Editing Radha Mitchell

{{Short description|Australian actress (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Radha Mitchell
| image              = Radha Mitchell 2, 2012.jpg
| caption            = Mitchell in 2012
| birth_name         = Radha Rani Amber Indigo Ananda Mitchell
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|12|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/radha-mitchell/1996/|work=[[Tribute (magazine)|Tribute]]|title=Radha Mitchell Biography|access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Melbourne]], Victoria, Australia
| alma_mater         = [[Swinburne University of Technology]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1988–present
}}

'''Radha Rani Amber Indigo Ananda Mitchell''' (born 12 November 1973) is an Australian actress. She began her career on television, playing Catherine O'Brien on the Australian soap opera ''[[Neighbours]]'' (1996–1997), before transitioning to working in Hollywood. Known for her work in the action and thriller genres,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theactionelite.com/interview-with-radha-mitchell/|work=The Action Elite|title=Interview with Radha Mitchell|access-date=December 15, 2023}}</ref> she is the recipient of an [[Film Critics Circle of Australia|FCCA Award]], as well as nominations for [[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|Fangoria Chainsaw]], [[Australian Film Institute|AFI]], and [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]].

Mitchell's credits include supporting and leading roles in films such as ''[[High Art]]'' (1998), ''[[Pitch Black (film)|Pitch Black]]'' (2000), ''[[Phone Booth (film)|Phone Booth]]'' (2002), ''[[Man on Fire (2004 film)|Man on Fire]]'', ''[[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]]'', ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]'' (all 2004), ''[[Mozart and the Whale]]'' (2005), ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]'' (2006), ''[[Rogue (2007 film)|Rogue]]'' (2007), ''[[Surrogates]]'', ''[[The Waiting City]]'' (both 2009), ''[[The Crazies (2010 film)|The Crazies]]'' (2010), ''[[Olympus Has Fallen]]'' (2013), ''[[London Has Fallen]]'' (2016), ''[[The Darkness (2016 American film)|The Darkness]]'' (2016), ''[[The Shack (2017 film)|The Shack]]'' (2017), ''[[Celeste (2018 film)|Celeste]]'' (2018), and ''[[Blueback (film)|Blueback]]'' (2022). Outside film, she played the recurring role of Kelly on [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC Television]]'s ''[[Troppo (TV series)|Troppo]]'' (2022).

==Early life==
She credits her name as being a result of her mother's experiences in India during the 1970s and her fascination with Indian philosophies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/hollywood/news/I-feel-a-sense-of-home-in-India-Mitchell/articleshow/5958457.cms|title=I feel a sense of home in India: Mitchell|website=[[Times of India]]|date=22 May 2010 |access-date=1 July 2016}}</ref> She grew up in [[Melbourne]], just around the corner from the Como Centre—a multi-storey office, retail cinema and hotel complex, featuring the headquarters of [[Network_10|Channel 10 Television]]—on [[Chapel Street, Melbourne|Chapel Street]], where her mother ran a shop.<ref name="rma">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/radha-perplexing-20040808-gdyeau.html|title=Radha perplexing|date=8 August 2004|website=[[The Age]]}}</ref> Mitchell attended [[St Michael's Grammar School]] in [[St Kilda, Victoria|St Kilda]]. Her first credited screen role was that of an eleven-year-old girl from the Australian bush sent to live with her grandmother, on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC TV]] children's television series ''[[Sugar and Spice (Australian TV series)|Sugar and Spice]]'', which was broadcast between 1988 and 1989.<ref name="yahoo">{{cite web | url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/radha-mitchell/biography.html | title=Radha Mitchell- Biography | publisher=[[Yahoo!]] | access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref> Her experience in the series, along with the drama course she took at St Michael's, sparked her interest in acting.<ref name="rma" /> She then enrolled at [[Swinburne University of Technology]], with the idea of becoming a psychologist. "I thought it was going to be group therapy, that we would go in there and talk about life and people and stuff like that. But it was all rats and stats. I didn't last beyond the first year." Instead, she obtained her [[Bachelor of Arts]] in literature and media studies.<ref name="rma" />

