Deborah Mailman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

54

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-07-14 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

Also Known As

  • Deborah Jane Mailman
  • Deborah Mailmen
  • 데보라 메일맨
  • Дебора Мейлман

Deborah Mailman

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

2067
5.3%

2067

Oct 1, 2020

Bluey
8.6%

Bluey

Oct 1, 2018

Rabbit-Proof Fence
7.0%

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Feb 4, 2002

The Sapphires
6.8%

The Sapphires

Aug 8, 2012

Wolf Creek
6.9%

Wolf Creek

May 12, 2016

Please Like Me
7.7%

Please Like Me

Feb 28, 2013

Paper Planes
6.0%

Paper Planes

Aug 10, 2014

Boy Swallows Universe
7.2%

Boy Swallows Universe

Jan 11, 2024

Oddball
6.8%

Oddball

Sep 17, 2015

Mental
5.5%

Mental

Oct 4, 2012

Cleverman
5.8%

Cleverman

Jun 1, 2016

A Few Less Men
5.5%

A Few Less Men

Mar 9, 2017

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Acting

2025
Kangaroo as Rosie
2024
Last Days of the Space Age as Eileen Wilberforce
2024
Runt as Bernadette Box
2024
ARK: The Animated Series as Deborah Walker (voice)
2024
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back as Maggie Diggins (voice)
2024
Boy Swallows Universe as Poppy Birkbeck
2023
Scarygirl as Treedweller (voice)
2023
The New Boy as Sister Mum
2023
Australia's Wild Odyssey as Narrator (voice)
2022
Looking Black as Self
2021
H Is for Happiness as Penelope Benson
2020
Combat Wombat as Maggie Diggins (voice)
2020
2067 as Regina Jackson
2020
The Sound as Self - Co-Host
2019
Total Control as Alex Irving
2018
Bluey as Sheepdog 1 (voice)
2018
Bite Club as Anna Morton
2018
Mystery Road as Kerry Thompson
2017
Three Summers as Pam
2017
Little J and Big Cuz as Big Cuz (voice)
2017
A Few Less Men as Police Officer
2016
Cleverman as Aunty Linda
2016
Wolf Creek as Bernadette
2016
Tomorrow When the War Began as Kath
2016
Jack Irish as Cynthia
2015
Oddball as Mayor Lake / Narrator
2015
Blinky Bill the Movie as Blinky's Mother (voice)
2015
Redfern Now: Promise Me as Lorraine
2014
Paper Planes as Maureen
2014
Jack Irish: Dead Point as Cynthia
2013
The Darkside as Pamela
2013
It's a Date as Joanne
2013
Please Like Me as Siobhah
2012
Redfern Now as Lorraine
2012
Mental as Sandra
2012
The Sapphires as Gail
2012
Mabo as Bonita Mabo
2010
Offspring
2009
The Graduate From Sudan as Self - Narrator
2009
Bran Nue Dae as Roxanne
2008
Rush as Gabe
2007
Lucky Miles as Lisa (voice)
2006
The Archive Project as Herself
2006
Going Bush
2002
Black Chicks Talking as Herself
2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence as Mavis
2001
Play School: Nursery Rhymes as Deborah
2001
The Secret Life of Us as Kelly Lewis
2001
The Monkey's Mask as Lou
1999
Rove as Self
1999
The Third Note as Tina
1999
Dear Claudia as Cathy
1998
Radiance as Nona
1976
AACTA Awards as Self
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