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Heather Mitchell

Heather Mitchell

Australian actress

For the Australian farmer and community leader, see Heather Mitchell (farmer).

Heather Lee Mitchell AM (born 1958) is an Australian actress, appearing in Australian productions of stage, television and film. She is a graduate of NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art). She is best known for her leading role in the 1990s television show Spellbinder.

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Early life

Mitchell attended Camden High School in Camden, New South Wales, between 1971 and 1976 and was school captain in her final year. She took the leading role of Judith Bliss in the 1976 school production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever.[citation needed]

Career

Television

Mitchell is, internationally, well known for her performance as Ashka in the Australian/Polish co-productions of Spellbinder (1995), and Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord (1997). The series was a popular children's fantasy program first broadcast in 1995.

Other television series include: the miniseries Bodyline (1984), Land of Hope (1986), Embassy (1992) and A Country Practice. In 1998, she starred in the miniseries drama The Day of the Roses, in which she played a victim of the 1977 Granville rail disaster. She has also appeared in episodes of Five Mile Creek (1984), Rake (2010), Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2013), and Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2019). In 2021, she played Birdie in The Unusual Suspects.

Stage

Mitchell is a foundation director and board member of the Sydney Theatre Company (STC).[1] She first appeared at the STC in 1981 performing scenes of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 with Andrew Tighe for a workshop.[2] She has since appeared in dozens of productions for several Australian theatre companies and has contributed to Terence Crawford's 2005 book Trade Secrets: Australian Actors and Their Craft.[3][4]

Filmography

Film

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Television

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Awards and nominations

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Publications

  • Heather Mitchell (2023) Everything and Nothing ISBN 9781761067303

Personal life

Mitchell met cinematographer Martin McGrath in 1989, they were engaged in the following year and married in February 1992.[15] The couple have two adult children and reside in Sydney.[15]

Mitchell was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours for "significant service to the performing arts, and to the community."[16]

References

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    "Board and Staff", Sydney Theatre Company
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    "Archive: Heather Mitchell". STC Magazine. Sydney Theatre Company. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
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    "Heather Mitchell". The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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    Crawford, Terence (2005). Trade Secrets: Australian Actors and Their Craft. Currency Press. ISBN 9780868197630.
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    "2024 Upfronts: 10 / Paramount+ | TV Tonight". 24 October 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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    "Production begins on The Narrow Road to the Deep North | TV Tonight". 20 November 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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    "Agony Aunts - ABC TV". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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    "Neighbourhood Watch, productions". Belvoir. July–August 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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    John McCallum (10 July 2017). "Politics of sexual identity disturbing in Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine". The Australian. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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    "Heather Mitchell". Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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    "HEATHER MITCHELL AM" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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    "3rd AACTA Awards Ceremony Winners Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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    Pitt, Helen (23 January 2023). "From Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Mary Poppins: Sydney Theatre Awards winners". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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    https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/02/aacta-awards-2024-winners.doc
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    Abadee, Nicole (17 September 2021). "Two of Us with Actor Heather Mitchell and Cinematographer Martin McGrath". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  16. [16]
    Stehle, Mark (25 January 2020). "Australia Day Honours 2020: Full list of recipients". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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