==Career==
===1990s===
Mitchell played a recurring character in the sitcom ''[[All Together Now (1991 Australian TV series)|All Together Now]]'' (1992–1993) and guest-starred in ''[[Phoenix (Australian TV series)|Phoenix]]'' (1993), ''[[Law of the Land (TV series)|Law of the Land]]'' (1993) and ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' (1994–96). After obtaining a ten-episode arc as a parachute instructor in ''[[Neighbours]]'' in 1994, Mitchell returned to play the regular role of [[Catherine O'Brien (Neighbours)|Catherine O'Brien]], a strong-minded and opinionated student, from 1996 to 1997.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Film%3a+INTERVIEW+-+Radha+Mitchell%3a+BLIZZARD+FROM+OZ%3b+AFTER+NICOLE...-a0130828327|title=Film: Interview – Radha Mitchell: Blizzard from Oz; After Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett, here comes Aussie Radha Mitchell|last=Gray|first=Marianne|date=25 March 2005|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=30 March 2016}}</ref> The series brought the actress to a wider exposure from audiences.

Mitchell quickly "established herself as a versatile and accomplished fixture on the moody art-house flick circuit". As noted by ''[[The Guardian]]'', she launched "her assault on the indie scene by 'cornering the market on the lesbian ingenue'". Her film debut came in the role of a gay [[University of Melbourne]] film student in the romantic comedy ''[[Love and Other Catastrophes]]'' (1996), which grossed US$1.6 million at the Australian box office.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |title=''Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office'' |access-date=21 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218045303/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |archive-date=18 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was her next project, [[Lisa Cholodenko]]'s [[Independent Spirit Award]]-winning independent drama ''[[High Art]]'' (1998), alongside [[Ally Sheedy]], that gave Mitchell her first impression on American audiences. She was acclaimed for her performance of a young female intern at a magazine company who becomes involved with a drug-addicted lesbian photographer. [[Roger Ebert]] wrote that "''High Art'' is so perceptive and mature it makes similar films seem flippant. The performances are on just the right note, scene after scene, for what needs to be done ...".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/high-art-1998|author=Ebert, Roger|title=High Art|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times|date=3 July 1998}}</ref> [[IndieWire]] listed it as #7 of "The 15 Greatest Lesbian Movies of All Time",<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/best-lesbian-movies-all-time-lgbt-film-1201813139/|title=15 Greatest Lesbian Movies of All Time|last=Dry|first=Jude|date=May 8, 2017|website=[[IndieWire]]|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> while [[Autostraddle]] listed it as #31 of "100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time" in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/100-best-lesbian-queer-bisexual-movies-285412/?all=1|title=The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time|date=August 11, 2015|work=[[Autostraddle]]|access-date=June 11, 2017}}</ref> She played one half of a [[house sitting]] couple in the psychological drama ''[[Cleopatra's Second Husband]]'' (also 1998).

In 1999, Mitchell starred as the former girlfriend of a lesbian make-up artist in the short drama ''[[Sleeping Beauties (film)|Sleeping Beauties]]'' and as the pampered, bratty girlfriend of a champion rugby player in the drama ''Kick''. While ''Sleeping Beauties'' premiered at the 1998 [[Sundance Film Festival]] and went on to play at over thirty film festivals,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mogulsoft.com/butimacheerleader/cast/index.html |title=But I'm a Cheerleader Cast & Crew |access-date=May 8, 2007 |work=But I'm a Cheerleader }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | last =Glucksman
 | first =Mary
 | title =Summer 1999: Production Update
 | work =[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]]
 | year =1999
 | url =http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/summer1999/prod_update.php
 | access-date =August 12, 2007 }}</ref> ''Kick'' had a brief cinema screening in Europe before it was released on DVD.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dancelines.com.au/tackling-romeo-set-life-murphy-acosta-forget-performance-australias-great-dancer-russell-page/|title=Tackling Romeo set for a new life but we should never forget the performance of Australia's great dancer, Russell Page|date=1 March 2015|website=Valerie Lawson's Dancelines}}</ref>

