Ursula Mills
Birth placeSydney
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present

Ursula Mills is an Australian actress.[1]

Education

Mills studied Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She later auditioned for the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts and graduated in 2006.[2]

Career

Mills played a mermaid in the 2003 feature film Peter Pan. It marked her first acting role and first audition since she left high school.[2]

From 2009 to 2010, Mills was a member of the resident acting ensemble at Sydney Theatre Company,[3] selected by then co-artistic directors, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton.

Mills was a brand ambassador for Skins from 2009 until 2012.

Mills received positive reviews in her lead role as Lian in Sue Smith's Kryptonite,[4] a 2014 co-production between Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia.

In 2017, Mills toured Australia playing Julia in Headlong, Almeida Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse's production of Duncan MacMillan and Robert Icke's adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 for GWB Entertainment, Ambassador Theatre Group Asia Pacific and State Theatre Company of South Australia.

In 2022, Mills appeared in the Nine Network miniseries Underbelly: Vanishing Act.[5]

Filmography and theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Peter PanMermaidDirector PJ Hogan
2013VesselHannahWon – Best Science Fiction Feature NYC's The Philip K Dick Film Festival, 2013 Official Selection Made in Melbourne Film Festival, 2013 Official Selection Fantasia International Film Festival, 2013 Official Selection London Sci-Fi Film Festival
2014BunkerEllenOfficial Selection – Cineglobe Festival International de Filmsau Cern
2015The Tail JobSiobhanOfficial Selection - Slamdance Film Festival 2016 [6] Winner Grand Jury Prize CATE Film Festival 2016
2015The California NoAllisonBest Narrative Feature 2018 Independent Film Festival
2017TeleiosLulu2016 Official Selection Sci-Fi-London[7] 2016 U.S Premiere Official Selection 16th Annual Shriekfest [8] 2016 Australian Premier Official Selection Sydney Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival[9]
2021Home and AwayEmma Pizzuti
2022Underbelly: Vanishing ActPhoebe
Theatre
YearProductionTheatreRoleNotes
2009Accidental Death of an AnarchistSydney Theatre CompanyMaria Feletti
2009The Mysteries GenesisSydney Theatre Companyby Lally Katz
2010LeviathanSydney Theatre Company
2010Comedy of ErrorsSydney Theatre CompanyAngelo/Duke
2010OresteiaSydney Theatre CompanyChoryphaeus
2010Vs. MacbethSydney Theatre CompanyWitch2010 Official Selection Adelaide Festival
2014KryptoniteSydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South AustraliaLianNominated – 2014 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Mainstage Production
2015Elektra/OrestesBelvoir St TheatreChrysothemis
2016BetrayalEnsemble TheatreEmma
2017JohnMelbourne Theatre CompanyJenny
20171984GWB Entertainment, Ambassador Theatre Group Asia Pacific and State Theatre Company of South AustraliaJulia
2018Anthony and CleopatraBell ShakespeareOctavia
2023Twelfth NightBell ShakespeareOlivia

Awards and nominations

Mills was nominated for a 2014 Sydney Theatre Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstream Production for Kryptonite.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Hollywood Fringe"
  2. ^ MacNaughton, Tanya (1 August 2023). "WAAPA graduate Ursula Mills returns to Perth in Bell Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at Heath Ledger Theatre". The West Australian. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ Lalak, Alex (8 June 2009). "Rising Sydney Theatre Company Stars". The Daily Telegraph
  4. ^ Blake, Jason (14 September 2014). "Globe-Trotting Play Anchored by Stellar Performances". The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ^ Doyle, Erin (16 September 2021). "Double act! All the Home and Away stars who've appeared on Underbelly". New Idea. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. ^ McNary, Dave (30 Nov 2015). "Slamdance Festival Competition Lineup Unveiled". Variety
  7. ^ "Sci-Fi London"
  8. ^ "Shriekfest"
  9. ^ Guillermo, Troncoso (28 September 2016). "First Ten Films Announced for 2016 Sydney Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festivals". The Reel World. Archived 2 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "Sydney Theatre Awards". Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2015.