Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman

Known for

Acting

Born

July 14, 1972 (age 54)

Birthplace

Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

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.

Best known work

2067

2067

2020

Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002

The Sapphires

The Sapphires

2012

Wolf Creek

Wolf Creek

2016

Please Like Me

Please Like Me

2013

Boy Swallows Universe

Boy Swallows Universe

2024

Paper Planes

Paper Planes

2014

Oddball

Oddball

2015

Mental

Mental

2012

Cleverman

Cleverman

2016

Filmography

TBA
Repeats
2026
A Grief Encounter
as Adrienne
2026
Wolfram
as Pansy
2025
Kangaroo
as Rosie
2024
Last Days of the Space AgeTV
as Eileen Wilberforce (8 episodes)
2024
Runt
as Bernadette Box
2024
ARK: The Animated SeriesTV
as Deborah Walker (voice) (14 episodes)
2024
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
2024
Boy Swallows UniverseTV
as Poppy Birkbeck (3 episodes)
2023
Scarygirl
as Treedweller (voice)
2023
The New Boy
as Sister Mum
2023
Australia's Wild OdysseyTV
as Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
2022
Looking Black
as Self
2021
H Is for Happiness
as Penelope Benson
2020
Combat Wombat
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
2020
2067
as Regina Jackson
2020
The SoundTV
as Self - Co-Host (1 episode)
2019
Total ControlTV
as Alex Irving (18 episodes)
2018
Bite ClubTV
as Anna Morton (8 episodes)
2018
Mystery RoadTV
as Kerry Thompson (6 episodes)
2017
Three Summers
as Pam
2017
Little J & Big CuzTV
as Big Cuz (voice) (40 episodes)
2017
A Few Less Men
as Sergeant Simpson
2016
ClevermanTV
as Aunty Linda (12 episodes)
2016
Wolf CreekTV
as Bernadette (2 episodes)