Ursula Yovich
Ursula Yovich | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 November 1977 Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Ursula Yovich (born 15 November 1977) is an Australian actress and singer.
Career
She has appeared in more than 20 theatre and musical theatre productions, including Capricornia, Mother Courage and her Children, The Sapphires, Natural Life, Nailed, The Sunshine Club, Jerry Springer the Opera, Nathaniel Storm, and The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom[1][2][3][4] and in the films Jindabyne, Australia and Goldstone.[5][6] She was the subject of an episode of the SBS documentary series Blaktrax.[7]
Personal life
Grew up in Darwin, Northern Territory Australia. Her father, Slobodan Jović, was a Serbian immigrant who anglicised his name to Stan Yovich. Her mother is from northwest Arnhem Land near the Blythe River, with the closest community being Maningrida.[8] She is married to Stewart O'Connell, a lawyer. The couple has one daughter.[9]
Awards and nominations
In 2019 Ursula Yovich has recently been nominated for the Nick Enright Prize for Playwrighting for her original rock musical comedy, Barbara and the Camp Dogs, co-written with playwright Alana Valentine.[10] The play had its premier performance at Belvoir St. Theatre in Sydney in 2017, and in the 2017 Sydney Theatre Awards, Yovich was nominated for Best New Australian Work, Best Original score and Best Female Actor. The work also received a Music Theatre AWGIE nomination.
In 2016 Ursula was awarded the Sidney Myer individual award as a recognition of her outstanding body of work in theatre. She also received the Balnaves Foundations Indigenous playwrights award later in the same year.
Yovich has won three Helpmann Awards, for Best Female Actor in a Play in 2007 for her performance in Capricornia and for Best Female Actor in a Musical and Best Original Score in 2019 for Barbara and the Camp Dogs.[11] She has also been nominated multiple times for lead and supporting roles in plays and musicals, and as Best Cabaret Performer in 2010 for Magpie Blues.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Jindabyne | Alice | |
| 2008 | $9.99 | Camille (voice) | |
| 2008 | Australia | Daisy | |
| 2010 | Aesop's Way | Adrian's Wife | Short |
| 2013 | Destiny in the Dirt | Danni | Short |
| 2013 | Around the Block | Chrissie | |
| 2014 | Spirit Stones | Eva | Short |
| 2016 | Goldstone | Maria | |
| 2019 | Top End Wedding | Daffy Ford | |
| 2019 | Totem and Ore | Testimonies reader | Documentary |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Blue Heelers | Elvira Cook | Episode: "Reflection" |
| 2012 | Devil's Dust | Pauline Gordon | TV miniseries |
| 2012–2013 | Redfern Now | Nic Shields | Episodes: "Stand Up", "Pokies" |
| 2014 | Rake | Holly | Episodes: "3.4", "3.5" |
| 2014 | The Gods of Wheat Street | Eden Freeburn | Regular role |
| 2014 | The Code | Kitty Boyd | Recurring role |
| 2017 | Little J & Big Cuz | Levi | TV series |
| 2018 | Wanted | Shirley | Episode: "3.3" |
| 2020 | Mystery Road | TV miniseries, filming |
Discography
- Sketches EP (2004)
- Magpie Blues Live
References
- ^ "Baby, you've hit the big time now". Northern Territory News 30 December 2007
- ^ "Who's That Girl?". Deadly Vibe Issue 113 July 2006
- ^ "Ursula Yovich". Song Summit Sydney
- ^ "The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom". The Sydney Morning Herald
- ^ "Other Voices". Deadly Vibe 1 May 2005
- ^ "Ursula unwinds and says 'yes' to Stewart". Northern Territory News 28 October 2008
- ^ "On the box". Green Left Online
- ^ Best of both worlds: mixed marriages blooming. Joel Gibson. The Sydney Morning Herald 6 April 2009
- ^ Most indigenous Australians now 'marrying out', study finds Joel Gibson. The Sydney Morning Herald 6 April 2009
- ^ "Nick Enright Prize for Playwrighting 2019 Shortlist". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Meet the Territory's new star". Northern Territory News 8 August 2007
External links
- Ursula Yovich at IMDb
- "WE ARE IN AUSTRALIA: Serbian Aboriginal woman". RTS Short documentary about Ursula Yovich authored by Dragan Caran, 16 October 2015
- Australian film actresses
- Australian musical theatre actresses
- Australian television actresses
- Australian people of Serbian descent
- Helpmann Award winners
- Indigenous Australian actors
- Indigenous Australian musicians
- Living people
- Actresses of Serbian descent
- 1977 births
- 21st-century Australian actresses
- 21st-century Australian singers
- 21st-century Australian women singers