===2000s===
[[File:Radha Mitchell at Tiff 2009.jpg|thumb|Mitchell at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] 2009]]
Mitchell was cast as Carolyn Fry, a docking pilot, in the science fiction horror film ''[[Pitch Black (film)|Pitch Black]]'' (2000), opposite [[Vin Diesel]]. She found the experience of acting in a studio film "physically challenging", but was eager to take on the role, explaining: "Well, it's an interesting script, great character, shot in Australia, get to go home, you know, a whole range of reasons. And because I guess it's not something I would often have the opportunity to do; it's a genre piece and I felt it was an opportunity to learn".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=3608&s=Interviews|title=Urban Cinefile MITCHELL, RADHA: PITCH BLACK|website=www.urbancinefile.com.au}}</ref> Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film was a [[sleeper hit]], grossing over US$53 million worldwide and developing its own [[cult following]]. In 2000, she also starred as an expecting mother in the psychological drama ''[[Everything Put Together]]'', which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and as the love interest of a lawyer in the romantic comedy ''Cowboys and Angels''.

In 2001, Mitchell played a woman giving  monologues to camera in the drama ''[[Ten Tiny Love Stories]]'', a diner waitress in the comedy ''[[Nobody's Baby (2001 film)|Nobody's Baby]]'' and the owner of a remote roadside diner in the thriller ''[[When Strangers Appear]]''. Her next film release was the crime drama ''[[Dead Heat (2002 film)|Dead Heat]]'' (2002), in which she played the wife of a police officer. [[Joel Schumacher]]'s thriller ''[[Phone Booth (film)|Phone Booth]]'' (2003), opposite [[Colin Farrell]], featured her as the wife of a young arrogant publicist who becomes a victim of a mysterious caller who threatens to harm him. It was a critical and commercial success, grossing US$97.8 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2959640065/|title=Phone Booth|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> She starred as the first woman to sail around the world solo in the horror film ''[[Visitors (2003 film)|Visitors]]'' (also 2003).

Her three 2004 film releases —''[[Man on Fire (2004 film)|Man on Fire]]'' (2004), with [[Denzel Washington]], the [[Academy Award]]–winning ''[[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]]'', with [[Johnny Depp]] and [[Kate Winslet]], and [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]''—  were well received by critics and successful at the box office. In ''Man on Fire'', she played the mother of a nine-year-old abducted in [[Mexico City]] and what ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' described as an "American [[trophy wife]] with a [[Southern American English|Southern accent]] that seems to come and go".<ref>Harrison, Eric. "[http://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/Man-on-Fire-1642352.php Man on Fire]." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. April 23, 2004. Retrieved on May 15, 2014.</ref> ''Finding Neverland'' featured her as Mary Ansell, the wife of novelist [[J.M. Barrie]], and earned her, as a member of the cast, a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] nomination for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture. ''Melinda and Melinda'' starred her as the title role of a woman attempting to straighten out her life. ''Man on Fire'' made US$130.2 million,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/biz/news/year-end-2004-top-money-makers-626796/|title=Year End 2004 Top Money Makers|work=Variety|date=31 December 2004}}</ref> ''Finding Neverland'' $116.8 million,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2740160001/|title=Finding Neverland|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> and ''Melinda and Melinda'' US$20 million in limited markets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl576882177/|title=Melinda and Melinda|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

In ''[[Mozart and the Whale]]'' (2005), a romantic dramedy with [[Josh Hartnett]], Mitchell played a woman with [[Asperger syndrome]]. In its review for the film, ''Variety'' noted: "Mitchell socks over her role as a dynamo whose emotional insecurity is buried under a fabulously attractive exterior; by virtue of her character's assertiveness, she dominates the screen".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/mozart-the-whale-1200518666/|title=Mozart & The Whale|first1=Todd|last1=McCarthy|date=7 February 2006}}</ref>

In ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]'' (2006), the [[Film adaptation|adaptation]] of [[Konami]]'s 1999 [[Silent Hill (video game)|video game of the same name]], Mitchell portrayed [[Rose Da Silva]], the desperate mother who seeks a cure for her daughter Sharon's nightmarish sleepwalking by taking her to the town of Silent Hill. [[James Berardinelli]] noted: "Radha Mitchell normally does smaller movies, but her experience from ''Pitch Black'' serves her well here; she's credible as a mother who will fight off hoards of dead to save her daughter".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://preview.reelviews.net/movies/s/silent_hill.html|title=Review: Silent Hill|website=preview.reelviews.net}}</ref> Despite mixed reviews, the film opened with top numbers at the box office, with over US$20&nbsp;million in sales.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19236|title=Radha Mitchell of 'The Crazies' on the Future of 'Silent Hill'|date=24 February 2010 |publisher=bloody-disgusting.com}}</ref> It eventually made US$97 million globally.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1567720961/|title=Silent Hill|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> In 2006, she also appeared as the adoring wife of a [[nuclear reprocessing]] facility worker in the HBO film ''Pu-239''.

In 2007, Mitchell starred in [[Robert Benton]]'s romantic dramedy ''[[Feast of Love]]'', opposite [[Greg Kinnear]] and [[Morgan Freeman]], as a  successful realtor carrying on an affair with a married man,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mgm.com/view/Movie/645/Feast-of-Love/ |title= Feast Of Love |publisher=mgm.com |date=September 28, 2007 |access-date=January 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/feast_of_love/|title=Feast of Love (2007)|date=28 September 2007 |publisher=rottentomatoes.com |access-date=November 16, 2012}}</ref> and in the horror film ''[[Rogue (2007 film)|Rogue]]'', with [[Michael Vartan]], as a wildlife researcher fighting a giant, man-eating crocodile. Both ''Feast of Love'' and ''Rogue'' made about US$5 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2892793345/|title=Rogue|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl106137089/|title=Feast of Love|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> In 2008, she took on the roles of a mother to a mute seven-year old in the dramedy ''[[Henry Poole Is Here]]'' opposite [[Luke Wilson]], and that of a courageous nurse assisting British journalist [[George Hogg (adventurer)|George Hogg]] in the historical war drama ''[[The Children of Huang Shi]]'' opposite [[Jonathan Rhys-Meyers]]. In 2009, she played a woman kidnapped by the [[Russian mafia]] in the heist action film ''[[Thick as Thieves (2009 film)|Thick as Thieves]]'' (aka ''The Code''), which reunited her with Morgan Freeman, and in the sci-fi thriller ''[[Surrogates]]'', also as an [[FBI]] agent, a film adaptation of the [[The Surrogates|comic book of the same name]] co-starring [[Bruce Willis]].<ref name="VarSurro">{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Michael |author2=Tatiana Siegel |title=Films halted due to strike |work=Variety |url=https://www.variety.com/VR1117976244.html |date=November 18, 2007 |access-date=May 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106175100/http://www.variety.com/VR1117976244.html |archive-date=January 6, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===2010s===
The horror film ''[[The Crazies (2010 film)|The Crazies]]'' (2010) featured Mitchell as a pregnant woman and one of the residents of a fictional [[Iowa]] town that becomes afflicted by a military virus that turns those infected into violent killers. The film garnered positive reviews and, with a worldwide gross of US$55 million, it emerged as a moderate commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1833797121/|title=The Crazies|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> In 2010, she also starred as a successful, self-starting lawyer and one half of a couple trying to adopt a child in [[Claire McCarthy]]'s drama ''[[The Waiting City]]'', which was acclaimed by critics. ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' asserted: "Featuring standout performances from Mitchell and Edgerton, this is an example of what Australian films can and should be, thought provoking, entertaining and stunning to behold".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/first-class-story-of-third-world-revelation-20100715-10ccl.html|title=First class story of third world revelation|first=Giles|last=Hardie|date=15 July 2010|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> For her role, Mitchell won as Best Actress at the [[Antipodes Film Festival]] in [[Saint Tropez]], France.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rivieralife.tv/movies_antipodean.htm|title=12th Antipodes Film Festival Saint Tropez 11 – 17 Oct 2010| publisher= rivieralife.tv| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107023303/http://www.rivieralife.tv/movies_antipodean.htm|archive-date=7 January 2012}}</ref>

