Theatre, Perth Int Arts Festival
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Role: Suzanne. Dir: Neil Armfield, Optus Playhouse, QLD PerfArts Centre 1998
BOX THE PONY
Role: Leah/Steff. Dir: Sean Mee, Odeon Theatre, Adelaide Int Arts Fest
BOX THE PONY
Role: Leah/Steff. Dir: Sean Mee, *World Premiere, Syd Opera House, Festival of Dreaming 1997
STATION 2:  Eye of Another
Role: Lucy (Lead role), Odeon Theatre, Adelaide International Arts Festival 1996
LOW
Role: Emma, Dir: Sean Mee, Writer: Daniel Keene, La Boite Theatre 1994
BRAN NUE DAE
Role: Marijuana Annie (Leading role), Dir: Andrew Ross, National Tour Australia 1993

Writer

THE TWELVE
Episodes 3 & 7. Warner Bros. Entertainment / Foxtel 2022
THE DROVER’S WIFE
Screenplay. Bunya Productions 2020
THE DROVER’S WIFE
Novel. Penguin Randomhouse 2019
THE DROVER’S WIFE
Stage play. Belvoir Street Theatre 2016
READY FOR THIS
Television show. Blackfella Films 2015
REDFERN NOW (Series 2)
Episode: Consequences. Blackfella Films 2013
DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
Stage play, Co-writer with Eamon Flack. Belvoir Street Downstairs Theatre 2012
SHE. SAY (Short)
Writer/Director. Premiered at Sydney Film Festival 2012
ACTOR ON A BOX – THE DREAMING
Writer. Sydney Theatre Comedy 2011
NETBALL
Feature film 2006
BLACK CHICKS TALKING
Stage play 2002
BLACK CHICKS TALKING
Book 2002
BLACK CHICKS TALKING
Documentary 2002
BOX THE PONY
Book
BOX THE PONY
Stage play, Co-writer with Scott Rankin 1997

Director

THE DROVER’S WIFE
Feature Film. Bunya Productions 2020
MY LIFE IS MURDER
TV series. CJZ & Network TEN 2019
CLEVERMAN (Series 2)
TV series. Goalpost Pictures / ABC Drama 2017
THE SECRET DAUGHTER (Series 1)
TV series. Seven Network, 2016
CLEVERMAN (Series 1)
TV series. Goalpost Pictures / ABC Drama 2016
RADIANCE
Play. Company B at Belvoir Theatre 2015
BROTHERS WRECK
Play. Company B at Belvoir Theatre 2014
REDFERN NOW (Series 2)
“Consequences.” Blackfella Films / ABC 2013
DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
One woman show. Belvoir St Theatre 2012
REDFERN NOW (Series 1)
“Sweet Spot.” Blackfella Films / ABC 2012
SHE. SAY (Short)
Writer/Director. Premiered at Sydney Film Festival 2012
STOLEN
ACPA (Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts) at the Cremorne Theatre, QPAT 2011
THEATRE IN PRACTICE – STOLEN
Sydney Theatre Company
ACTOR ON A BOX – THE DREAMING
Sydney Theatre Company 2011
AUNTY MAGGIE AND THE WOMBA WOKGUN (Short)
Screen Australia. Bungabura Productions Pty Ltd 2009
THE 7 STAGES OF GRIEVING
Education program. Sydney Theatre Company 2008
REFLECTIONS: Referendum 40 Years and to the Future
Stage play. ACPA / Cremorne Theatre @ QPAC 2008
HOWIE THE ROOKIE
Stage play by Mark O’Rowe. Kooemba Jdarra / Brisbane Powerhouse 2006
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Stage play by Eve Ensler
BLACK CHICKS TALKING
Documentary. Bungabura Productions Pty Ltd 2002
BLACK CHICKS TALKING
Stage play. Bungabura Productions Pty Ltd 2002

Presenter / MC

APRA-AGSC SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS
Presenter. Best Music for a Feature Film Score 2008
GROW
Indigenous Employer Workshops
Australian Directors Guild Awards
Host. 2008
NAIDOC Awards & Ball
Co-host and voice over artist. Canberra 2008
‘THEIR SPIRIT STILL SHINES’ COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONY, 40^th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1967 REFERENDUM ON RECONCILIATION
MC. Great Big Events, Old Parliament House, Canberra
NAIDOC Awards
MC. Cairns, FaCSIA 2007
GROW
Presenter. Indigenous Employer Workshop
BYRON KENNEDY AWARD ‘COMMITTEE MEMBER’ FOR AFI AWARDS MUSICOZ AWARDS
Enmore Theatre, Sydney. 2006
JOBS, CAREER, FUTURE AWARDS
MC. Parliament House, Canberra
CORNERSTONES conference
Director of Presentation
DEADLY AWARDS
Presenter. Opera House
ABORIGINAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM
Keynote Speaker
THE SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL
MC. Opening Night
NAIDOC Awards
MC. Cairns, FaCSIA 2006
GROW
Presenter. Indigenous Employer Workshops
HELPMAN AWARDS
Presenter. Lyric Theatre, Star City
HELPMAN AWARD NOMINATION ANNOUCEMENTS
Star City. 2005
NATIONAL NAIDOC AWARDS & BALL
MC. Adelaide Convention Centre
STOMPEN GROUND CONCERT
Message Sticks, ABC TV. Broome, WA
OYSTER COVE MUSIC SPECIAL
Blackout, ABC TV. Hobart, TAS
LEAH’S SOUL KITCHEN.
Voice Jockey. Red Music Channel (now Foxtel), XYZ Entertainment

