Is Celeste star Radha Mitchell Hollywood’s busiest Aussie actor?

Not having a strategy has worked for Aussie Hollywood expat Radha Mitchell. Arguably one of our busiest actors abroad, Mitchell has bounced from film to film for the best part of 23 years. SEE HER FILM CREDITS

Not having a strategy has worked for Aussie Hollywood expat Radha Mitchell.

Arguably one of our busiest actors abroad, Mitchell has bounced from film to film for the best part of 23 years.

“If one can keep doing things that are inspiring for whatever reason without a strategy, it sounds a bit luxurious, but that would be ideal,” Mitchell, 45, home in Australia for her new film Celeste, told Confidential.

Australian actress Rhada Mitchell says having ‘no strategy’ is working out well for her. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

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Mitchell’s big movie credits include Melinda and Melinda, Man on Fire, Phone Booth and The Crazies.

Despite her prolific output as an actor, she keeps it low key and always wants to maintain the focus on her work.

“I think I am a pretty discrete kind of person and actually quite shy,” she said.

“I don’t really enjoy having too much attention on me but I do love the magic of cinema and the craft of acting.”

Celeste is a low-budget Aussie flick set in Far North Queensland about a renowned opera diva who retires to a remote property for love.

WHAT DOES WIKIPEDIA SAY?

Radha Rani Amber Indigo Ananda Mitchell (born 12 November 1973) is an Australian actress.

She started her career acting in various Australian television series and films, and later appeared in Hollywood films such as High Art (1998), Pitch Black (2000), Phone Booth (2002), Man on Fire (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), Melinda and Melinda (2004), Silent Hill (2006) and The Crazies (2010).

Mitchell in 2008’s Feast Of Love.

Mitchell was born in Melbourne. Her mother is a model-turned-fashion-designer and her father is a filmmaker; the couple divorced when she was young.

Her first name Radha stems from the Hare Krishna faith.

The other parts of her name Rani (queen) and Ananda (joy) also come from similar origins.

She credits her name as being “a creative by-product” of her mother’s experiences In India during the 1970s.

She attended St Michael’s Grammar School in St Kilda and graduated in 1992.

Mitchell began her career starring on ABC TV’s Sugar and Spice in 1988.

She played a guest role in Neighbours in 1994, and later returned to play the regular role of Catherine O’Brien from 1996 to 1997.

In 1997 she starred in two films, High Art and Everything Put Together, both Independent Spirit Award winners.

Mitchell in 2008’s The Children of Huang Shi.

Other films — including Pitch Black opposite Vin Diesel, Phone Booth opposite Colin Farrell, and Man on Fire opposite Denzel Washington — soon followed.

Mitchell gained recognition for her performance in the Academy Award — winning Finding Neverland, which co-starred Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet.

This performance earned the cast a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture.

Mitchell then took the title roles in Woody Allen’s Melinda and Melinda (2004), alongside Chloë Sevigny, followed by a part with Josh Hartnett in Mozart and the Whale.

She then starred in the film adaptation of the video game Silent Hill (2006), opposite Laurie Holden and Sean Bean.

Though the horror film received mixed reviews from critics, it opened at number one at the box office, with over $20 million in sales.

Mitchell in 2003’s Phone Booth.

In 2008, Mitchell starred in Rogue with Michael Vartan, as well as Henry Poole Is Here opposite Luke Wilson and The Children of Huang Shi opposite Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

For her role in Claire McCarthy’s The Waiting City, Mitchell won Best Actress in October 2010 at the Antipodes Film Festival, in St. Tropez, France.

In 2013, Mitchell played the lead role on the ABC drama series Red Widow, and appeared, opposite Gerard Butler, in the action-thriller film Olympus Has Fallen.

Mitchell with her Phone Booth co-star Colin Farrell.

FILM ROLES

1996

Love and Other Catastrophes (Danni)

1998

High Art (Syd)

Cleopatra’s Second Husband (Sophie)

1999

Sleeping Beauties (Cindy)

Kick (Tamara Spencer)

2000

Everything Put Together (Angie)

Pitch Black (Carolyn Fry)

Cowboys and Angels (JoJo)

2001

Ten Tiny Love Stories (Herself)

Nobody’s Baby (Shauna Louise)

When Strangers Appear (Beth)

2002

Dead Heat (Charlotte LaMarr)

Phone Booth (Kelly Shepard)

Four Reasons (Girl)

2003

Visitors (Georgia Perry)

2004

Man on Fire (Lisa Martin Ramos)

Finding Neverland (Mary Ansell Barrie)

Melinda and Melinda (Melinda)

2004

Mozart and the Whale (Isabelle Sorenson)

2006

Silent Hill (Rose Da Silva)

Pu-239 (Marina)

2007

Feast of Love (Diana Croce)

Rogue (Kate Ryan)

2008

Henry Poole Is Here (Dawn Stupek)

The Children of Huang Shi (Lee Pearson)

What We Take from Each Other (Thief of Hearts)

2009

Thick as Thieves (Alexandra Korolenko)

Surrogates (Agent Jennifer Peters)

2010

The Crazies (Judy Dutton)

2012

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (Rose Da Silva)

Big Sur (Carolyn Cassady)

2013

Olympus Has Fallen (Leah Banning)

The Frozen Ground (Allie Halcombe)

Standing Up (Meg Golden)

Expecting (Lizzie)

Evidence (Detective Burquez)

2014

Bird People (Elisabeth Newman)

Fugly! (Lara Perry)

2016

London Has Fallen (Leah Banning)

The Darkness (Bronny Taylor)

Looking for Grace (Denise)

Whoever Was Using This Bed (Iris)

Sacrifice (Tora Hamilton)

2017

The Shack (Nan)

2018

Swinging Safari (Jo Jones)

Celeste (Celeste)

The World Without You (Lily)

Source: Wikipedia

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