Mitchell reprised her role of Rose Da Silva in ''Silent Hill: Revelation'' (2012), which was a moderate box office success, grossing over US$56 million worldwide, but was heavily panned by critics and audiences,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silent_hill_revelation|title=Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)|date=26 October 2012 |via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> Her next seven screen projects —the films ''[[Big Sur (film)|Big Sur]]'', ''[[Olympus Has Fallen]]'', ''[[Evidence (2013 film)|Evidence]]'', ''[[The Frozen Ground]]'', ''Standing Up'', ''[[Expecting (film)|Expecting]]'' and the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] drama series ''[[Red Widow]]''— were released throughout 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author= Nellie Andreeva |url=https://deadline.com/2012/05/abc-starts-new-series-pickups-with-penoza-red-man-van-270810/|title=ABC Picks Up To Series '666′, 'Last Resort', 'How To Live', 'Nashville', 'Penoza', 'Neighbours', 'Zero Hour', 'Red Van'|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=11 May 2012|access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2012/07/olympus-has-fallen-adds-radha-mitchell-297180/ | title='Olympus Has Fallen' Adds Radha Mitchell | website=Deadline Hollywood | access-date=22 March 2013 | author=Dominic Patten| date=7 July 2012 }}</ref> ''Olympus Has Fallen'', in which she portrayed a nurse and the wife of a [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent, proved to be her most successful film of the year, grossing US$170.3 million globally,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1516668417/|title=Olympus Has Fallen|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> and spawning a [[Fallen (film series)|film trilogy]]. In ''[[Fugly!]]'' (2014), a comedy written by and starring [[John Leguizamo]], Mitchell played a neurotic uptown girl and the love interest of an unattractive man rejected by women because of his donkey-faced appearance.

In ''[[Looking for Grace]]'' (2015), a drama screened in the main competition section of the [[72nd Venice International Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/venice-film-festival-lineup-2015-full-list-1201486791/|title=Venice Film Festival: Lido Lineup Builds Awards Season Buzz – Full List |access-date=29 July 2015 |work=Deadline|date=29 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/venice-fest-reveals-robust-lineup-featuring-hollywood-stars-and-international-auteurs-1201551960/|title=Venice Fest Reveals Robust Lineup Featuring Hollywood Stars and International Auteurs |access-date=29 July 2015 |work=Variety|date=29 July 2015 }}</ref> Mitchell starred as a mother hiring a private detective in an attempt to find her missing daughter. Her comic portrayal was hailed as "amusingly tetchy" by ''Variety''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/looking-for-grace-review-1201584913/|title=Venice Film Review: 'Looking for Grace'|first1=Guy|last1=Lodge|date=3 September 2015}}</ref> and "well-tuned" by ''Time Out Sydney''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/|title=Welcome to Time Out|website=Time Out Worldwide}}</ref>

In 2016, Mitchell returned to the ''Fallen'' trilogy in ''[[London Has Fallen]]'', which made US$205.9 million,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1801553409/|title=London Has Fallen|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> and took on the roles of the matriarch of a family who brings home a supernatural force from the [[Grand Canyon]] in the horror film ''[[The Darkness (2016 American film)|The Darkness]]'', an obstetrician living in the remote [[Shetland Islands]] in the thriller ''Sacrifice'', as well as that of one half of a couple in the short film ''[[Whoever Was Using This Bed]]''. The Christian drama ''[[The Shack (2017 film)|The Shack]]'' (2017), which featured Mitchell as a devoutly religious wife, opened with US$16.1 million in North America, finishing above expectations.<ref name=opening>{{citation|title='Logan' Looks To Log Best R-Rated Opening In March With $81M+ Opening; Audiences Love 'Shack'|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/logan-box-office-opening-get-out-the-shack-1202035207/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=March 4, 2017}}</ref>  It eventually earned US$96.9 million worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2642183681/|title=The Shack|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

