Heather Mitchell

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Heather Mitchell
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Born1958 (age 6566)
Education National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1981–present
Website heathermitchell.com.au

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 .

In 2024 Mitchell was named as part of the cast for the series The Narrow Road to the Deep North. [1] She was also named for Paramount Plus series Fake. [2]

Stage

Mitchell is a foundation director and board member of the Sydney Theatre Company (STC). [3] She first appeared at the STC in 1981 performing scenes of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 with Andrew Tighe for a workshop. [4] 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. [5] [6]

In 2022, Mitchell was announced to play the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the theatre play RBG: Of Many, One. [7] In 2024, Mitchell would again play Ginsburg for the 2024 Black Swan State Theatre Company season. [8] Critics called Mitchell's performance as Ginsburg as a 'tour de force'. [9] Mitchell would again reprise Ginsburg for the 2025 Sydney Theatre Company season. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Hoodwink Nurse 2Feature film
1985 I Can't Get Started JillTV film
1986 Malcolm BarmaidFeature film
1987 The Place at the Coast Margot RyanFeature film
1988 The Everlasting Secret Family WifeFeature film
1989The Water TrolleyTV film
1991 Proof MotherFeature film
1994 Muriel's Wedding Bridal manageress #1Feature film
1995Bathing Boxes1st womanShort film
1996 Children of the Revolution Mrs. SavageFeature film
1997 Thank God He Met Lizzie MelanieFeature film
1998 A Little Bit of Soul Grace MichaelTV film
2000 On the Beach British anchorwomanTV film
The Love of Lionel's Life Det SgtTV film
2002 Black and White Roma ChamberlainFeature film
2003 Travelling Light Betty FerrisFeature film
2004 The Brush-Off Fiona LambertTV film
2005 Hell Has Harbour Views AnneTV film
Da Kath & Kim Code HeatherTV film
2006 The Society Murders Sally HonanTV film
Irresistible RinaFeature film
Mohammad Hossain's Intensive CareHerself – NarratorDocumentary film
2007 Romulus, My Father Television presenterFeature film
Rogue ElizabethFeature film
2008 Three Blind Mice KathyFeature film
Seize the DayValentineShort film
Emerald Falls Catherine ReidTV film
2009 A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne June Dally-Watkins TV film
2010A Love StoryJuliaShort film
The Wedding PartyRoseFeature film
Griff the Invisible BronwynFeature film
2011The MomentNarrator (voice)Short film
AfterglowKate WhitcombShort film
The Eye of the Storm JuneFeature film
SnobsMotherTV film
Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away Rose McMillanTV film
2012The FortJoannaShort film
CensusSueShort film
The Red ValentineThe MotherShort film
SanctuaryAunty / NurseShort film
Jack Irish: Bad Debts Mrs. VaneTV film
2013RavageClareShort film
The Great Gatsby Daisy's MotherFeature film
The FragmentsHeatherShort film
2014 Maya the Bee Thekla the Spider / The Nurse (voice)Animated feature film
Love Is NowEvelynFeature film
2015DrownHelenFeature film
2016UnifiedJanet BoyceShort film
2017Lets Get Marriage Equality in AustraliaHerselfShort film
2018 Riot Joan / Checkerboard InterviewerTV film
DotsThe LadyShort film
Loud ThoughtsValerieShort film
PimpedSophia HansonFeature film
2019 Palm Beach EvaFeature film
2021Daddy's Perfect Little GirlFay BrowardTV film
2022Bosch and RockitWendyFeature film
Blaze Jackie StevensFeature film
2023Jones Family ChristmasHeather JonesTV film
2024 Ricky Stanicky LeonaFeature film
200% Wolf Lady Hightail (voice)Animated feature film
TBAWedding of the YearEleanorPre-production
Not yet released

