Penelope Mitchell

Penelope Mitchell
Mitchell in 2013
Born	(1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 34) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2009–present

Penelope Mitchell (born 24 July 1991) ^[1] 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 an Australian entrepreneur father, Mitchell spent most of her childhood in Australia with her two older brothers. ^[2] She studied ballet from age 4 to 16. ^[3]

Mitchell finished in the top 1% of her graduating year, with an International Baccalaureate diploma. ^[4] 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.

Mitchell 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 co-founder of Landcare Australia with former Victorian Premier Joan Kirner. ^[5]

She is a cousin of actress Radha Mitchell. ^{[6] [7]}

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 Mitchell) 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 in the television series The Vampire Diaries ^[8] and Hemlock Grove, ^[9] as well as the films Hellboy and Zipper. She also appeared in the UPtv film The Time Capsule, ^[10] and was later cast as Renée Picard in the television series Star Trek: Picard .

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Fat Lady Swings	Sherry	Short film
	Nightshift of the Vampire	Sofia	Short film
	The Grace of Others	Grace	Short film
	Meth to Madness	Zoe	Short film
2012	The Wishful	Lula Doe / Princess Lula	Short film
	6 Plots	Jules Freeman	a.k.a.Six Graves
	Green Eyed	Sarah	Short film
2013	The Joe Manifesto	Sue
2014	The Fear of Darkness	Skye Williams
2015	Zipper	Laci/Jennifer
	The Curse of Downers Grove	Tracy
	The Waiting Game	Erica	Short film
	Curve	Ella Rutledge
2017	Gnaw (Apartment 212)	Jennifer
2018	The Midwife's Deception	Jina
	Between Worlds	Billi
	Look Away	Lily
2019	Hellboy	Ganeida the Witch
2020	Becoming	Lisa Corrigan
2022	The Hyperions	Vista Mandulbaum
	R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned	Jeanne
2023	Muzzle	Mia
	What You Wish For	Alice [11]
2024	Sting	Heather
	Oh, Canada	Sloan/Amy

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Rush	Sarah	1 episode
2011	Offspring	Chrissy	Episode: "Cheating on Your Test"
2013	Hemlock Grove	Letha Godfrey	Main cast (season 1)
2014–15	The Vampire Diaries	Olivia 'Liv' Parker	Recurring role (seasons 5–6)
2018	The Time Capsule	Lauren	Television film
2022	Star Trek: Picard	Renée Picard	Recurring role (season 2)

Music video roles

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2015	Lonely Town	Brandon Flowers

References

1. Penelope Mitchell [@pfhmitchell] (24 July 2015). "Thanks for all the Bday yesterday friends! As much as I love stealing @paulwesley 's thunder, it's really today. ox" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 October 2015– via Twitter.
2. "Slideshow - Penelope Mitchell Shares 10 of Her Favorite Things". Interview Magazine.
3. Lee, Luaine (6 July 2013). "In 'Hemlock Grove,' actress Penelope Mitchell finds peace". The Washington Post . Retrieved 12 August 2013.^{[ dead link ]}
4. Lee, Luaine (6 July 2013). "In 'Hemlock Grove,' actress Penelope Mitchell finds peace". The Washington Post . Retrieved 12 August 2013.^{[ dead link ]}
5. Campbell, Andrew (3 June 2015). "Joan Kirner united farmers and conservationists to care for the land". The Conversation.
6. "Penelope Mitchell: 'Hemlock Grove' Exclusive Interview!", Just Jared , 27 March 2013.
7. Miller, Lindsay (1 May 2013). "Hemlock Grove's Freya Tingley and Penelope Mitchell on Their "Intense" New Netflix Series". PopSugar . Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
8. Ng, Philiana (30 September 2014). "'Vampire Diaries' Boss Tackles 10 Season 6 Mysteries". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 25 October 2015.
9. Andreeva, Nellie (4 April 2012). "Series 'Hemlock Grove', Pilots 'Malibu Country' & Louis CK/Feresten Add To Casts". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 25 October 2015.
10. " "'Hemlock Grove's Penelope Mitchell Cast In Two Films; Joanna Cassidy Joins 'Visions'; Leslie Hope Added To 'Crimson Peak'". Deadline Hollywood . 13 February 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
11. "What You Wish For (2023)". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved 16 June 2024.

External links

• Penelope Mitchell at IMDb  
• Penelope Mitchell on Twitter