Penelope Mitchell is an Australian actor. She began her acting career with small TV stints in programs such as ‘Toon Time,’ an Australian kids’ show, where she played the host. She also appeared on the ‘ABC’ (Australia) show ‘Next Stop Hollywood’ that followed the lives of six Australian actors, including Mitchell, on their journey to Hollywood to audition for pilots. She appeared in an episode of the Australian police drama ‘Rush’ (2009). In 2013, Mitchell received her major TV break with the role of ‘Letha Godfrey’ in the ‘Netflix’ original series ‘Hemlock Grove.’ She is also popular for her performance as ‘Olivia “Liv” Parker’ in ‘The CW’s ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ in which she is a season regular. She made her film debut with ‘The Fat Lady Swings’ (a short film) in 2011. Her most notable films are ‘The Fear of Darkness’ (2014), ‘Zipper’ (2015), and the more recent ‘Hellboy’ (2019). She is the cousin of actor Radha Mitchell.
