Penelope Mitchell
{{Short description|Australian actress (born 1991)}}
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| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2009–present
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Penelope Mitchell (born 24 July 1991{{cite tweet |author=Penelope Mitchell |user=pfhmitchell |number=624713278447419392 |date=24 July 2015 |title=Thanks for all the Bday yesterday friends! As much as I love stealing @paulwesley 's thunder, it's really today. ox |access-date=25 October 2015}}) is an Australian actress, best known for playing the roles of Letha Godfrey in the American horror television series Hemlock Grove, and Liv Parker in The Vampire Diaries.
Early life
Born in Melbourne, Victoria to a French-born artist mother and Australian entrepreneur father, Mitchell spent most of her childhood in Australia with her two older brothers.{{cite journal|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/templates/slideshow_consumption_view.php?id=66.1&KeepThis=true#consumption_66.2|title=Slideshow - Penelope Mitchell Shares 10 of Her Favorite Things|journal=Interview Magazine }} She studied ballet from age 4 to 16.{{cite news |first=Luaine |last=Lee |date=6 July 2013 |title=In 'Hemlock Grove,' actress Penelope Mitchell finds peace |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-07-06/entertainment/40405511_1_drama-school-hemlock-grove-private-school |access-date=12 August 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Mitchell finished in the top 1% of her graduating year, with an International Baccalaureate diploma.{{cite news |first=Luaine |last=Lee |date=6 July 2013 |title=In 'Hemlock Grove,' actress Penelope Mitchell finds peace |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-07-06/entertainment/40405511_1_drama-school-hemlock-grove-private-school |access-date=12 August 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} She attended Melbourne University, with the intention of becoming a lawyer. Mitchell completed her undergraduate degree in Arts: Media Communication, before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
Penelope is the granddaughter of Lester Mitchell, MBE, and Heather Mitchell, OBE, prominent agriculturalists and political activists. Heather Mitchell was the first female president of the National Farmers Federation, and the co-founder of Landcare Australia, with former Victorian Premier Joan Kirner.{{Cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/joan-kirner-united-farmers-and-conservationists-to-care-for-the-land-42746|title=Joan Kirner united farmers and conservationists to care for the land|first=Andrew|last=Campbell|website=The Conversation|date=3 June 2015 }}
She is a cousin of actress Radha Mitchell."Penelope Mitchell: 'Hemlock Grove' Exclusive Interview!", Just Jared, 27 March 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.popsugar.com/Interview-Hemlock-Grove-Cast-Members-Videos-30157399 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630040247/http://www.popsugar.com/Interview-Hemlock-Grove-Cast-Members-Videos-30157399 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2013 |title=Hemlock Grove's Freya Tingley and Penelope Mitchell on Their "Intense" New Netflix Series |first=Lindsay |last=Miller |website=PopSugar |date=1 May 2013}}
Career
She began acting a few years before she landed her role on Hemlock Grove, appearing on shows including Toon Time, an Australian kids show, the ABC (Australia) show Next Stop Hollywood, which followed six Australian actors (including Penelope) who move to Hollywood to audition for pilots, and an episode of Australian police drama Rush.
In the United States, Mitchell is known for her roles on the television series The Vampire Diaries{{cite news |first=Philiana|last=Ng |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/vampire-diaries-season-6-preview-735837 |title='Vampire Diaries' Boss Tackles 10 Season 6 Mysteries |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=30 September 2014 |access-date=25 October 2015}} and Hemlock Grove,{{cite news |first=Nellie|last=Andreeva |url=https://deadline.com/2012/04/series-hemlock-grove-pilots-malibu-country-louis-ckferesten-add-to-casts-252708/ |title=Series 'Hemlock Grove', Pilots 'Malibu Country' & Louis CK/Feresten Add To Casts |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=4 April 2012 |access-date=25 October 2015}} as well as the films Hellboy and Zipper. She also appeared in the UPtv movie "The Time Capsule."{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/hemlock-groves-penelope-mitchell-cast-in-two-films-joanna-cassidy-joins-visions-leslie-hope-added-to-crimson-peak-682916/ |title='Hemlock Grove's Penelope Mitchell Cast In Two Films; Joanna Cassidy Joins 'Visions'; Leslie Hope Added To 'Crimson Peak' |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=13 February 2014 |access-date=25 October 2015}} She was also recently cast as Renée Picard in the television series Star Trek: Picard.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film roles |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="4" | 2011
| The Fat Lady Swings | Sherry |
| Nightshift of the Vampire
| Sofia | Short film |
| The Grace of Others
| Grace | Short film |
| Meth to Madness
| Zoe | Short film |
| rowspan="3" | 2012
| The Wishful | Lula Doe / Princess Lula | Short film |
| 6 Plots
| Jules Freeman | {{aka}} Six Graves |
| Green Eyed
| Sarah | Short film |
| 2013
| The Joe Manifesto | Sue | |
| 2014
| The Fear of Darkness | Skye Williams | |
| rowspan="4" | 2015
| Zipper | Laci/Jennifer | |
| The Curse of Downers Grove
| Tracy | |
| The Waiting Game
| Erica | Short film |
| Curve
| Ella Rutledge | |
| 2017
| Gnaw (Apartment 212) | Jennifer | |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| The Midwife’s Deception |Jina | |
| Between Worlds
|Billi | |
| 2018
| Lily | |
| 2019
| Hellboy | Ganeida the Witch | |
| 2020
| Becoming | Lisa Corrigan | |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Vista Mandulbaum | |
| R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned
| Jeanne | |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Muzzle | Mia | |
| What You Wish For
| Alice{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=13638858 |title=What You Wish For (2023) |access-date=16 June 2024}} | |
| rowspan="2" | 2024
|Heather | |
| Oh, Canada
|Sloan/Amy | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television roles |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2009
| Rush | Sarah | 1 episode |
| 2011
| Chrissy | Episode: "Cheating on Your Test" |
| 2013
| Letha Godfrey | Main cast (season 1) |
| 2014–15
| Olivia 'Liv' Parker | Recurring role (seasons 5–6) |
| 2018
| The Time Capsule | Lauren |
| 2022
| Renée Picard | Recurring role (season 2) |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Music video roles |
| Year
! Title ! Artist ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2015
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References
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Category:21st-century Australian actresses
Category:Australian television actresses
Category:Australian people of French descent