Metro

Actress fends off rapist in Central Park

A Broadway actress fought off a would-be rapist in Central Park today by bashing the sick thug with her purse, cops said

The 30 year-old had walked into Central Park with the suspect at West 64 Street and West Drive around 2:30 a.m. when he suddenly attacked her, cops said.

After she fended him off with her bad, the attacker grabbed the bag and fled with it, cops said.

Now cops are hunting for the suspect who taped waking without a shirt on a nearby surveillance camera.

The victim was being treated for cuts and bruises at Mount Sinai Hospital, cops said.