Sharon Mitchell is an American sexologist and former pornographic film actor and director. Mitchell made approximately 1,000 pornographic films over a 20-year career, including 38 as a director. During her years in the adult industry, Mitchell developed a heroin addiction and in 1996, after a male stalker who was obsessed with her porn films assaulted, raped, and nearly killed her, she quit drugs, became a certified addiction counselor, and later obtained a MA and a Ph.D. from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality