Francesca Mills

Mills was born with the genetic disorder achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. As of 2021, Mills lives in London, but was brought up in Loggerheads, Staffordshire. and first acted in a production of Oliver! at the age of nine. Mills was a student at Madeley High School in Madeley, Staffordshire. She also travelled to London to attend the Urdang Academy in Islington, and was a student at the Academy of Theatre Arts in Worcester. ==Career==

In 2014, Mills joined Warwick Davis's Reduced Height Theatre Company for its first production, a revival of See How They Run, at the Richmond Theatre. In 2017, Mills was nominated for the Ian Charleson Awards for her performance as Maria in The Government Inspector at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. In 2019, Mills played multiple roles in The American Clock at The Old Vic in 2019. From 2018 to 2019, Mills starred as 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. set in a time 1,200 years before The Witcher. Mills appears as Meldof, an assassin, in a cast which includes Lenny Henry and Michelle Yeoh. The miniseries aired on Netflix on 25 December 2022. In 2024, Mills voiced Bethany in series four of the audio play Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures. In January 2025, Mills made her first appearance in episode 2 of series 28 on the BBC TV forensic crime series Silent Witness as Kit Brookes, a crime analyst. In June 2025, Mills starred as 'Millie' in brand new ITV comedy series Transaction, written by and co-starring Jordan Gray. Nick Frost, Kayla Meikle and Thomas Gray (no relation) also star. ==Filmography==

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