Deborah Mailman

Personal Info

Birthday

July 14, 1972

(53 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

Please Like Me

Rush

Jack Irish

Boy Swallows Universe

The Secret Life of Us

Mystery Road

Cleverman

Wolf Creek

Filmography

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