Deborah Mailman

Actor

Born: July 14, 1972 (age 54)
From: Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

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.

Filmography (34)

Wolfram (2026)
Pansy
Kangaroo (2025)
Rosie
Runt (2024)
Bernadette Box
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back (2024)
Maggie Diggins (voice)
Scarygirl (2023)
Treedweller (voice)
The New Boy (2023)
Sister Mum
Looking Black (2022)
Self
H Is for Happiness (2021)
Penelope Benson
Combat Wombat (2020)
Maggie Diggins (voice)
2067 (2020)
Regina Jackson
Three Summers (2017)
Pam
A Few Less Men (2017)
Sergeant Simpson
Oddball (2015)
Mayor Lake / Narrator
Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)
Blinky's Mother (voice)
Redfern Now: Promise Me (2015)
Lorraine
Paper Planes (2014)
Maureen
Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014)
Cynthia
The Darkside (2013)
Pamela
Mental (2012)
Sandra
The Sapphires (2012)
Gail
Mabo (2012)
Bonita Mabo
The Graduate From Sudan (2009)
Self - Narrator
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
Roxanne
Ralph (2009)
Director
Lucky Miles (2007)
Lisa (voice)
The Book of Revelation (2006)
Julie
The Archive Project (2006)
Herself
Black Chicks Talking
Black Chicks Talking (2002)
Herself
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Mavis
Play School: Nursery Rhymes (2001)
Deborah