Birthday:
Jul 14, 1972
Place of Birth: Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Place of Birth: Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Deborah Mailman
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Lucky Miles | Lisa (voice) | 2007 |
| Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back | Maggie Diggins (voice) | 2024 |
| The New Boy | Sister Mum | 2023 |
| The Sapphires | Gail | 2012 |
| The Darkside | Pamela | 2013 |
| Jack Irish: Dead Point | Cynthia | 2014 |
| Looking Black | Self | 2022 |
| Scarygirl | Treedweller (voice) | 2023 |
| Paper Planes | Maureen | 2014 |
| Runt | Bernadette Box | 2024 |
| Mabo | Bonita Mabo | 2012 |
| Play School: Nursery Rhymes | Deborah | 2001 |
| Dear Claudia | Cathy | 1999 |
| Rabbit-Proof Fence | Mavis | 2002 |
| Blinky Bill the Movie | Blinky's Mother (voice) | 2015 |
| Oddball | Mayor Lake / Narrator | 2015 |
| Radiance | Nona | 1998 |
| Black Chicks Talking | Herself | 2002 |
| A Few Less Men | Police Officer | 2017 |
| Three Summers | Pam | 2017 |
| H Is for Happiness | Penelope Benson | 2021 |
| Redfern Now: Promise Me | Lorraine | 2015 |
| Bran Nue Dae | Roxanne | 2009 |
| 2067 | Regina Jackson | 2020 |
| The Monkey's Mask | Lou | 2001 |
| Combat Wombat | Maggie Diggins (voice) | 2020 |
| The Archive Project | Herself | 2006 |
| Mental | Sandra | 2012 |
| Kangaroo | Rosie | 1970 | Series | Cast | Year |
| The Secret Life of Us | Kelly Lewis | 2001 |
| Rush | Gabe | 2008 |
| ARK: The Animated Series | Deborah Walker (voice) | 2024 |
| Please Like Me | Siobhah | 2013 |
| Going Bush | 2006 | |
| Offspring | 2010 | |
| Tomorrow When the War Began | Kath | 2016 |
| Rove | Self | 1999 |
| Cleverman | Aunty Linda | 2016 |
| Last Days of the Space Age | Eileen Wilberforce | 2024 |
| Wolf Creek | Bernadette | 2016 |
| Mystery Road | Kerry Thompson | 2018 |
| Little J and Big Cuz | Big Cuz (voice) | 2017 |
| Bite Club | Anna Morton | 2018 |
| It's a Date | Joanne | 2013 |
| The Sound | Self - Co-Host | 2020 |
| Bluey | Sheepdog 1 (voice) | 2018 |
| AACTA Awards | Self | 1976 |
| Boy Swallows Universe | Poppy Birkbeck | 2024 |
| Total Control | Alex Irving | 2019 |
| Redfern Now | Lorraine | 2012 |
| Australia's Wild Odyssey | Narrator (voice) | 2023 |
| Jack Irish | Cynthia | 2016 |
