Radha Mitchell

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Radha Mitchell
Born	Radha Rani Amber Indigo Anunda Mitchell November 12, 1973 (1973-11-12) (age 34) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Awards won Screen Actors Guild Awards Finding Neverland

Radha Rani Amber Indigo Anunda Mitchell (born November 12, 1973) is an Australian actress.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Mitchell was born in Melbourne, Australia and had a "hippie-ish" upbringing by her parents, who divorced during her childhood.^[1] Her mother is a model turned designer and her father is a filmmaker.^[2] She attended the St Michael's Grammar School. Her first name, "Radha", is of Indian Hindu origin, where the name is described to mean the paramour of Lord Krishna.^[3] The other parts of her name coming from an Indian origin are Rani meaning Queen and Anunda meaning joy. Mitchell is a vegetarian and practices Yoga.

[edit] Career

Mitchell began her career starring on ABC TV's Sugar and Spice in 1988. After appearances on All Together Now and Blue Heelers, Mitchell landed a guest role on Neighbours, and later became a regular on that show, playing a different character. Upon leaving the soap in 1997, she starred in the films High Art and Everything Put Together - both Independent Spirit Award winners. Next up was Pitch Black opposite Vin Diesel, Phone Booth opposite Colin Farrell, Man on Fire opposite Denzel Washington and the Academy Award-winning Finding Neverland, for which Mitchell and co-stars Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. She then took the title role in Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda, co-starred with Josh Hartnett in Mozart and the Whale and headlined videogame adaptation Silent Hill. Most recently, Mitchell starred in Rogue alongside Michael Vartan, and will next be seen in Henry Poole is Here and The Children of Huang Shi.

[edit] Filmography

• Sugar and Spice (2000-2008)
• Black Trade (1995)
• Neighbours (1994) as Cassandra Rushmore
• Neighbours (1996–1997) as Catherine O'Brien
• Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
• High Art (1998)
• Pitch Black (2000) as docking pilot Carolyn Fry
• Cowboys & Angels (2000) as JoJo (an angel)
• Everything Put Together (2000)
• When Strangers Appear (2001)
• Phone Booth (2002)
• Visitors (2003) as Yachtsman Georgia Perry
• Man on Fire (2004)
• Finding Neverland (2004)
• Melinda and Melinda (2004)
• Crazy in Love (2004)
• Mozart and the Whale (2005)
• Silent Hill (2006)
• Pu-239 (2007)
• Rogue (2007)
• Feast of Love (2007)
• The Children of Huang Shi (2008)
• Henry Poole is Here (2008)
• The Code (2008)
• The Surrogates (2009)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Radha Mitchell at the Internet Movie Database