Josephine Mitchell

















Josephine Mitchell
Born
(1965-05-21) 21 May 1965 (age 53)

Sydney, Australia

Other namesJo Mitchell
Alma materSydney University
OccupationSoap opera, stage, television, musical theatre actress and screenwriter, comedian
Years active1985-
Spouse(s)Chris Martin-Jones
Children2

Josephine Mitchell (born 21 May 1965) sometimes billed credited as Jo Mitchell is an Australian actress, comedian and screen writer with a lengthy career in theatre and television soap operas and serials. Mitchell is best known for her role in the television series A Country Practice as schoolgirl Jo Loveday (later Langley), from 1985 until leaving the show in 1989.[1]




Contents





  • 1 Television roles


  • 2 Home and Away and others


  • 3 Musical and theatre production


  • 4 Personal life


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Television roles



Home and Away and others


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, albeit as a different character that of Jill Carpenter a dysfunctional alcoholic mother, and the mother of Romeo, played by Luke Mitchell



Musical and theatre production


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.



Personal life


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. 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!.



References




  1. ^ "Practise makes perfect". The Sun-Herald. 9 May 2010. Television, p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "Hawkie back in the spotlight". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 March 2010. The Guide, p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2012.




External links



  • Josephine Mitchell on IMDb






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