Radha Mitchell

format_quote Also, the whole kind of star system is not ingrained in Australians in the same way that it might be if you're a young actor here.

stars  She played the titular role of Melinda Robicheaux in the 2004 American comedy film, Melinda and Melinda, written and directed by Woody Allen. When Woody Allen called her cellular phone personally to offer her the role, Mitchell thought it was a prank and wasn’t convinced until she received the script.

stars  Mitchell was ranked at number #45 in Maxim magazine’s “Hot 100 of 2002” supplement.

stars  She started acting at a young age and her first credited screen role was that of an 11-year-old girl named Pixie Robinson from the Australian bush who was sent to live with her grandmother on the ABC TV children’s series Sugar and Spice. She played this role from 1988 to 1989.

stars  Her first name “Radha” stems from the Hindu faith and the other parts of her name, “Rani” and “Ananda”, also come from similar origins.

stars  Radha Mitchell has credited her name as ‘a creative byproduct’ of her mother’s experiences in India during the 1970s.