Ursula Mills Explained

Ursula Mills
Image Caption:Ursula Mills at 2014 Sydney Theatre Company season launch
Birth Place:Sydney
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:2003–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 .[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 NoAllison Best Narrative Feature 2018 Independent Film Festival
2017TeleiosLulu 2016 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
2022Phoebe
Notes
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 CleopatraOctavia
2023Twelfth NightOlivia

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hollywood Fringe.
  2. News: WAAPA graduate Ursula Mills returns to Perth in Bell Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night at Heath Ledger Theatre. MacNaughton. Tanya. 1 August 2023. The West Australian. 11 January 2024.
  3. News: Rising Sydney Theatre Company Stars. 8 June 2009. Lalak. Alex. The Daily Telegraph.
  4. News: Globe-Trotting Play Anchored by Stellar Performances. 14 September 2014. Blake. Jason. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. Web site: Double act! All the Home and Away stars who’ve appeared on Underbelly. Doyle. Erin. 16 September 2021. New Idea. 11 January 2024.
  6. News: Slamdance Festival Competition Lineup Unveiled. 30 Nov 2015. McNary. Dave. Variety.
  7. Web site: Sci-Fi London.
  8. Web site: Shriekfest.
  9. Web site: First Ten Films Announced for 2016 Sydney Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festivals . 28 September 2016. Guillermo. Troncoso. The Reel World. https://web.archive.org/web/20161002033336/http://www.thereelword.net/sydney-horror-sci-fi-fantasty-film-festival-first-movies-announced-280916/. 2 October 2016.
  10. Web site: Sydney Theatre Awards.