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981 Cop Shop Michelle BeasleyTV series, 1 episode
Ratbags Various charactersTV series, 1 episode
1982 A Country Practice PeggyTV series, 2 episodes
1984 Five Mile Creek JocelynTV series, 1 episode
Bodyline Edith ClarkeMiniseries
1986 Land of Hope Helen DaviesMiniseries
The Fast Lane EileenTV series, 1 episode
1989-95 G.P. Julia / Bianca ResteghiniTV series, 3 episodes
1991 Boys from the Bush JoyceTV series, 1 episode
1992 Embassy GillianTV series, 1 episode
1993 Seven Deadly Sins TV anthology series, 1 episode
A Country Practice Dr. Simone FoxTV series, 2 episodes
Clowning Around Sarah GunnerTV series, season 2
1994 The Ferals CrystalTV series, 1 episode
Cody: A Family Affair Inspector Genevieve SimmondsTV film
Cody: The Tipof
Cody: Bad Love
1995 Spellbinder AshkaTV series, 24 episodes
1996 Mercury Erica BoyerMiniseries, 1 episode
1997 Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord AshkaTV series
1998 The Day of the Roses Margaret ShuttlerMiniseries
2002 All Saints Louise MalloyTV series, 1 episode
2003 Snobs MaryTV series, 1 episode
2004 Jessica Ada ThomasMiniseries
2007 Rain Shadow Sarah BalfourTV series (main role)
2008 Blue Water High HeatherTV series, 1 episode
2009Rogue Nation Elizabeth Macarthur TV series, 1 episode
Chandon Pictures AgentTV series, 1 episode
All Saints Gemma McKenzieTV series, 1 episode
2010 Satisfaction GeorgiaTV series, 1 episode
The Pacific Mrs. KellerMiniseries, 1 episode
Rake Jan ChandlerTV series, 1 episode
2011 Killing Time Judge HaleTV series, 2 episodes
Crownies Judge WalkerTV series, 8 episodes
Spirited Helen PayneTV series, 8 episodes
2012 Dance Academy RobynTV series, 1 episode
2013–18 A Place to Call Home Prudence SwansonTV series, 22 episodes
2013 Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War Gretel PackerMiniseries
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Madame FleuriTV series, 1 episode
2014–2017 Janet King Justice Victoria WalkerTV series, 4 episodes
2014–2017 Starting From... Now! Elizabeth PetersTV series, 2 episodes
2015PypoWeb series, 1 episode
Shit CreekHelenWeb series, 2 episodes
2016 Molly Pat HatcherMiniseries, 1 episode
2017 Newton's Law Caroline GaleTV series, 1 episode
2018 Away GwenTV play
2019 Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Edwina MaddoxTV series, 1 episode
Harrow Louise WhitehallTV series. 3 episodes
Reef Break Maeve DevlinTV series, 4 episodes
The Strange Chores Inspector (voice)TV series, 1 episode
2019, 2021 Upright Jen FlynnTV series
2020Grey NomadsIngridWeb series
The Secrets She Keeps JennyMiniseries, 3 episodes
Operation Buffalo Caroline SyddellTV series, 2 episodes
2021 Wakefield Belle KnightTV series, 2 episodes
HomespunPamela MonterraMiniseries
The Unusual Suspects BirdieMiniseries, 4 episodes
2022 Darby and Joan RosemaryTV series, 3 episodes
2022-23 Love Me AnitaMiniseries
2023 Gold Diggers ColleenTV series, 3 episodes
2024Pleasant AvenueCarolynTV series, 5 episodes
Fake MargeauxTV series, 8 episodes
The Narrow Road to the Deep North EllaMiniseries

Self appearances / interviews

YearTitleRoleNotes
2023Luxury EscapesHerselfTV series, 1 episode
News Breakfast 2 episodes
Today Extra TV series, 1 episode
Australian Story TV series, 1 episode
2012 Agony Aunts HerselfTV series, 3 episodes
1998 Good Morning Australia GuestTV series, 1 episode
FCTV GuestTV series, 1 episode

