Maia McCall Mitchell (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian actress and singer. Known for her work in film and television, she has received various accolades, including nominations for eight

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. Born and raised in Lismore, she began her career on Australian television, playing lead roles in '' Mortified'' (20062007), '' Trapped'' (20082009) and ''

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'' (2011). After moving to America, she had her film debut in the science fiction thriller '' After the Dark'' (2013) and subsequently had her breakthrough starring opposite Ross Lynch in the

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musical films '' Teen Beach Movie'' (2013) and '' Teen Beach 2'' (2015). Global stardom followed with her critically acclaimed performances as troubled foster child Callie Adams Foster in the Freeform drama series '' The Fosters'' (20132018) and its sequel '' Good Trouble'' (20192024), the latter of which she also produced. During this period, Mitchell also had roles in films, such as the crime drama '' Hot Summer Nights'' (2017), the comedy '' Never Goin' Back'' (2018) and the

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romance '' The Last Summer'' (2019). Returning to Australia in 2022, she played Lady Belle Fox in the

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historical comedy series ''

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'' (2023). Mitchell has contributed to the

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s of '' Teen Beach Movie'' (2013) and '' Teen Beach 2'' (2015), and has also performed various

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both as a solo artist and with former partner

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Early life

Mitchell was born in

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. Her father, Alex, is a taxi driver while her mother, Jill, works in the education system. Mitchell has one younger brother, Charlie. She learned to play guitar at a young age, which has been demonstrated in her film and television work. She attended

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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'' 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 ''

'' as the character Natasha Hamilton. She was also in the TV series '' K-9'', a spin-off of the popular British TV series ''

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'' which focuses on the robot dog K9.

2010s: Breakthrough and American television

Her first television role in the U.S. was in the

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'' and reprising her role in '' Teen Beach 2''. From 2013 to 2018, she starred in the

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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 would be spun off into their own series, titled '' Good Trouble'' which premiered in January 2019. She received critical acclaim for her performance in the series, with Brad Newsome of ''

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'' calling her "a standout", writing "Young Australian Maia Mitchell is terrific again in this sequel series to ''The Fosters'' ..The hugely likeable Mitchell continues to grow as a perceptive, multi-faceted actor whose best work is yet to come." Mitchell was a main cast member until the second episode the second episode of the fourth season, when she chose to return to her native Australia during the 2022 Australian flood crisis, before later returning with guest roles in the fifth season. Mitchell and Ramirez also served as

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s of ''Good Trouble''. Also in 2018, she collaborated with

for the song "Magic".

2020s: Return from Australia

Mitchell returned to Los Angeles in 2023 to rejoin '' Good Trouble'' in its fifth season. That year, she also played the leading role of Lady Belle Fox in ''

'' (2023), an 8-episode miniseries made for

. The show follows Jack "Artful Dodger" Dawkins years after the events of Charles Dickens' novel, ''

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'' (1838). On 21 November 2024, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second series and Mitchell would return to play Lady Belle Fox. In 2024, she finished ''Good Trouble'' after five seasons. In recent years since the 2022 Australian flood crisis, she has been an advocate for

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and environmental welfare.

Personal life

In 2022, Mitchell announced that she had temporarily moved back to her native Lismore, Australia, to be with her family amidst the

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and the 2022 Australian flood crisis. From 2015 to early 2022, Mitchell was in a relationship with American internet personality

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Music videos

Discography

Soundtrack albums

Charted songs

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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