Heather Mitchell

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.

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

Heather Mitchell

AM
Born1958 (age 62–63)
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Known forSpellbinder

Career

Television

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

Other television series include: Five Mile Creek, the miniseries Bodyline (1984), I Can't Get Started (1985), Land of Hope (1986) as Helen Davies (10 episodes), Embassy 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 railway disaster. She also appeared in episode 1.5 of Rake (2010), episode 2.5 of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–15), and episode 1.2 of Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2019-).

Tele-movies

Mitchell starred in Cody I: A Family Affair (1994), Cody II: Bad Love (1994), Cody III: The Tipoff (1994), Cody VI: The Wrong Stuff (1994).

Movies

Films in which she appeared, include:

She appeared in the 2006 Australian tele-movie The Society Murders as Sally Wales, starring alongside Georgie Parker. Other tele-movies she has appeared in include Emerald Falls.

Stage appearances

Theatre productions include The White Devil (August 2000), Bye Bye Birdie (March 2001).
Mitchell played Hamlet's mother Gertrude in Bell Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Playhouse, Arts Centre, Melbourne, in July 2008.[1] In July to August 2011 she appeared in the Belvoir St Theatre's, Neighbourhood Watch.[2] In 2017 she played Edward and Betty in the Sydney Theatre Company production of Caryl Churchill's Cloud Nine directed by Kip Williams.[3]

Personal life

Mitchell attended Camden High School in Camden, New South Wales between 1971–1976 and was school captain in her final year.

She took the leading role of Elvira in the 1976 school drama production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever.

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."[4]

References
  1. "Reviews". Youthcentral.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Neighbourhood Watch, Productions | Belvoir St Theatre". Belvoir.com.au. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  3. "Superb Production of Cloud Nine". TheAustralian.com.au. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  4. Stehle, Mark (25 January 2020). "Australia Day Honours 2020: Full list of recipients". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
External video
One Plus One: Heather Mitchell, One Plus One, ABC News
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