Born Gail Mitchell, she was raised in
Stone Mountain, Georgia. She is the youngest of six and the only daughter amongst her parents' children.Her father is NFL coach Stump Mitchell. She first became interested in acting in a drama class she took while she was a student at
Stephenson High School. Bean received her bachelor's degree from
Valdosta State University, where she joined the sorority
Delta Sigma Theta. She enrolled to study accounting but at the urging of one of her professors, she instead pursued acting. Mitchell adopted the stage name Gail Bean due to the nickname "Bean" that she went by as a high school student. Bean went on to appear in television series including
Insecure,
Love in the Time of Corona,
Detroiters,
Chicago P.D., ''
Grey's Anatomy, and Paradise Lost. As of 2022, she is also a cast member on P-Valley''. Bean portrays Roulette, a rebellious new dancer at The Pynk. ==Filmography==