Acting credits
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Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Leela Varghese
Directing
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Movies: 5Series: 0Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 2812436
Known for: Directing
Place of birth: Bundaberg Central, Australia
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2019 - 2026
Years active: 8
Average TMDB rating: 4.17
Other jobs
Director (3)Writer (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
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