Deborah Mailman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1972-07-14 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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.
Acting
(2025)
Kangaroo
as Rosie
(2024)
Runt
as Bernadette Box
(2024)
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
(2023)
Scarygirl
as Treedweller (voice)
(2023)
The New Boy
as Sister Mum
(2022)
Looking Black
as Self
(2021)
H Is for Happiness
as Penelope Benson
(2020)
2067
as Regina Jackson
(2020)
Combat Wombat
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
(2019)
Total Control
as Alex Irving
(2017)
A Few Less Men
as Police Officer
(2017)
Three Summers
as Pam
(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
(2012)
The Sapphires
as Gail
(2012)
Mental
as Sandra
(2012)
Mabo
as Bonita Mabo
(2009)
Bran Nue Dae
as Roxanne
(2009)
The Graduate From Sudan
as Self - Narrator
(2007)
Lucky Miles
as Lisa (voice)
(2006)
The Archive Project
as Herself
(2002)
Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Mavis
(2002)
Black Chicks Talking
as Herself
(2001)
The Monkey's Mask
as Lou
(2001)
Play School: Nursery Rhymes
as Deborah
(1999)
Dear Claudia
as Cathy
(1999)
The Third Note
as Tina
(1998)
Radiance
as Nona