Deborah Mailman
Acting
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.
TV Shows(23)
Last Days of the Space Age
Eileen Wilberforce
2024
ARK: The Animated Series
Deborah Walker (voice)
2024
Boy Swallows Universe
Poppy Birkbeck
2024
Australia's Wild Odyssey
Narrator (voice)
2023
The Sound
Self - Co-Host
2020
Total Control
Alex Irving
2019
Bite Club
Anna Morton
2018
Mystery Road
Kerry Thompson
2018
Little J and Big Cuz
Big Cuz (voice)
2017
Cleverman
Aunty Linda
2016
Wolf Creek
Bernadette
2016
Tomorrow When the War Began
Kath
2016
Jack Irish
Cynthia
2016
It's a Date
Joanne
2013
Please Like Me
Siobhah
2013
Redfern Now
Lorraine
2012
Offspring
2010
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
Self - Contestant
2009
Rush
Gabe
2008
Going Bush
2006
The Secret Life of Us
Kelly Lewis
2001
Rove
Self
1999
AACTA Awards
Self
1976
Movies(33)
Wolfram
Pansy
2026
Kangaroo
Rosie
2025
Runt
Bernadette Box
2024
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
Maggie Diggins (voice)
2024
Scarygirl
Treedweller (voice)
2023
The New Boy
Sister Mum
2023
Looking Black
Self
2022
H Is for Happiness
Penelope Benson
2021
Combat Wombat
Maggie Diggins (voice)
2020
2067
Regina Jackson
2020
Three Summers
Pam
2017
A Few Less Men
Sergeant Simpson
2017
Oddball
Mayor Lake / Narrator
2015
Blinky Bill the Movie
Blinky's Mother (voice)
2015
Redfern Now: Promise Me
Lorraine
2015
Paper Planes
Maureen
2014
Jack Irish: Dead Point
Cynthia
2014
The Darkside
Pamela
2013
Mental
Sandra
2012
The Sapphires
Gail
2012
Mabo
Bonita Mabo
2012
The Graduate From Sudan
Self - Narrator
2009
Bran Nue Dae
Roxanne
2009
Lucky Miles
Lisa (voice)
2007
The Book of Revelation
Julie
2006
The Archive Project
Herself
2006
Black Chicks Talking
Herself
2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Mavis
2002
Play School: Nursery Rhymes
Deborah
2001
The Monkey's Mask
Lou
2001
The Third Note
Tina
1999
Dear Claudia
Cathy
1999
Radiance
Nona
1998