Stage

YearPlayRoleNotes
19751 Double-D NIDA Theatre
1976 Hay Fever Judith BlissSchool production
1978Gammer Gurton's Needle NIDA Theatre
1979 The Seagull NIDA Theatre
1979Lower Depths NIDA Theatre
1979 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Sydney Opera House
1979 The Fire Raisers NIDA Theatre
1979Beyond Mozambique NIDA Theatre
1979 Saved Jane Street Theatre
1980The Women Pirates Ann Bonney and Mary Read NIDA Theatre, University of Newcastle, Playhouse, Canberra
1980 Strife NIDA Theatre
1981 Henry IV, Part 1 Sydney Theatre Company workshop with Andrew Tighe
1981Roses in Due Season Nimrod Theatre Company
1981Rare Words - Brave Deeds Sydney Opera House)
1981 The Revenger's Tragedy Court LadyPlayhouse, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia
1981No End of BlamePlayhouse, Adelaide
1982 The Suicide Nimrod Theatre Company
1982 You Can't Take It with You with Geoffrey Rush; written by George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart; at Sydney Opera House
1982 Macbeth Witchwith John Bell, Colin Friels, Hugo Weaving; directed by Richard Wherrett; at Sydney Opera House
1982 As You Desire Me  [ it ]with Peter Carroll, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush; written by Luigi Pirandello; at Sydney Opera House
1983The Fields of Heavenwith Lex Marinos: written by Dorothy Hewett; at Sydney Opera House
1983 The Cherry Orchard Vanyawith John Howard; written by Anton Chekhov
1984 The Lady from the Sea BolettePlayhouse, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia
1984 Private Lives Amanda Prynne Araluen Arts Centre & Playhouse, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia
1985 The Doll Trilogy: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll , Kid Stakes & Other TimesNancywith Harold Hopkins; written by Ray Lawler; at Sydney Opera House & Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
1986No WorriesWriiten by David Holman; adapted into a film in 1994; at Playhouse, Adelaide
1986 She Stoops to Conquer Kate Hardcastle Playhouse, Melbourne
1986 Pravda Rebecca FoleyPlaybouse, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia
1987 Hamlet / Henry IV Part 1 Sydney Theatre Company
1987No(h) Exit: No Exit , The Lady Aoi , Hanjo from Five Modern Noh Plays Written by Jean-Paul Sartre & Yukio Mishima; at Wharf Theatre
1987 Pericles Wharf Theatre
1987 Blood Relations Cathy / Tessawith John Wood; written by David Malouf; at Sydney Opera House with Sydney Theatre Company & Playhouse, Adelaide with State Theatre Company of South Australia
19881841with Gillian Jones; written by Michael Gow; at Sydney Opera House & Playhouse, Adelaide
1989 A Dream Play directed by Göran Järvefelt; written by August Strindberg; at Playhouse, Adelaide & Sydney Opera House
1989 Major Barbara Playhouse Adelaide & Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane
1989 All My Sons directed by Gale Edwards; written by Arthur Miller; at Wharf Theatre
1989 Ring Round the Moon Playhouse, Adelaide
1990 The Secret Rapture Isobel Glasswith Hugo Weaving,Pamela Rabe; written by David Hare; at Wharf Theatre
1990 Burn This with Richard Roxburgh; directed by Wayne Harrison: written by Lanford Wilson; at Wharf Theatre
1991 Uncle Vanya Yelena Russell Street Theatre
1991 Morning Sacrifice Miss Gwyn Carwithen Russell Street Theatre
1991 Hay Fever Myra Arundel Playhouse, Melbourne
1992 The Homecoming with Richard Roxburgh & Warren Mitchell; written by Harold Pinter; at The Wharf Theatre
1993 Two Weeks with the Queen directed by Wayne Harrison; at Playhouse, Adelaide
1993 Coriolanus with John Howard; at Sydney Opera House
1995Scenes from a SeparationNina Moss Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company
1997 The Winter's Tale Canberra Theatre, Sydney Opera House & Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
1998 A Delicate Balance directed by Simon Phillips, with Michael Craig; written by Edward Albee; at Sydney Opera House
2000 The White Devil with Hugo Weaving, Angie Milliken; directed by Gale Edwards; written by John Webster; at Theatre Royal, Sydney
2001 Bye Bye Birdie Music: Charles Strouse, words: Lee Adams
2003 The Real Thing with Andrew Tighe; directed by Robyn Nevin; written by Tom Stoppard; at Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2007Self Esteemwith Toby Schmitz; written & directed by Brendan Cowell; at Wharf Theatre
2008TenderYvonneThe Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga & Stables Theatre, Belvoir Street Theatre
2008 Hamlet Gertrude with Brendan Cowell & Barry Otto; directed by Marion Potts; at Sydney Opera House & Playhouse, Melbourne
2008 Ghosts Helene Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide
2010 A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania Sydney Symphony Orchestra [11]
2010 True West Momdirected by Philip Seymour Hoffman; written by Sam Shepard
2011Neighbourhood WatchChristinawith Robyn Nevin & Kris McQuade; directed by Simon Stone; written by Lally Katz; at Belvoir Street Theatre [12]
2012Never Did Me Any Harmwith Marta Dusseldorp; directed by Kate Champion; devised by Force Majeure
2012 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Madame Volangeswith Hugo Weaving, Justine Clarke & Pamela Rabe; directed by Sam Strong; written by Christopher Hampton; at Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2012Signs of LifeGeorgie Jutland Sydney Opera House
2013 The History Boys Mrs Lintott Sydney Opera House
2013 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Gertrude written by Tom Stoppard; at Sydney Theatre
2014 Strictly Ballroom Shirley Hastingswritten by Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce & Terry Johnson; at Sydney Lyric Theatre, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne & Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
2016 Hay Fever Judith Blisswritten by Noël Coward; at Sydney Opera House
2016The Hansard Monologues: Age of Entitlement Seymour Centre, Bruce Gordon Theatre, Wollongong, Glen Street Theatre, Old Parliament House, Canberra
2017 Away Gwendirected by Matthew Lutton; written by Michael Gow; at Sydney Opera House & Malthouse Theatre
2017 Cloud Nine Edward / Bettydirected by Kip Williams; written by Caryl Churchill; at Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company