In August 2024, Mitchell was named in the cast of Disney Plus series ''Last Days of the Space Age.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-07 |title=Last Days of the Space Age: Australian Disney+ series coming soon {{!}} ScreenHub Australia - Film & Television Jobs, News, Reviews & Screen Industry Data |url=https://www.screenhub.com.au/news/news/last-days-of-the-space-age-australian-disney-series-coming-soon-2648945/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=www.screenhub.com.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Love and Other Catastrophes]]''
| Danni
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="2"|1998
| ''[[High Art]]''
| Syd
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Cleopatra's Second Husband]]''
| Sophie
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="2"|1999
| ''[[Sleeping Beauties (film)|Sleeping Beauties]]''
| Cindy
| Short film
|-
| ''[[Kick (1999 film)|Kick]]''
| Tamara Spencer
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="3"|2000
| ''[[Everything Put Together]]''
| Angie
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Pitch Black (film)|Pitch Black]]''
| Carolyn Fry
| Feature film
|-
| ''Cowboys and Angels''
| Jo-Jo
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2001
| ''[[Ten Tiny Love Stories]]''
| Herself
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Nobody's Baby (2001 film)|Nobody's Baby]]''
| Shauna Louise
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[When Strangers Appear]]''
| Beth
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="3"|2002
| ''[[Dead Heat (2002 film)|Dead Heat]]''
| Charlotte LaMarr
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Phone Booth (film)|Phone Booth]]''
| Kelly Shepard
| Feature film
|-
| ''Four Reasons''
| Girl
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Visitors (2003 film)|Visitors]]''
| Georgia Perry
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="3"|2004
| ''[[Man on Fire (2004 film)|Man on Fire]]''
| Lisa Martin Ramos
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]]''
| Mary Ansell Barrie
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Melinda and Melinda]]''
| Melinda
| Feature film
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Mozart and the Whale]]''
| Isabelle Sorenson
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="2"|2006
| ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]''
| Rose Da Silva
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Pu-239 (film)|Pu-239]]''
| Marina
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="2"|2007
| ''[[Feast of Love]]''
| Diana Croce
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Rogue (2007 film)|Rogue]]''
| Kate Ryan
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="3"|2008
| ''[[Henry Poole Is Here]]''
| Dawn Stupek
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[The Children of Huang Shi]]'' (aka ''The Silk Road'')
| Lee Pearson
| Feature film
|-
| ''What We Take from Each Other''
| Thief of Hearts
| Short film
|-
| rowspan="3"|2009
| ''[[Thick as Thieves (2009 film)|Thick as Thieves]]'' (aka The Code)
| Alexandra Korolenko
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Surrogates]]''
| Agent Jennifer Peters
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[The Waiting City]]''
| Fiona Simmons
| Feature film
|-
| 2010
| ''[[The Crazies (2010 film)|The Crazies]]''
| Judy Dutton
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| ''[[Silent Hill: Revelation]]''
| Rose Da Silva
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Big Sur (film)|Big Sur]]''
| [[Carolyn Cassady]]
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="5"|2013
| ''[[Olympus Has Fallen]]''
| Leah Banning
| Feature film<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=2012-07-07 |title='Olympus Has Fallen' Adds Radha Mitchell |url=https://deadline.com/2012/07/olympus-has-fallen-adds-radha-mitchell-297180/ |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Frozen Ground]]''
| Allie Halcombe 
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Standing Up]]''
| Meg Golden
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Expecting (film)|Expecting]]''
| Lizzie
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Evidence (2013 film)|Evidence]]''
| Detective Burquez
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="2"|2014
| ''[[Bird People (film)|Bird People]]''
| Elisabeth Newman
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Fugly!]]''
| Lara Perry
| Feature film
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Looking for Grace]]''
| Denise
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="4" |2016
|''[[London Has Fallen]]''
| Leah Banning
| Feature film<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-02 |title=Radha Mitchell on Hollywood's frustrating portrayal of gender roles |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts/radha-mitchell-on-hollywoods-frustrating-portrayal-of-gender-roles-1.174474 |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Darkness (2016 American film)|The Darkness]]''
