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Maia Mitchell
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Maia McCall Mitchell
18 August 1993 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
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Maia McCall Mitchell (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Callie Adams Foster in the Freeform drama The Fosters (2013–18) and its spin-off series Good Trouble (2019–23). She also co-starred with Ross Lynch in the Disney Channel original films Teen Beach Movie (2013) and Teen Beach 2 (2015) as McKenzie/Mack. For Australian audiences, she played the roles of Brittany Flune in the children's television series Mortified for the Nine Network, and as Natasha Ham in the Seven Network's teen drama Trapped.
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Early life
Mitchell was born in Lismore, New South Wales. 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.
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 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 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 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 ABC Family 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 starred for over three seasons, leaving the series in the fourth season's second episode, as Mitchell chose to move back home to Australia. She returned to LA in 2023 to rejoin Good Trouble.
Also in 2018, she collaborated with Rudy Mancuso for the song "Magic".
Personal life
In 2022, Mitchell announced that she had temporarily moved back to her native Lismore, Australia, to be with her family amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Australian flood crisis.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2013 | After the Dark | Beatrice | |
| 2017 | Hot Summer Nights | Amy Calhoun | |
| 2018 | Never Goin' Back | Angela | |
| 2019 | The Last Summer | Phoebe | |
| 2022 | Whisper | Tessa | |
| 2023 | Sitting in Bars with Cake | Liz |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2006–2007 | Mortified | Brittany Flune | Main cast |
| 2008–2009 | Trapped | Natasha Hamilton | Main cast |
| 2009 | K-9 | Taphony | Episode: "Taphony and the Time Loop" |
| 2011 | Castaway | Natasha Hamilton | Main cast |
| 2011 | Zombies and Cheerleaders | Claire | Unsold TV pilot |
| 2013 | Teen Beach Movie | McKenzie/Mack | Disney Channel Original Movie |
| 2015 | Teen Beach 2 | McKenzie/Mack | Disney Channel Original Movie |
| 2013–2014 | Jessie | Shaylee Michaels | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2018 | The Fosters | Callie Adams Foster | Main cast |
| 2013 | Phineas and Ferb | Herself | Co-host (UK version only); episode: "Musical Cliptastic Countdown" |
| 2014 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Wendy Darling | Voice role; episode: "Battle for the Book" |
| 2016–2019 | The Lion Guard | Jasiri | Recurring voice role |
| 2019–2023 | Good Trouble | Callie Adams Foster | Main cast (seasons 1–4), guest (season 5); also executive producer |
| 2023 | The Artful Dodger | Lady Belle Fox | Main cast |
Web
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2014 | The Fosters: Girls United | Callie Adams Foster | 5 episodes |
Music videos
| Year | Artist | Title | Notes |
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| 2019 | Hayley Kiyoko | "I Wish" |
Discography
Soundtrack albums
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| US |
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NZ |
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| Teen Beach Movie |
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3 | 1 | 176 | 14 | 76 | 56 | 30 | 15 | 36 | ||||
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10 | 1 | — | — | 129 | — | — | 67 | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Charted songs
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Album | ||||||||||
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| 2013 | "Like Me" (with Ross Lynch, Grace Phipps & Spencer Lee) |
101 | — | 177 | Teen Beach Movie | ||||||||
| "Can't Stop Singing" (with Ross Lynch) |
— | — | 200 | Teen Beach Movie | |||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Awards and nominations
| Association | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| Teen Choice Awards | 2013 | Choice Summer TV Star: Female | The Fosters | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Choice TV Actress: Drama | Nominated | |||
| 2015 | Nominated | ||||
| Choice Summer TV Star: Female | Teen Beach 2 | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Choice TV Actress: Drama | The Fosters | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | Choice Summer TV Star: Female | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Choice Drama TV Actress | Good Trouble | Nominated | ||
| Choice Summer Movie Actress | The Last Summer | Nominated |
See also
In Spanish: Maia Mitchell para niños
