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

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.