Ursula Mills is an Australian actress.
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.
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.
From 2009 to 2010, Mills was a member of the resident acting ensemble at Sydney Theatre Company, 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, 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.
Filmography and theatre Year Title Role Notes 2003 Peter Pan Mermaid Director PJ Hogan 2013 Vessel Hannah Won – 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 2014 Bunker Ellen Official Selection – Cineglobe Festival International de Filmsau Cern 2015 The Tail Job Siobhan Official Selection - Slamdance Film Festival 2016 Winner Grand Jury Prize CATE Film Festival 2016 2015 The California No Allison Best Narrative Feature 2018 Independent Film Festival 2017 Teleios Lulu 2016 Official Selection Sci-Fi-London 2016 U.S Premiere Official Selection 16th Annual Shriekfest 2016 Australian Premier Official Selection Sydney Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival 2021 Home and Away Emma Pizzuti 2022 Underbelly: Vanishing Act Phoebe + Theatre Year Production Theatre Role Notes 2009 Accidental Death of an Anarchist Sydney Theatre Company Maria Feletti 2009 The Mysteries Genesis Sydney Theatre Company by Lally Katz 2010 Leviathan Sydney Theatre Company 2010 Comedy of Errors Sydney Theatre Company Angelo/Duke 2010 Oresteia Sydney Theatre Company Choryphaeus 2010Vs. MacbethSydney Theatre CompanyWitch 2010 Official Selection Adelaide Festival2014KryptoniteSydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South AustraliaLian Nominated – 2014 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Mainstage Production2015Elektra/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 Shakespeare Octavia 2023Twelfth NightBell 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.
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