
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.
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Wolfram (2026)
as Pansy

2067 (2020)
as Regina Jackson

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
as Mavis

Kangaroo (2025)
as Rosie

The Book of Revelation (2006)
as Julie

The New Boy (2023)
as Sister Mum

The Sapphires (2012)
as Gail

Oddball (2015)
as Mayor Lake / Narrator

Scarygirl (2023)
as Treedweller (voice)

Paper Planes (2014)
as Maureen

Runt (2024)
as Bernadette Box

Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)
as Blinky's Mother (voice)

Mental (2012)
as Sandra

Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014)
as Cynthia

A Few Less Men (2017)
as Sergeant Simpson

Bran Nue Dae (2009)
as Roxanne

The Monkey's Mask (2001)
as Lou

Mabo (2012)
as Bonita Mabo

Combat Wombat (2020)
as Maggie Diggins (voice)

Redfern Now: Promise Me (2015)
as Lorraine

Three Summers (2017)
as Pam

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back (2024)
as Maggie Diggins (voice)

Play School: Nursery Rhymes (2001)
as Deborah

H Is for Happiness (2021)
as Penelope Benson

Radiance (1998)
as Nona

Lucky Miles (2007)
as Lisa (voice)

The Darkside (2013)
as Pamela
Black Chicks Talking (2002)
as Herself

Dear Claudia (1999)
as Cathy
The Third Note (1999)
as Tina

The Graduate From Sudan (2009)
as Self - Narrator

Looking Black (2022)
as Self

The Archive Project (2006)
as Herself





