<P> Mitchell was born in Los Angeles, California . Her stepfather, Joseph Day Mitchell, and mother, Josephine Marian Mitchell (née Jenkins), are lawyers based in Dallas . Mitchell and her mother moved to Dallas, Texas in 1970, where her mother married Joseph Mitchell in 1975 . Mitchell graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, a public magnet school . She is the eldest of three sisters, the others being Kristina Helen "Kristie" Mitchell (b . 1978), and Katherine Day "Kate" Mitchell (b . 1981). </P> <P> She attended Stephens College, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting, and then studied at the British American Drama Academy . </P> <P> Mitchell worked for six years in Dallas Theater Center and a year at Encore Theater . </P> <P> Mitchell had a recurring role as psychiatrist Dr. Kim Legaspi, the first lesbian lover of Dr. Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes) during the 2000--01 season of TV series ER . She played in the 2000 movie Frequency alongside Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel . She also played Angelina Jolie's hairdresser / lover in the movie Gia and had a one - episode role in House M.D. as a patient . </P>

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