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