Ula Levi is a fictional character on the New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 Shortland Street

Shortland Street

Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...

. She is portrayed by Frankie Adams and has been on the show since July 2010.

2010

On July 12, 2010 Maxwell

Maxwell Avia

Maxwell Avia is a fictional character from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street, played by Robbie Magasiva. Maxwell debuted on-screen on 19 June 2009.-Creation and casting:...

 is surprised when the police bring Ula to his door step. Ula had previously been living in Wellington with her mother Vasa Levi and Vasa's new husband, Travis. Ula tells Maxwell she ran away from home because her stepfather was abusive and she was going to a friends party in Auckland. Ula's mother arrives and soon, Ula gets confirmation she will be staying in Auckland with her mother.

Ula is devastated when she learns Maxwell is not her biological father and becomes extremely angry and upset.

Ula starts to attend Ferndale High School, and after not being able to make friends, Ula starts to bully younger girl, Jasmine Cooper. This starts an intense rivalry between Ula and Jasmine's older brother, Evan. Ula strikes up a friendship with gawky teenager Phoenix

Phoenix Raynor (character)

Phoenix Raynor-Warner is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. He has been portrayed by Geordie Holibar since his debut in the show's first ever 90 minute episode in August 2010...

 and soon develops a crush on him. When Ula plants a kiss on him, he walks away and Ula gets teased by Evan. Ula starts the rumour Phoenix is gay, which Phoenix later dispels. Ula, Phoenix and Evan soon get into all sorts of trouble including; sneaking alcohol into the formal, flooding out a woman's house and Ula witnesses a drunken Evan fall out of a tree.

Ula steals Jasmine's diary in late 2010 and learns she too has a crush on Phoenix. When Evan runs away from home in December 2010, Ula and Phoenix help him hide from his parents.

2011

Ula and Phoenix begin to date but Phoenix soon chooses Jasmine over Ula, leading her to start to date older man Holden in May. However he becomes overbearing and after nearly getting raped, Ula finds comfort in nemesis, Evan Cooper. Evan urges Ula to confide in her father before he leaves to spend several months working in Australia. She refuses, but Nicole picks up that something's wrong and prompts a fatherly chat. Ula tries to open up, but chickens out and Maxwell leaves none the wiser. Evan tries to cheer up a withdrawn Ula, until Jasmine's jealous teasing about Holden sees his good work undone. Telling Jasmine off, Evan reveals that Ula never had sex with Holden. Jasmine suddenly feels guilty for competing with Ula by pressuring Phoenix for sex. On the 20th June episode, it is hinted that Evan may have a crush on her after he had refused to invite her and Phoenix over at his place, because it was in a mess and his family were around. To Evan's surprise both, Ula and Phoenix arrive there. Ula wanted some help with her science homework which involved lemons and so she, Phoenix and Evan work together on it until later on Phoenix leaves and the two successfully complete the science experiment together. They then realize they have something in common about having family around and realizing that it wasn't so bad hanging around each other.

In October 12 2011, Ula and Evan Cooper

Evan Cooper

Evan Cooper is a former professional American football safety for six seasons in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons. He graduated from Miami Killian Senior High School...

  is broke and decides to ask Murray Cooper

Murray Cooper

Murray Cooper is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. He arrived in October 2010 as the patriarch to the new family unit; the Coopers and the replacement owner of the IV following Kieran's death.-Creation and Introduction:...

 for work at the cafeteria. He's annoyed when Ula, in a similar position, asks for a job as well. Murray agrees to trial them both and Ula and Evan compete against each other. Evan outdoes Ula and Ula uses her feminine wiles to even the score, leaving Evan furious.Competing for the cafeteria job, Evan gets his revenge on Ula by sabotaging the coffee she makes for
Chris Warner

Chris Warner

Dr. Christopher "Chris" Warner is a fictional character and current main protagonist on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. He is portrayed by Michael Galvin. He is the only original character to still be on the show....

. Ula tries to get her own back but Evan turns it around on her - only to be caught out by Murray and sent packing.