Ursula Yovich (born 15 November 1977) is an Australian actress and
singer.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 and in the films Jindabyne,
Australia and Goldstone. She was the subject of an episode of the SBS
documentary series Blaktrax.Grew up in Darwin, Northern Territory
Australia. Her father, Slobodan Jovic, was a Serbian immigrant who
anglicised his name to Stan Yovich. Her mother from North West
Arnhemland near the Blythe River. The closest community being
Maningrida. She is married to Stewart O'Connell, a lawyer. The couple
has one daughter.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. 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.
singer.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 and in the films Jindabyne,
Australia and Goldstone. She was the subject of an episode of the SBS
documentary series Blaktrax.Grew up in Darwin, Northern Territory
Australia. Her father, Slobodan Jovic, was a Serbian immigrant who
anglicised his name to Stan Yovich. Her mother from North West
Arnhemland near the Blythe River. The closest community being
Maningrida. She is married to Stewart O'Connell, a lawyer. The couple
has one daughter.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. 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.
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