Deborah Mailman
Known for Acting
Born July 14, 1972
Place of Birth Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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
2067
2020
as Regina Jackson
Scarygirl
2023
as Treedweller (voice)
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
as Mavis
Oddball
2015
as Mayor Lake / Narrator
Kangaroo
2025
as Rosie
Runt
2024
as Bernadette Box
Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014
as Cynthia
A Few Less Men
2017
as Sergeant Simpson
Blinky Bill the Movie
2015
as Blinky's Mother (voice)
The Book of Revelation
2006
as Julie
Combat Wombat
2020
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
Mental
2012
as Sandra
Bran Nue Dae
2009
as Roxanne
The Sapphires
2012
as Gail
H Is for Happiness
2021
as Penelope Benson
The New Boy
2023
as Sister Mum
Paper Planes
2014
as Maureen
Wolfram
2026
as Pansy
Mabo
2012
as Bonita Mabo
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
2024
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
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