# Ursula Mills

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 | |
| 2010 | Vs. Macbeth | Sydney Theatre Company | Witch | 2010 Official Selection Adelaide Festival |
| 2014 | Kryptonite | Sydney Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia | Lian | Nominated – 2014 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Mainstage Production |
| 2015 | Elektra/Orestes | Belvoir St Theatre | Chrysothemis | |
| 2016 | Betrayal | Ensemble Theatre | Emma | |
| 2017 | John | Melbourne Theatre Company | Jenny | |
| 2017 | 1984 | GWB Entertainment, Ambassador Theatre Group Asia Pacific and State Theatre Company of South Australia | Julia | |
| 2018 | Anthony and Cleopatra | Bell Shakespeare | Octavia | |
| 2023 | Twelfth 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.