Music

NATIONAL ANTHEM
Friday night football @ Suncorp Stadium, In recognition of 1967 Referendum
MUSIC with Alex Raineri @ THE VANGUARD
(Stuart Craine producer)
TIDDA KAIA – Theme Song:
Black Chicks Talking Documentary (written & sung by Leah Purcell)
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Charity Shield, return of South Sydney back into NRL (SFS, Sydney, Australia)
GOODWILL GAMES
National Anthem (Boondall Entertainment Centre, Brisbane QLD).
DEADLY AWARDS
Female Indigenous Music Artist of the Year (Sydney Opera House 2000)
SHANIA TWAIN
Support Artist on National Tour – LPG (Leah Purcell Group)
COLOUR ME
Theme Song, Coloured Inn (Sitcom Pilot, ABC TV)
STOMPEN GROUND CONCERT
LPG (Leah Purcell Group), Broome, WA.
SURVIVAL CONCERT
Solo Performance. La Perouse, Sydney, NSW.

Voice / Narration

DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
Narrator – Documentary / Channel 10
DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN
Narrator – Audio Book by Ruby Langford

Awards & Nominations

2021 MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA (AM) – Awarded for significant service to the performing art, to First Nations youth and culture, and to women.
2021 ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS (APSA) – Winner, Grand Jury Prize – The Drover’s Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson (Feature Film)
2019 LOGIE AWARDS – Nomination, Most Outstanding Actress Wentworth
2017 AACTA AWARDS Nomination, Best Television Direction Cleverman
2017 AWGIE AWARDS Winner Best Play The Drover’s Wife, David Williamson Award for Excellence in Theatre and the Major Award
2017 HELPMANN AWARDS – Winner, Best Play, Best New Australian Work The Drover’s Wife
2017 HELPMANN AWARDS – Nomination, Best Female in a Play The Drover’s Wife
2017 UNESCO City of Film Award at Sydney Film Festival
2017 Victorian Premier Literary Awards – Winner, Prize for Drama: The Drover’s Wife
2017 Victorian Premier Literary Awards – Winner, Prize for Literature: The Drover’s Wife
2016 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS – Winner, Best New Australian Work and Best Mainstage Production: The Drover’s Wife
2016 AACTA AWARD Nomination for Best Comedy Performance: Black Comedy
2016 AWGIE AWARD – WINNER Best Writer, Children’s Television: Ready for This: The Birthday Party
2014 THE BALNAVES FOUNDATION INDIGENOUS PLAYWRIGHT’S AWARD – Winner
2013 EQUITY ENSEMBLE AWARDS – Winner, Outstanding Performance by an ensemble in a drama series Redfern Now (Leah Purcell)
2012  AACTA AWARDS – WINNER Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Redfern Now
2010 MATILDA AWARDS – Winner, Best Female Actor in a Play –The Story of Miracles at Cookie’s Table.
2010 MATILDA TROPHY – for Directing & Acting contribution to Indigenous Community with Arts.
2009 DEADLY AWARDS – Winner, Actor of the Year
2007 DEADLY AWARDS – Winner, Actor of the Year
2008 HELPMAN AWARDS – Winner, Best Actress in a play – The Story of Miracles at Cookie’s Table.
2007 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS–Nomination Best Actress in a play – The Story of Miracles at Cookie’s Table.
2007 GLUG THEATRE AWARDS -NORMAN KESSELL MEMORIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS – The Story of Miracles at Cookie’s Table.
2006 BYRON KENNEDY AWARD ‘COMMITTEE MEMBER’ /AFI AWARDS
2006 DEADLY AWARDS – Nomination, Actor of the Year – Jindabyne, feature film
2006 HELPMAN AWARDS – Nomination, Best Actress in a play – Condeleeza Rice in Stuff Happens, Company B.
Recipient of the Inaugral 2006 “Bob Maza Fellowship” – to further career of Indigenous Artist overseas.
2006 MO AWARDS – Nomination, Best Actress in a Play for 2005 – for Condeleeza Rice in Stuff Happens.
2006 DEADLY AWARDS – Winner, Actor of the Year 2005 – for portrayal of Condeleeza Rice in Stuff Happens.
2004 GREEN ROOM AWARD–Winner, Best Actress in a play – Beasty Girl: The Secret Life of Errol Flynn.
2002 IF AWARDS  – Winner, Best Documentary – Black Chicks Talking
2002 THE LOGIE AWARDS  – Nomination Best Documentary – Black Chicks Talking
2001 IF AWARDS – Winner, Best Actress in a Film  –Lantana
2001 HELPMAN AWARDS – Nomination, Best Actress in a Play – Box the Pony, stage play.
2001 DEADLY AWARDS – Winner, Indigenous Female Music Artist of the Year
2000 QLD PREMIER LITERARY AWARDS – Winner, Best Play Script  – Box the Pony.
1999 NSW PREMIER LITERARY AWARDS – Winner – Best Play Script – Box the Pony.
1996 AFI (Australian Film Institute) AWARDS – Nomination Best Actress in a TV Drama. Fallen Angels
1995 DEADLY AWARDS – Winner, Best New Talent.
1994 MATILDA AWARDS (Qld theatre awards)– Winner, Best New Talent.