Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman

ActorCrew Jul 14 (age 53) Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia 1976–2026 (50 year career)

6.3 avg rating

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.

Known For

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Mavis

2067

2067

Regina Jackson

The Sapphires

The Sapphires

Gail

Oddball

Oddball

Mayor Lake / Narrator

Scarygirl

Scarygirl

Treedweller (voice)

Paper Planes

Paper Planes

Maureen

Mystery Road

Mystery Road

Kerry Thompson

ARK: The Animated Series

ARK: The Animated Series

Deborah Walker (voice)

Filmography

Acting (59)

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Movies (34)

Wolfram

Wolfram

Apr 30

Kangaroo

Kangaroo

as Rosie

Runt

Runt

as Bernadette Box

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back

as Maggie Diggins (voice)

Scarygirl

Scarygirl

as Treedweller (voice)

The New Boy

The New Boy

as Sister Mum

Looking Black

Looking Black

as Self

H Is for Happiness

H Is for Happiness

as Penelope Benson

2067

2067

as Regina Jackson

Combat Wombat

Combat Wombat

as Maggie Diggins (voice)

Total Control

Total Control

as Alex Irving

Three Summers

Three Summers

as Pam

A Few Less Men

A Few Less Men

as Sergeant Simpson

Blinky Bill the Movie

Blinky Bill the Movie

as Blinky's Mother (voice)

Oddball

Oddball

as Mayor Lake / Narrator

Redfern Now: Promise Me

Redfern Now: Promise Me

as Lorraine

Jack Irish: Dead Point

Jack Irish: Dead Point

as Cynthia

Paper Planes

Paper Planes

as Maureen

The Darkside

The Darkside

as Pamela

The Sapphires

The Sapphires

as Gail

Mental

Mental

as Sandra

Mabo

Mabo

as Bonita Mabo

The Graduate From Sudan

The Graduate From Sudan

as Self - Narrator

Bran Nue Dae

Bran Nue Dae

as Roxanne

Lucky Miles

Lucky Miles

as Lisa (voice)

The Archive Project

The Archive Project

as Herself

The Book of Revelation

The Book of Revelation

as Julie

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence

as Mavis

Black Chicks Talking

as Herself

The Monkey's Mask

The Monkey's Mask

as Lou

Play School: Nursery Rhymes

Play School: Nursery Rhymes

as Deborah

Dear Claudia

Dear Claudia

as Cathy

The Third Note

as Tina

Radiance

Radiance

as Nona

Television (25)

ARK: The Animated Series

ARK: The Animated Series

as Deborah Walker (voice)

Boy Swallows Universe

Boy Swallows Universe

as Poppy Birkbeck

Last Days of the Space Age

Last Days of the Space Age

as Eileen Wilberforce

Australia's Wild Odyssey

Australia's Wild Odyssey

as Narrator (voice)

The Sound

The Sound

as Self - Co-Host

Total Control

Total Control

as Alex Irving

Bluey

Bluey

as Sheepdog 1 (voice)

Mystery Road

Mystery Road

as Kerry Thompson

Bite Club

Bite Club

as Anna Morton

Little J and Big Cuz

Little J and Big Cuz

as Big Cuz (voice)

Jack Irish

Jack Irish

as Cynthia

Jack Irish

Jack Irish

as Cynthia

Cleverman

Cleverman

as Aunty Linda

Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek

as Bernadette

Tomorrow When the War Began

Tomorrow When the War Began

as Kath

Please Like Me

Please Like Me

as Siobhah

It's a Date

It's a Date

as Joanne

Redfern Now

Redfern Now

as Lorraine

Offspring

Offspring

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

as Self - Contestant

Rush

Rush

as Gabe

Going Bush

Going Bush

The Secret Life of Us

The Secret Life of Us

as Kelly Lewis

Rove

Rove

as Self

AACTA Awards

AACTA Awards

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Australian Rules

Australian Rules

Thanks