Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman

Acting

Born July 14, 1972 (age 54)

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

A Grief Encounter
Movie
A Grief Encounter2026 · Adrienne
Wolfram
Movie
Wolfram2026 · Pansy
Kangaroo
Movie
Kangaroo2025 · Rosie
Last Days of the Space Age
Series
Last Days of the Space Age2024 · Eileen Wilberforce
Runt
Movie
Runt2024 · Bernadette Box
ARK: The Animated Series
Series
ARK: The Animated Series2024 · Deborah Walker (voice)
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
Movie
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back2024 · Maggie Diggins (voice)
Boy Swallows Universe
Series
Boy Swallows Universe2024 · Poppy Birkbeck
Scarygirl
Movie
Scarygirl2023 · Treedweller (voice)
The New Boy
Movie
The New Boy2023 · Sister Mum
Australia's Wild Odyssey
Series
Australia's Wild Odyssey2023 · Narrator (voice)
Looking Black
Movie
Looking Black2022 · Self
H Is for Happiness
Movie
H Is for Happiness2021 · Penelope Benson
Combat Wombat
Movie
Combat Wombat2020 · Maggie Diggins (voice)
2067
Movie
20672020 · Regina Jackson
The Sound
Series
The Sound2020 · Self - Co-Host
Total Control
Series
Total Control2019 · Alex Irving
Bite Club
Series
Bite Club2018 · Anna Morton
Mystery Road
Series
Mystery Road2018 · Kerry Thompson
Three Summers
Movie
Three Summers2017 · Pam
Little J & Big Cuz
Series
Little J & Big Cuz2017 · Big Cuz (voice)
A Few Less Men
Movie
A Few Less Men2017 · Sergeant Simpson
Cleverman
Series
Cleverman2016 · Aunty Linda
Wolf Creek
Series
Wolf Creek2016 · Bernadette
Tomorrow When the War Began
Series
Tomorrow When the War Began2016 · Kath
Jack Irish
Series
Jack Irish2016 · Cynthia
Oddball
Movie
Oddball2015 · Mayor Lake / Narrator
Blinky Bill the Movie
Movie
Blinky Bill the Movie2015 · Blinky's Mother (voice)
Redfern Now: Promise Me
Movie
Redfern Now: Promise Me2015 · Lorraine
Paper Planes
Movie
Paper Planes2014 · Maureen
Jack Irish: Dead Point
Movie
Jack Irish: Dead Point2014 · Cynthia
The Darkside
Movie
The Darkside2013 · Pamela
It's a Date
Series
It's a Date2013 · Joanne
Please Like Me
Series
Please Like Me2013 · Siobhah
Redfern Now
Series
Redfern Now2012 · Lorraine
Mental
Movie
Mental2012 · Sandra
The Sapphires
Movie
The Sapphires2012 · Gail
Mabo
Movie
Mabo2012 · Bonita Mabo
Offspring
Series
Offspring2010
The Graduate From Sudan
Movie
The Graduate From Sudan2009 · Self - Narrator
The Book of Revelation
Movie
The Book of Revelation2006
The Secret Life of Us
Series
The Secret Life of Us2001 · Kelly Lewis