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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. 2067 (2020) — Regina Jackson
2. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) — Mavis
3. The Sapphires (2012) — Gail
4. Wolf Creek (2016) — Bernadette
5. Please Like Me (2013) — Siobhah
6. Boy Swallows Universe (2024) — Poppy Birkbeck
7. Paper Planes (2014) — Maureen
8. Oddball (2015) — Mayor Lake / Narrator
9. Mental (2012) — Sandra
10. Cleverman (2016) — Aunty Linda
11. A Few Less Men (2017) — Sergeant Simpson
12. Scarygirl (2023) — Treedweller (voice)
13. Mystery Road (2018) — Kerry Thompson
14. Blinky Bill the Movie (2015) — Blinky's Mother (voice)
15. The Monkey's Mask (2001) — Lou
16. Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014) — Cynthia
17. Jack Irish (2016) — Cynthia
18. Bran Nue Dae (2009) — Roxanne
19. Combat Wombat (2020) — Maggie Diggins (voice)
20. The New Boy (2023) — Sister Mum
21. Kangaroo (2025) — Rosie
22. The Book of Revelation (2006) — Julie
23. ARK: The Animated Series (2024) — Deborah Walker (voice)
24. Offspring (2010)
25. Total Control (2019) — Alex Irving
26. Tomorrow When the War Began (2016) — Kath
27. Three Summers (2017) — Pam
28. H Is for Happiness (2021) — Penelope Benson
29. Rush (2008) — Gabe
30. Runt (2024) — Bernadette Box
31. Bite Club (2018) — Anna Morton
32. Lucky Miles (2007) — Lisa (voice)
33. The Secret Life of Us (2001) — Kelly Lewis
34. Last Days of the Space Age (2024) — Eileen Wilberforce
35. Radiance (1998) — Nona
36. Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back (2024) — Maggie Diggins (voice)
37. Dear Claudia (1999) — Cathy
38. Mabo (2012) — Bonita Mabo
39. Redfern Now (2012) — Lorraine
40. Redfern Now: Promise Me (2015) — Lorraine

Directed

1. Ralph (2009) — Director