Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman

Known for
Acting
Born
July 14, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

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

Photos

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Filmography

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Repeats poster

Repeats

Movie

2026
Wolfram poster

Wolfram

Movie · as Pansy

2026
A Grief Encounter poster

A Grief Encounter

Movie · as Adrienne

2025
Kangaroo poster

Kangaroo

Movie · as Rosie

2024
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back poster

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back

Movie · as Maggie Diggins (voice)

2024
Runt poster

Runt

Movie · as Bernadette Box

2024
ARK: The Animated Series poster

ARK: The Animated Series

TV · as Deborah Walker (voice) · 14 eps

2024
Last Days of the Space Age poster

Last Days of the Space Age

TV · as Eileen Wilberforce · 8 eps

2024
Boy Swallows Universe poster

Boy Swallows Universe

TV · as Poppy Birkbeck · 3 eps

2023
The New Boy poster

The New Boy

Movie · as Sister Mum

2023
Scarygirl poster

Scarygirl

Movie · as Treedweller (voice)

2023
Australia's Wild Odyssey poster

Australia's Wild Odyssey

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2022
Looking Black poster

Looking Black

Movie · as Self

2021
H Is for Happiness poster

H Is for Happiness

Movie · as Penelope Benson

2020
2067 poster

2067

Movie · as Regina Jackson

2020
Combat Wombat poster

Combat Wombat

Movie · as Maggie Diggins (voice)

2020
The Sound poster

The Sound

TV · as Self - Co-Host · 1 ep

2019
Total Control poster

Total Control

TV · as Alex Irving · 18 eps

2018
Mystery Road poster

Mystery Road

TV · as Kerry Thompson · 6 eps

2018
Bite Club poster

Bite Club

TV · as Anna Morton · 8 eps

2017
A Few Less Men poster

A Few Less Men

Movie · as Sergeant Simpson

2017
Three Summers poster

Three Summers

Movie · as Pam

2017
Little J & Big Cuz poster

Little J & Big Cuz

TV · as Big Cuz (voice) · 40 eps

2016
Tomorrow When the War Began poster

Tomorrow When the War Began

TV · as Kath · 6 eps

2016
Cleverman poster

Cleverman

TV · as Aunty Linda · 12 eps

2016
Wolf Creek poster

Wolf Creek

TV · as Bernadette · 2 eps

2016
Jack Irish poster

Jack Irish

TV · as Cynthia · 7 eps

2015
Blinky Bill the Movie poster

Blinky Bill the Movie

Movie · as Blinky's Mother (voice)

2015
Oddball poster

Oddball

Movie · as Mayor Lake / Narrator

2015
Redfern Now: Promise Me poster

Redfern Now: Promise Me

Movie · as Lorraine

2014
Jack Irish: Dead Point poster

Jack Irish: Dead Point

Movie · as Cynthia

2014
Paper Planes poster

Paper Planes

Movie · as Maureen

2013
The Darkside poster

The Darkside

Movie · as Pamela

2013
Please Like Me poster

Please Like Me

TV · as Siobhah · 1 ep

2013
It's a Date poster

It's a Date

TV · as Joanne · 1 ep

2012
The Sapphires poster

The Sapphires

Movie · as Gail

2012
Mabo poster

Mabo

Movie · as Bonita Mabo

2012
Mental poster

Mental

Movie · as Sandra

2012
Redfern Now poster

Redfern Now

TV · as Lorraine · 2 eps

2010
Offspring poster

Offspring

TV · 52 eps

2009
Bran Nue Dae poster

Bran Nue Dae

Movie · as Roxanne

2009
The Graduate From Sudan poster

The Graduate From Sudan

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2009
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation poster

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2008
Rush poster

Rush

TV · as Gabe · 1 ep

2007
Lucky Miles poster

Lucky Miles

Movie · as Lisa (voice)

2006
The Archive Project poster

The Archive Project

Movie · as Herself

2006
The Book of Revelation poster

The Book of Revelation

Movie · as Julie

2006
Going Bush poster

Going Bush

TV · 4 eps

2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence poster

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Movie · as Mavis

2002
Black Chicks Talking

Black Chicks Talking

Movie · as Herself

2001
Play School: Nursery Rhymes poster

Play School: Nursery Rhymes

Movie · as Deborah

2001
The Monkey's Mask poster

The Monkey's Mask

Movie · as Lou

2001
The Secret Life of Us poster

The Secret Life of Us

TV · as Kelly Lewis · 86 eps

1999
Dear Claudia poster

Dear Claudia

Movie · as Cathy

1999
The Third Note

The Third Note

Movie · as Tina

1999
Rove poster

Rove

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Radiance poster

Radiance

Movie · as Nona

1976
AACTA Awards poster

AACTA Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep