Deborah Mailman
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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.
Known for
Credits
Kangaroo (2025)
as Rosie
2067 (2020)
as Regina Jackson
Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)
as Blinky's Mother (voice)
Scarygirl (2023)
as Treedweller (voice)
H Is for Happiness (2021)
as Penelope Benson
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
as Mavis
Runt (2024)
as Bernadette Box
A Few Less Men (2017)
as Sergeant Simpson
Paper Planes (2014)
as Maureen
The Book of Revelation (2006)
as Julie
The New Boy (2023)
as Sister Mum
The Sapphires (2012)
as Gail
Mental (2012)
as Sandra
The Monkey's Mask (2001)
as Lou
Oddball (2015)
as Mayor Lake / Narrator
Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014)
as Cynthia
Combat Wombat (2020)
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back (2024)
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
Wolfram (2026)
as Pansy
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
as Roxanne
Play School: Nursery Rhymes (2001)
as Deborah
Redfern Now: Promise Me (2015)
as Lorraine
Repeats (—)
Actor
Mabo (2012)
as Bonita Mabo
Three Summers (2017)
as Pam
A Grief Encounter (2026)
as Adrienne
Lucky Miles (2007)
as Lisa (voice)
The Darkside (2013)
as Pamela
Dear Claudia (1999)
as Cathy
Radiance (1998)
as Nona
Looking Black (2022)
as Self
The Third Note (1999)
as Tina
The Archive Project (2006)
as Herself
The Graduate From Sudan (2009)
as Self - Narrator
Black Chicks Talking (2002)
as Herself