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2017-18You Animal, YouMumTrack 12 at Carriageworks
2018 Top Girls Pope Joan / Louisewritten by Caryl Churchill; at Sydney Opera House
2018Still Point Turning: The Catherine McGregor Story Cate McGregor written by Priscilla Jackman; at Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2018 The Harp in the South, Part One and Part Two Eny Kilkerdirected by Kip Williams; written by Ruth Park & Kate Mulvany
2019-20 The Iliad - Out Loud Belvoir Street Theatre, Scott Theatre, Adelaide
2020 Escaped Alone Belvoir Street Theatre
2020 Away Online (NSW / VIC)
2021 Playing Beatie Bow Granny Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
2022-25RBG: Of Many, One Ruth Bader Ginsburg written by Suzie Miller; at Wharf Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company Black Swan Theatre

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Awards and nominations

YearWorkAwardResultRef
2011Afterglow (short film)NYC International Film Festival Award for Best Lead ActressWon [15]
2012The Red Valentine (short film)NYC International Film Festival Award for Best Lead ActressWon [15]
2014 Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War (for 'Part 1') AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Nominated [16]
2014 Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War (for 'Part 1') Equity Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Miniseries or TelemovieNominated
2019Significant Service to the Performing Arts, and to the Community Member of the Order of Australia (AM) Won [15]
2022 Love Me Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress Won
2022 Love Me AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Nominated
2022HomespunSeptimus Award for Best Oceanian ActressNominated
2023RBG: Of Many, One (as Ruth Bader Ginsberg) Sydney Theatre Award for Best Performer in a Leading Role in a Mainstage ProductionWon [17]
2024 Love Me AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Won [18]

Publications

Personal life

Mitchell met cinematographer Martin McGrath in 1989, they were engaged in the following year and married in February 1992. [19] The couple have two adult children and reside in Sydney. [19]

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." [20]

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