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