Deborah Mailman

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Deborah Mailman

Acting 54 July 14, 1972

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 I…

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2067

2067

5.5 2020 Movie
Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence

7.0 2002 Movie
Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek

7.0 2016 TV Show
The Sapphires

The Sapphires

6.8 2012 Movie
Please Like Me

Please Like Me

7.6 2013 TV Show
Boy Swallows Universe

Boy Swallows Universe

7.4 2024 TV Show
Rush

Rush

7.4 2008 TV Show
Paper Planes

Paper Planes

6.0 2014 Movie
Mystery Road

Mystery Road

6.9 2018 TV Show
Jack Irish

Jack Irish

6.4 2016 TV Show
Oddball

Oddball

6.9 2015 Movie
The Secret Life of Us

The Secret Life of Us

5.7 2001 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    A Grief Encounter

    Movie Adrienne

  2. 2026
    Wolfram

    Movie Pansy

  3. 2025
    Kangaroo

    Movie Rosie

  4. 2024
    Last Days of the Space Age

    TV show Eileen Wilberforce

  5. 2024
    Runt

    Movie Bernadette Box

  6. 2024
    ARK: The Animated Series

    TV show Deborah Walker (voice)

  7. 2024
    Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back

    Movie Maggie Diggins (voice)

  8. 2024
    Boy Swallows Universe

    TV show Poppy Birkbeck

  9. 2023
    Scarygirl

    Movie Treedweller (voice)

  10. 2023
    The New Boy

    Movie Sister Mum

  11. 2023
    Australia's Wild Odyssey

    TV show Narrator (voice)

  12. 2022
    Looking Black

    Movie Self

  13. 2021
    H Is for Happiness

    Movie Penelope Benson

  14. 2020
    Combat Wombat

    Movie Maggie Diggins (voice)

  15. 2020
    2067

    Movie Regina Jackson

  16. 2020
    The Sound

    TV show Self - Co-Host

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  1. 2019
    Total Control

    TV show Alex Irving

  2. 2018
    Bite Club

    TV show Anna Morton

  3. 2018
    Mystery Road

    TV show Kerry Thompson

  4. 2017
    Three Summers

    Movie Pam

  5. 2017
    Little J & Big Cuz

    TV show Big Cuz (voice)

  6. 2017
    A Few Less Men

    Movie Sergeant Simpson

  7. 2016
    Cleverman

    TV show Aunty Linda

  8. 2016
    Wolf Creek

    TV show Bernadette

  9. 2016
    Tomorrow When the War Began

    TV show Kath

  10. 2016
    Jack Irish

    TV show Cynthia

  11. 2015
    Oddball

    Movie Mayor Lake / Narrator

  12. 2015
    Blinky Bill the Movie

    Movie Blinky's Mother (voice)

  13. 2015
    Redfern Now: Promise Me

    Movie Lorraine

  14. 2014
    Paper Planes

    Movie Maureen

  15. 2014
    Jack Irish: Dead Point

    Movie Cynthia

  16. 2013
    The Darkside

    Movie Pamela

  17. 2013
    It's a Date

    TV show Joanne

  18. 2013
    Please Like Me

    TV show Siobhah

  19. 2012
    Redfern Now

    TV show Lorraine

  20. 2012
    Mental

    Movie Sandra

  21. 2012
    The Sapphires

    Movie Gail

  22. 2012
    Mabo

    Movie Bonita Mabo

  23. 2010
    Offspring

    TV show

  24. 2009
    The Graduate From Sudan

    Movie Self - Narrator