Ursula Mills

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Ursula Mills
Born
Sydney
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]

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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
2003 Peter Pan MermaidDirector 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
2017 Teleios Lulu2016 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]

2021 Home and Away Emma Pizzuti
2022 Underbelly: Vanishing Act Phoebe
Theatre
YearProductionTheatreRoleNotes
2009 Accidental Death of an Anarchist Sydney Theatre Company Maria Feletti
2009The Mysteries Genesis Sydney Theatre Company by Lally Katz
2010Leviathan Sydney Theatre Company
2010 Comedy of Errors Sydney Theatre Company Angelo/Duke
2010 Oresteia Sydney Theatre Company Choryphaeus
2010Vs. Macbeth Sydney Theatre Company Witch2010 Official Selection Adelaide Festival
2014Kryptonite Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia LianNominated – 2014 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Mainstage Production
2015Elektra/Orestes Belvoir St Theatre Chrysothemis
2016 Betrayal Ensemble Theatre Emma
2017John Melbourne Theatre Company Jenny
2017 1984 GWB Entertainment, Ambassador Theatre Group Asia Pacific and State Theatre Company of South Australia Julia
2018Anthony and Cleopatra Bell Shakespeare Octavia
2023Twelfth Night Bell Shakespeare Olivia

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]

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