Acting
Deborah Mailman
Born 14 July 1972 in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
59 credits
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
Acting 56
- TBARepeatsFilm
- 2026WolframFilmPansy
- 2026A Grief EncounterFilmAdrienne
- 2025KangarooFilmRosie
- 2024Boy Swallows UniverseSeriesPoppy Birkbeck
- 2024ARK: The Animated SeriesSeriesDeborah Walker (voice)
- 2024Last Days of the Space AgeSeriesEileen Wilberforce
- 2024RuntFilmBernadette Box
- 2024Combat Wombat: Back 2 BackFilmMaggie Diggins (voice)
- 2023ScarygirlFilmTreedweller (voice)
- 2023The New BoyFilmSister Mum
- 2023Australia's Wild OdysseySeriesNarrator (voice)
- 2022Looking BlackFilmSelf
- 2021H Is for HappinessFilmPenelope Benson
- 20202067FilmRegina Jackson
- 2020Combat WombatFilmMaggie Diggins (voice)
- 2019Total ControlSeriesAlex Irving
- 2018Mystery RoadSeriesKerry Thompson
- 2018Bite ClubSeriesAnna Morton
- 2017A Few Less MenFilmSergeant Simpson
- 2017Three SummersFilmPam
- 2017Little J & Big CuzSeriesBig Cuz (voice)
- 2016Wolf CreekSeriesBernadette
- 2016Jack IrishSeriesCynthia
- 2016ClevermanSeriesAunty Linda
- 2016Tomorrow When the War BeganSeriesKath
- 2015OddballFilmMayor Lake / Narrator
- 2015Blinky Bill the MovieFilmBlinky's Mother (voice)
- 2015Redfern Now: Promise MeFilmLorraine
- 2014Paper PlanesFilmMaureen
- 2014Jack Irish: Dead PointFilmCynthia
- 2013Please Like MeSeriesSiobhah
- 2013It's a DateSeriesJoanne
- 2013The DarksideFilmPamela
- 2012The SapphiresFilmGail
- 2012MentalFilmSandra
- 2012Redfern NowSeriesLorraine
- 2012MaboFilmBonita Mabo
- 2010OffspringSeries
- 2009Bran Nue DaeFilmRoxanne
- 2009The Graduate From SudanFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2008RushSeriesGabe
- 2007Lucky MilesFilmLisa (voice)
- 2006The Book of RevelationFilmJulie
- 2006The Archive ProjectFilmHerself
- 2006Going BushSeries
- 2002Rabbit-Proof FenceFilmMavis
- 2002Black Chicks TalkingFilmHerself
- 2001The Secret Life of UsSeriesKelly Lewis
- 2001The Monkey's MaskFilmLou
- 2001Play School: Nursery RhymesFilmDeborah
- 1999RoveSeriesSelf
- 1999Dear ClaudiaFilmCathy
- 1999The Third NoteFilmTina
- 1998RadianceFilmNona
- 1976AACTA AwardsSeriesSelf
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Filmography from TMDB.