An Australian actress who began performing professionally while still in high school, Mitchell quickly developed a talent for roles requiring both a youthful energy and naivete as well as more intense, adult ambitions. She got her start in the Australian TV series "Sugar and Spice" and followed up with credits in another series, "Neighbours" as well as other TV productions including "Blue Heelers", "Phoenix", "GP" and "The Flying Doctors". Mitchell also played the leading role in an Australian stage production, "Desire."

The actress enjoyed a major career breakthrough when she made her feature