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