Francesca Mills

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Francesca Mills
Born
Francesca Mills

1996 (Age 25)[1]
Loggerheads, Staffordshire[2]
NationalityBritish
Alma materMadeley High School, Urdang Academy, Academy of Theatre Arts, Worcester
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present

Francesca Mills (born 1996) is a British actress having played roles as Cherry Dorrington in television drama series Harlots (2019-2020) as Earthy Mangold in Worzel Gummidge (2021) and as Meldof in The Witcher: Blood Origin (2021).

Early life[]

Francesca Mills currently resides in London (2021),[3] but was brought up in Loggerheads, Staffordshire.[2] At a young age, Mills learned to dance at the Jill Clewes Dance School in Bradwell, Staffordshire,[2] and her first taste of acting was in a production of Oliver! at the age of nine.[4] Mills was a student at Madeley High School in Madeley, Staffordshire.[2] She also travelled to London to attend the Urdang Academy in Islington, and was a student at the Academy of Theatre Arts in Worcester.[3]

Career[]

In 2014, Mills joined Warwick Davis's "Reduced Height Theatre Company" for their very first production of See How They Run at the Richmond Theatre.[1] In 2017, Mills was nominated for the Ian Charleson Awards for her performance as Maria in The Government Inspector at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.[3] The same year, Mills played a seamstress in the Timothy Sheader directed production of A Tale of Two Cities at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.[5] In 2019, Mills played multiple roles in The American Clock at The Old Vic in 2019.[4] The same year, Mills a national tour production of Emma Rice musical version of the Enid Blyton story Malory Towers.[6] From 2018 to 2019, Mills starred Cherry Dorrington in series 2 and 3 of Harlots with co-stars Eloise Smyth and Samantha Morton, and as Earthy Mangold in Worzel Gummidge alongside Mackenzie Crook.[3]

In August 2021, Mills began filming of the Netflix miniseries The Witcher: Blood Origin, [7] set in a time 1200 years before The Witcher, and Mills will appear in a as Meldorf, a fearless assassin, in a cast which includes Lenny Henry and Michelle Yeoh.[8]

Filmography[]

Theatre[]

Year Title Role Company/Theatre/reference
2014 See How They Run Ida Reduced Height Theatre Company, Richmond Theatre[1]
2016 The Government Inspector Maria Ramps on The Moon/Birmingham Repertory Theatre[3]
2017 A Tale of Two Cities Seamstress Regent's Park Open Air Theatre[5]
2017 Cyrano de Bergerac (play) UK tour Northern Broadsides[9]
2018 The Two Noble Kinsmen Jailer's Daughter Shakespeare's Globe[9]
2019 The American Clock Multiple roles The Old Vic[4]
2019 Malory Towers Sally Hope Wise Children - UK tour[6]

Film[]

Year Title Role
2016 Zoolander 2 [9] Elfin Huntress

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2018-2019 Harlots Cherry Dorrington 15 episodes
2020 Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After Butcher TV film
2020 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical Thing TV musical
2019-2021 Worzel Gummidge Earthy Mangold 6 episodes
2021 Pistol (miniseries) Helen of Troy 5 episode
2021 The Witcher: Blood Origin Meldof 6 episodes

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Ian Charleson Awards Best classical stage performances in Britain by actors under age 30 The Government Inspector at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Nominated [3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Warwick Davis gives short actors new opportunities". bbc.co.uk. 20 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d "Star Wars: The Force Awakens actress Francesca Mills heads home for Cyrano at the New Vic". stokesentinel.co.uk. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 27 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Francesca Mills". bristololdvic.org.uk. 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "It's a Dancing Delight! Francesca Mills, of The American Clock, at The Old Vic". Secret London. 7 March 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Francesca Mills". openairtheatreheritage.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Photo Flash: First Look at the UK Tour of Malory Towers". broadwayworld.com. 23 July 2019.
  7. ^ "'The Witcher: Blood Origin': Netflix Prequel Series; Filming Underway In UK". Deadline Hollywood. 16 August 2021.
  8. ^ "The Witcher prequel Blood Origin reveals new cast members". redanianintelligence.com. 16 August 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Francesca Mills". spotlight.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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