Person
Deborah Mailman
Acting · Born 1972-07-14 · 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
Rove
Self
Offspring
2010
Rush
Gabe
The Secret Life of Us
Kelly Lewis
Jack Irish
Cynthia
Total Control
Alex Irving
Mystery Road
Kerry Thompson
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
Self - Contestant
Wolf Creek
Bernadette
Wolfram
Pansy
Filmography
- 2026WolframPansy
- 2025KangarooRosie
- 2024Last Days of the Space AgeEileen Wilberforce
- 2024RuntBernadette Box
- 2024ARK: The Animated SeriesDeborah Walker (voice)
- 2024Combat Wombat: Back 2 BackMaggie Diggins (voice)
- 2024Boy Swallows UniversePoppy Birkbeck
- 2023ScarygirlTreedweller (voice)
- 2023The New BoySister Mum
- 2023Australia's Wild OdysseyNarrator (voice)
- 2022Looking BlackSelf
- 2021H Is for HappinessPenelope Benson
- 2020Combat WombatMaggie Diggins (voice)
- 20202067Regina Jackson
- 2020The SoundSelf - Co-Host
- 2019Total ControlAlex Irving
- 2018Bite ClubAnna Morton
- 2018Mystery RoadKerry Thompson
- 2017Three SummersPam
- 2017Little J & Big CuzBig Cuz (voice)
- 2017A Few Less MenSergeant Simpson
- 2016ClevermanAunty Linda
- 2016Wolf CreekBernadette
- 2016Tomorrow When the War BeganKath
- 2016Jack IrishCynthia
- 2015OddballMayor Lake / Narrator
- 2015Blinky Bill the MovieBlinky's Mother (voice)
- 2015Redfern Now: Promise MeLorraine
- 2014Paper PlanesMaureen
- 2014Jack Irish: Dead PointCynthia
- 2013The DarksidePamela
- 2013It's a DateJoanne
- 2013Please Like MeSiobhah
- 2012Redfern NowLorraine
- 2012MentalSandra
- 2012The SapphiresGail
- 2012MaboBonita Mabo
- 2010Offspring
- 2009The Graduate From SudanSelf - Narrator
- 2009Bran Nue DaeRoxanne
- 2009RalphDirector
- 2009Talkin' 'Bout Your GenerationSelf - Contestant
- 2008RushGabe
- 2007Lucky MilesLisa (voice)
- 2006The Book of RevelationJulie
- 2006The Archive ProjectHerself
- 2006Going Bush
- 2002Black Chicks TalkingHerself
- 2002Australian RulesThanks
- 2002Rabbit-Proof FenceMavis
- 2001Play School: Nursery RhymesDeborah
- 2001The Secret Life of UsKelly Lewis
- 2001The Monkey's MaskLou
- 1999RoveSelf
- 1999The Third NoteTina
- 1999Dear ClaudiaCathy
- 1998RadianceNona
- 1976AACTA AwardsSelf
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