Maia Mitchell (born 18 August 1993
) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Brittany Flune in the children's television series ''
Mortified
''Mortified'' is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 9 May 2007 wi ...
'' for the
Nine Network
The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...
, and as
Natasha Ham in the
Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
's teen drama ''
Trapped''. For American audiences, she played the role of Callie Adams Foster in the
Freeform drama ''
The Fosters'' (2013–18) and its spin-off series ''
Good Trouble'' (2019–22). She also co-starred with
Ross Lynch
Ross Shor Lynch (born December 29, 1995) is an American actor, singer, and musician. He was the lead vocalist of the pop rock band R5 and is one half of the band the Driver Era (with his brother Rocky Lynch). As an actor, he rose to recogniti ...
in the
Disney Channel
Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ...
original films ''
Teen Beach Movie
''Teen Beach Movie'' is a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on July 19, 2013, on Disney Channel, starring Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell. Directed by Jeffrey Hornaday, ''Teen Beach Movie'' was filmed in Puerto Rico. It was the only Disney ...
'' (2013) and ''
Teen Beach 2'' (2015) as McKenzie/Mack.
Early life
Mitchell was born in
Lismore, New South Wales
Lismore is a city in northeastern New South Wales, Australia and the main population centre in the City of Lismore local government area; it is also a regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the State. It is situated on a low flood pl ...
. Her father, Alex, is a taxi driver while her mother, Jill, works in the education system. Mitchell has one younger brother, Charlie. She plays guitar, which has been demonstrated in her film and television work. She learned to play at a young age. She attended
Trinity Catholic College, Lismore
Trinity Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school, located over two adjacent campuses in the Northern Rivers region, on the northern fringe of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
History
St Mary's Co ...
.
Career
2000s: Australian television debut
Mitchell first began acting by performing in school plays and also in local theatre productions. She was discovered by talent agencies and got her big break at age 12, when she was cast as Brittany Flune in the Australian children's television series ''
Mortified
''Mortified'' is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia. The series premiered on 30 June 2006 and ended on 9 May 2007 wi ...
''. ''Mortified'' ended after two seasons and a total of 26 episodes, which ran from 30 June 2006 to 11 April 2007. Due to her success on ''Mortified'', she also starred in the Australian TV series ''
Trapped'' and its sequel series ''
Castaway'' as the character Natasha Hamilton. She was also in the TV series ''
K-9'', a spin-off of the popular British TV series ''
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'' which focuses on the robot dog
K9.
2010s: Breakthrough and American television
Her first television role in the U.S. was in the
Disney Channel
Disney Channel, sometimes known as simply Disney, is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television, a unit of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Compan ...
TV series ''
Jessie''. She then made her film debut by starring as the main character McKenzie/Mack in the Disney Channel original movie ''
Teen Beach Movie
''Teen Beach Movie'' is a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on July 19, 2013, on Disney Channel, starring Ross Lynch and Maia Mitchell. Directed by Jeffrey Hornaday, ''Teen Beach Movie'' was filmed in Puerto Rico. It was the only Disney ...
'' and reprising her role in ''
Teen Beach 2''. From 2013 to 2018 she starred in the
ABC Family
The American cable television, cable and satellite television network that is now known as Freeform (TV channel), Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through several different owners (and s ...
later
Freeform drama series ''
The Fosters'' as Callie Jacob, who would later change names to Callie Adams Foster. During the show's fifth and last season, it was announced that Mitchell and
Cierra Ramirez
Cierra Alexa Ramirez (born March 9, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Mariana Adams Foster in the Freeform television series '' The Fosters'' and reprising her role in the spin-off series '' Good Trouble'', w ...
would be spun off into their own series, titled ''
Good Trouble'' which premiered in January 2019. She starred for over three seasons, leaving the series in the fourth season's second episode, as Mitchell chose to move back home to Australia.
Also in 2018, she collaborated with her boyfriend
Rudy Mancuso
Rodolfo Mancuso (born February 28, 1991) is an American Internet personality, musician and actor. He is known for making comedy skits with his friends on YouTube and Vine having 10.6 million followers by the time it shut down making him the 4th ...
for the song "Magic".
Personal life
In 2022, Mitchell announced that she had permanently moved back to her native
Lismore, Australia, to be with her family amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
and the
2022 Australian flood crisis.
Filmography
Film
Television
Web
Music videos
Discography
Soundtrack albums
Charted songs
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Maia
1993 births
21st-century Australian actresses
Actresses from New South Wales
Australian child actresses
Australian expatriate actresses in the United States
Australian women singers
Australian film actresses
Australian television actresses
Australian voice actresses
Living people
People from Lismore, New South Wales
Singers from New South Wales
Walt Disney Records artists