Deborah Mailman
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1972-07-14 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
- Also known as
- Deborah Jane Mailman · Deborah Mailmen · 데보라 메일맨 · Дебора Мейлман
Biography
Deborah Jane Mailman, AM (born 14 July 1972) is an Aboriginal Australian television and film actress, and singer. She was the first Aboriginal actress to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and has gone on to win four more both in television and film. The awards are now known as the AACTA Awards.
Known For
TV Shows (23)
Offspring
2010
Rove
1999
as Self
Rush
2008
as Gabe
Jack Irish
2016
as Cynthia
The Secret Life of Us
2001
as Kelly Lewis
Total Control
2019
as Alex Irving
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
2009
as Self - Contestant
Wolf Creek
2016
as Bernadette
Boy Swallows Universe
2024
as Poppy Birkbeck
Mystery Road
2018
as Kerry Thompson
ARK: The Animated Series
2024
as Deborah Walker (voice)
Please Like Me
2013
as Siobhah
Cleverman
2016
as Aunty Linda
Last Days of the Space Age
2024
as Eileen Wilberforce
Redfern Now
2012
as Lorraine
AACTA Awards
1976
as Self
It's a Date
2013
as Joanne
Tomorrow When the War Began
2016
as Kath
Little J and Big Cuz
2017
as Big Cuz (voice)
The Sound
2020
as Self - Co-Host
Bite Club
2018
as Anna Morton
Going Bush
2006
Australia's Wild Odyssey
2023
as Narrator (voice)
Movies (33)
Wolfram
2026
as Pansy
2067
2020
as Regina Jackson
The New Boy
2023
as Sister Mum
Scarygirl
2023
as Treedweller (voice)
Oddball
2015
as Mayor Lake / Narrator
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
as Mavis
Kangaroo
2025
as Rosie
The Sapphires
2012
as Gail
Blinky Bill the Movie
2015
as Blinky's Mother (voice)
Paper Planes
2014
as Maureen
The Book of Revelation
2006
as Julie
Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014
as Cynthia
Runt
2024
as Bernadette Box
A Few Less Men
2017
as Sergeant Simpson
Combat Wombat
2020
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
Mental
2012
as Sandra
H Is for Happiness
2021
as Penelope Benson
Bran Nue Dae
2009
as Roxanne
The Monkey's Mask
2001
as Lou
Three Summers
2017
as Pam
Mabo
2012
as Bonita Mabo
Redfern Now: Promise Me
2015
as Lorraine
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
2024
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
Lucky Miles
2007
as Lisa (voice)
Play School: Nursery Rhymes
2001
as Deborah
The Darkside
2013
as Pamela
Radiance
1998
as Nona
Black Chicks Talking
2002
as Herself
Dear Claudia
1999
as Cathy
The Third Note
1999
as Tina
The Archive Project
2006
as Herself
Looking Black
2022
as Self
The Graduate From Sudan
2009
as Self - Narrator
About Deborah Mailman
Deborah Jane Mailman, AM (born 14 July 1972) is an Aboriginal Australian television and film actress, and singer. She was the first Aboriginal actress to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and has gone on to win four more both in television and film. The awards are now known as the AACTA Awards. With 56 credits spanning from 1976 to 2026, Deborah Mailman has appeared in 33 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Deborah Mailman Movies
- Wolfram (2026) — as Pansy
- 2067 (2020) — as Regina Jackson
- The New Boy (2023) — as Sister Mum
- Scarygirl (2023) — as Treedweller (voice)
- Oddball (2015) — as Mayor Lake / Narrator
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