Emilia Rose "Mills" O'Connell, known professionally as Millie O'Connell, is an English actress, singer, dancer, and model. She played Anne Boleyn in the 2019 West End Production of Six the Musical, beginning on 17 January 2019. She left the show on 13 October 2019, and her role was taken over by Courtney Bowman.
Millie played the same role in the 2018 UK Tour from 11 July to 30 December 2018. She additionally reprised her role in 2022 for the upcoming proshot of the original West End cast.
Role[]
Timeline[]
| Production | Timespan | Principal |
| 2018 UK Tour | 11 July – 30 December 2018 | Anne Boleyn |
| 2019 West End Production | 17 January – 13 October 2019 | |
| 2022 West End Reunion | 19 - 20 June 29 June - 1 July 2022 |
Personal Life[]
Millie openly identifies as queer and pansexual.[1]
Stage Credits[]
| Stage Credits | |||
| Year | Production | Role | Theatre |
| 2015 | Laine Leaps Ahead | Lead/Featured Singer | Epsom Playhouse |
| 2016 | Aladdin | Slave of the Ring/Understudy Jasmine | Civic Theatre |
| 2016, 2017-18 |
42nd Street | Ensemble/Understudy Peggy Sawyer, Ensemble/Understudy Anytime Annie | Theatre Du Chatelet, Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
| 2018 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Ensemble/Understudy Millie Dillmount | UK Tour |
| 2018-19, 2022 | Six | Anne Boleyn | UK Tour, Arts Theatre, Hampton Court Palace |
| 2019 | Soho Cinders | Velcro | Charing Cross Theatre |
| 2020 | Be More Chill | Chloe Valentine | The Other Palace |
| 2020 | Hair | Jeanie | The Turbine Theatre |
| 2020, 2021 | RENT | Maureen Johnson | Hope Mill Theatre |
| 2021 | Be More Chill | Chloe Valentine | Shaftesbury Theatre |
| 2021 | Hair | Jeanie | The London Palladium |
| 2022-23 | The Cher Show | Babe | UK & Ireland Tour |
| 2023-24 | Sleeping Beauty | Princess Rose | Norwich Theatre Royal |
Trivia[]
- If Millie could play any other queen, she said she would want to play Jane Seymour.
- Millie was in the same production of Be More Chill as Renée Lamb.
- Millie was in the same production of Hair as Jodie Steele and Grace Mouat.
- Millie was in the same production of RENT as Maiya Quansah-Breed.
- Millie was in the same production of The Cher Show as Danielle Steers.
- Millie is in the same production of Sleeping Beauty as Grace Melville, Grace being Millie's Understudy.
- Millie shares the same birthday as Izuka Hoyle.
- The spacebuns were not intended for the Boleyn costume, it is just what she wore at West End Live in 2018 because she thought they were "really cute".[2]
- In 2022, Millie was nominated for the Best Leading Performer in a New Production of a Musical award at the BroadwayWorld UK/West End Awards for her role in The Cher Show.
Gallery[]
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"But I didn't look as good as I did in my pic..." To view the Millie O'Connell gallery, click here. |
References[]
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| UK Tour |
| West End |
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