| Bronny Taylor
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Whoever Was Using This Bed]]''
| Iris
| Short film
|-
| ''[[Sacrifice (2016 film)|Sacrifice]]''
| Tora Hamilton
| Feature film
|-
| 2017
| ''[[The Shack (2017 film)|The Shack]]''
| Nan
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="3"|2018
| ''[[Swinging Safari (film)|Swinging Safari]]''
| Jo Jones
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Celeste (2018 film)|Celeste]]''
| Celeste 
| Feature film
|-
| ''The World Without You''
| Lily
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"|2020
| ''The Homewrecker''
| Radha
|
|-
| ''Dreamkatcher''
| Gail
|
|-
| ''2 Hearts''
| Leslie
|
|-
| ''[[Run Hide Fight]]''
| Jennifer Hull
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="4"|2022
| ''[[Girl at the Window]]''
| Barbara Poynton
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Asking for It (film)|Asking for It]]''
| Sal
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Devil's Workshop (film)|Devil's Workshop]]''
| Eliza
| Feature film
|-
| ''[[Blueback (film)|Blueback]]''
| Dora Jackson
| Feature film
|-
| rowspan="5"|2024
| ''Take My Hand''
| Laura
| Feature film <ref>{{Cite web |title=Take My Hand |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16025158/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=IMDb |language=en}}</ref>
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1988–1989
| ''[[Sugar and Spice (Australian TV series)|Sugar and Spice]]''
| Pixie Robinson (lead role) 
| TV series, 20 episodes
|-
| 1992–1993
| ''[[All Together Now (Australian TV series)|All Together Now]]''
| Jodie (recurring role)
| TV series, 6 episodes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Phoenix (Australian TV series)|Phoenix]]''
| Joanna
| TV series, episode: "Deal or Pay"
|-
| 1993
| ''[[R.F.D.S.]]'' (aka ''The Flying Doctors'')
| Tracey (recurring guest role)
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 1994, 1996
| ''[[Blue Heelers]]''
| Sally-Anne / Nerida Davidson
| TV series, 3 episodes
|-
| 1994, 1996–97
| ''[[Neighbours]]''
| [[Cassandra Rushmore]] (guest role) / Catherine O'Brien (regular role)
| TV series, 6 episodes / 63 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Halifax f.p.]]''
| Sarah
| TV movie, episode: "My Lovely Girl"
|-
| 1998
| ''The Chosen''
| Sarah Gordon
| TV film
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Movie Show]]''
| Herself & Ally Sheedy
| SBS TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Uprising (2001 film)|Uprising]]''
| [[Mira Fuchrer]]
| [[NBC]] TV film
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Red Widow]]''
| Marta Walraven (lead role)
| TV series, 8 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Longmire (TV series)|Longmire]]''
| Alex Graham 
| TV series, episode: "Burned Up My Tears"
|-
| 2018
| ''[[The Romanoffs]]''
| Victoria Hayward
| TV series, episode: "Panorama"
|-
|2020
| ''[[Law & Order: SVU]]''
| Luna Prasada
| TV series, episode: "Swimming with the Sharks"
|-
|2024
|''[[Last Days of the Space Age]]''
|Judy Bissett
|TV series 8 episodes
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
|-
| 2001
| [[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards]]
| Best Actress
| ''[[Pitch Black (film)|Pitch Black]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
| Best Actress
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Visitors (2003 film)|Visitors]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Film Critics Circle of Australia]]
| Best Actress
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2005
| [[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| ''[[Finding Neverland (film)|Finding Neverland]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
| Best Heroine
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Silent Hill (film)|Silent Hill]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Australian Film Institute]] 
| [[Australian Film Institute International Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2010
| [[Antipodean Film Festival]]
| Best Actress
| rowspan="3" | ''[[The Waiting City]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Film Critics Circle of Australia
| Best Actress
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Inside Film Awards]] 
| Best Actress
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2017
| Film Critics Circle of Australia
| Best Actress
| ''[[Looking for Grace]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| [[Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival]]
| Best Actress
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Celeste (2018 film)|Celeste]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Ischia Film Festival]]
| Best Actress
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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