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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

60

Gender

Female

Birthday

1972-07-14 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

Also Known As

Deborah Jane Mailman

Deborah Mailmen

데보라 메일맨

Дебора Мейлман

Deborah Mailman

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

Acting

Lucky Miles

2007

Lucky Miles

as

Lisa (voice)

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back

2024

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back

as

Maggie Diggins (voice)

The New Boy

2023

The New Boy

as

Sister Mum

The Sapphires

2012

The Sapphires

as

Gail

The Darkside

2013

The Darkside

as

Pamela

Looking Black

2022

Looking Black

as

Self

Scarygirl

2023

Scarygirl

as

Treedweller (voice)

Paper Planes

2014

Paper Planes

as

Maureen

Runt

2024

Runt

as

Bernadette Box

Mabo

2012

Mabo

as

Bonita Mabo

Dear Claudia

1999

Dear Claudia

as

Cathy

Blinky Bill the Movie

2015

Blinky Bill the Movie

as

Blinky's Mother (voice)

Oddball

2015

Oddball

as

Mayor Lake / Narrator

Radiance

1998

Radiance

as

Nona

A Few Less Men

2017

A Few Less Men

as

Sergeant Simpson

Three Summers

2017

Three Summers

as

Pam

H Is for Happiness

2021

H Is for Happiness

as

Penelope Benson

Bran Nue Dae

2009

Bran Nue Dae

as

Roxanne

2067

2020

2067

as

Regina Jackson

Combat Wombat

2020

Combat Wombat

as

Maggie Diggins (voice)

The Archive Project

2006

The Archive Project

as

Herself

Mental

2012

Mental

as

Sandra

Kangaroo

2025

Kangaroo

as

Rosie

The Graduate From Sudan

2009

The Graduate From Sudan

as

Self - Narrator

The Third Note

1999

The Third Note

as

Tina

Total Control

2019

Total Control

as

Alex Irving

Wolfram

2025

Wolfram

as

Rush

Rush

as

Gabe

ARK: The Animated Series

ARK: The Animated Series

as

Deborah Walker (voice)

Rove

Rove

as

Self

Cleverman

Cleverman

as

Aunty Linda

Last Days of the Space Age

Last Days of the Space Age

as

Eileen Wilberforce

Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek

as

Bernadette

Mystery Road

Mystery Road

as

Kerry Thompson

Little J and Big Cuz

Little J and Big Cuz

as

Big Cuz (voice)

Bite Club

Bite Club

as

Anna Morton

It's a Date

It's a Date

as

Joanne

The Sound

The Sound

as

Self - Co-Host

Boy Swallows Universe

Boy Swallows Universe

as

Poppy Birkbeck

Total Control

Total Control

as

Alex Irving

Redfern Now

Redfern Now

as

Lorraine

Australia's Wild Odyssey

Australia's Wild Odyssey

as

Narrator (voice)

Jack Irish

Jack Irish

as

Cynthia

Production

Crew

Directing

Ralph

2009

Ralph

as