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Josephine Mitchell | |
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| Born | 21 May 1965 Sydney, Australia |
| Other names | Jo Mitchell |
| Alma mater | Sydney University |
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| Years active | 1985– |
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| Notable work | Neighbours (TV series as Katerina All Saints (TV series) as Guest |
| Spouse | Chris Martin-Jones |
| Children | 2 |
Josephine Mitchell (born 21 May 1965) sometimes credited as Jo Mitchell is an Australian actress and playwright with a lengthy career in theatre and television soap operas and serials. [1]
Mitchells first major role was in Seven's drama series A Country Practice as Jo Loveday from 1985 and 1989. In 1990 she played Jane Holland in Home and Away , [2] and has appeared in many of Australia's most popular series including, E Street (as designer and mother Penny O'Brien), Neighbours (as Katerina, a wheelchair user) and on All Saints as a one-episode guest, playing a protective mother who mutilated her husband after she found he had molested their daughter.
In 2010, she returned to Home and Away as a different character, that of Jill Carpenter, a dysfunctional alcoholic mother, and the mother of Romeo, played by Luke Mitchell.
Both of Mitchell's parents were heavily involved in theatre and she has had an extensive career in her own right in theatre as well as many television and film roles. She started her own theatre company, Strut Theatre, with other actors to promote women's roles. Strut worked out of Wharf 2 at the Sydney Theatre Company in the early nineties. She produced two plays, Pam Gems and Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi, as well as a commissioned play by Australian playwright, Justin Fleming called Conversation Peace. She then moved to Melbourne to appear in the national tour of the musical Hello Dolly , produced by John Frost.
She is currently focusing on her work behind the camera as writer, having finished a feature-length movie titled The Cult and the tele-movie Aren't U Spesh!.
Jo Mitchell is married to Australian director and producer Chris Martin-Jones and they have two daughters. The pair met when Martin-Jones was a director on A Country Practice in 1989. His other credits include McLeod's Daughters , Packed to the Rafters , Spartacus, Legend of the Seeker , and A Place to Call Home .
She has a double degree from Sydney University, in Medieval and Religious Studies.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
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| 1985–89 | A Country Practice | Jo Loveday (later Langley) | TV series, 254 episodes |
| 1990 | Home and Away | Jane Holland | TV series |
| 1991 | Mimi Goes to the Analyst | Clara | TV movie |
| 1992 | Six Pack | Clara | TV series |
| 1991–93 | E Street | Penny O' Brian | TV series, 121 episodes |
| 1994 | Neighbours | Katerina Terrelli | TV series |
| 1994 | Girl | Nikki Mair | TV movie |
| 2005 | All Saints | Amelia Kyd | TV series |
| 2006 | TV Turns 50: The Events that Stopped a Nation | Guest (with A Country Practice cast: Lorrae Desmond, Brian Wenzel, Shane Porteous, Joan Sydney, Joyce Jacobs, Anne Tenney & Emily Nichol) | TV special |
| 2010 | Home and Away | Jill Carpenter | TV series |
| 2014 | Janet King | Dr. Wyburn | TV series, 1 episode |
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