Maya Mitchell is an Australian actress and singer. Known as Brittany Flyun in the television series Defiant. She became famous after playing the role of Callie Adams Foster after showing the dramatic telenovela "The Fosters".
The popular young actress Maya Mitchell managed to gain recognition as a vocalist. The charming girl has already managed to get nominations for the prestigious Teen Choice Awards several times.
Road to fame
The star's biography began in 1993. The girl was born in the Australian city of Lismore on August 18. The child's family had nothing to do with the world of art. Alex Mitchell, father, worked as a taxi driver, Jill, mother, worked in education. The family grew up with Maya and her younger brother Charles.
The girl's artistic abilities were manifested in early childhood. She played at the local theater, participated in school productions. It was decided to receive education at the Trinity Catholic College of his hometown. Along with her passion for stage creativity, Maya became interested in vocals and songwriting.
She easily mastered the guitar, began to create her first compositions. Maya made her film debut at 12. In the Australian series Rebellious directed to young people, she was invited to play the role of Brittany Flyun. Critics praised the play of the young artist, appreciating it very highly.
In 2008, the girl moved to the United States. She took up a film career. The promising performer was involved in the filming of "K-9", "Trapped". In 2011, the girl starred in the film "Castaway" in the role of the main character Natasha Hamilton.
Success was the work in 2013 in the telenovela "Jesse" in the form of Shailey Michaels. The old story begins with the move of eighteen-year-old Jesse from Texas to New York. The heroine starts a new life. She gets a job as a nanny for the family of a famous director and supermodel to look after their four children. She gets along well with Jesse's charges, and also loves noisy parties. Life in the house starts out very interesting.
Cinema
Maya's first experience in feature films was her participation in the musical “Summer. Beach. Movie". She starred as Mac Mackenzie. In the story, together with a friend of Brady, the girl is surfing. Young people returning home from the beach find Grandfather Mac watching the movie "An Exciting Story". Mac is at a loss how one can ignore the obvious inconsistencies in the characters' images. The girl's aunt announces that she is taking her niece with her to educate the girl in an elite school.
Brady and Mack decide to head out to sea for one last ride during a storm. Both find themselves in an incomprehensible way in the film, beloved by the heroine's grandfather. Thanks to the heroes, the plot of the picture begins to develop in a completely different way. The couple manages to correct what they have done and return home. However, along with them, in reality, there are also movie characters.
In the same way, Maya starred in the sequel to the film in 2015. The young actress was invited to the main role in the series "The Fosters". In the image of Callie Adams Foster, the actress managed to demonstrate her full potential, masterfully reincarnating as a difficult teenager going through a difficult time in her new family. Together with Maya, the vocalist and actress Sierra Ramirez, Mitchell's friend in real life, starred in the project.
The supporting character, Beatrice, Mitchell played in the fantastic psychological thriller Philosophers. Survival Lesson . According to the plot, the teacher offers college students with the help of logic to get a place in the bunker, provided that everyone has unique abilities.
In the animated series Lion Guardian, Maya voiced the hyena Jaziri, an acquaintance of the protagonist, the lion cub Kion. She organizes the Hyena Resistance in response to the threat of herbivore extermination from Scar. As a result, Jaziri turns into the Leader of Outland and maintains peaceful relations with the Pride Lands.
Music
In the 2017 drama Hot Summer Nights, the actress played Amy Calhoun. The image of Angela in the comedy drama Never Go Back in 2018 turned out to be memorable and vivid.
In the story, Jesse and Angela, who dropped out, are friends. Girls work as waitresses in a diner on the beach. Deciding to surprise Jesse, Angela gives her a trip to Galveston to celebrate her friend's birthday on the beach. The money is meant to pay for the rent of the house, but the girl is sure she will solve the problem. The guys living in the house with them also find themselves in a difficult situation. They are fired from work, there is no money. The problem is solved, but the girls decide to cancel the trip.
Maya's musical career was also successful. Her voice sounds on soundtracks for TV shows and films. Together with Rudi Muncu, the singer released the album "Magic". On YouTube, the video for the main song of the disc has collected over 11 million views.
Mitchell is in no hurry to talk about his personal life. Therefore, the press knows little about her novels. Maya dated her colleague Ross Lynch for a while. She starred with him in the telenovela "Jesse", played in the film "Summer. Beach. Movie".
However, the young people broke up, and in 2015 the girl began a relationship with musician Rudy Mancuso. Funny videos with a guy often appear on the actress's Instagram page. Both have common interests, the main thing that unites them is music.
Maya is a very popular artist. She continues to act in films, does not interrupt her musical work. In 2019, fans saw the girl's new film, The Last Summer. In it, Maya reincarnated as the friend of the protagonist. The tape tells about friends spending their last school holidays together, leaving for colleges in the fall.