Acting

Deborah Mailman

1972-07-14 · 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.

Movies & TV shows

58 credits

Boy Swallows Universe

2024 · Poppy Birkbeck

Not in this catalog

Rush

2008 · Gabe

Not in this catalog

The Secret Life of Us

2001 · Kelly Lewis

Not in this catalog

Offspring

2010

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Rove

1999 · Self

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Please Like Me

2013 · Siobhah

Not in this catalog

Jack Irish

2016 · Cynthia

Not in this catalog

Mystery Road

2018 · Kerry Thompson

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ARK: The Animated Series

2024 · Deborah Walker (voice)

Not in this catalog

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation

2009 · Self - Contestant

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Total Control

2019 · Alex Irving

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MOVIE

2067

2020 · Regina Jackson

Wolf Creek

2016 · Bernadette

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MOVIE

Scarygirl

2023 · Treedweller (voice)

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MOVIE

Blinky Bill the Movie

2015 · Blinky's Mother (voice)

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Cleverman

2016 · Aunty Linda

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Last Days of the Space Age

2024 · Eileen Wilberforce

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MOVIE

Rabbit-Proof Fence

2002 · Mavis

Redfern Now

2012 · Lorraine

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MOVIE

The New Boy

2023 · Sister Mum

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Little J & Big Cuz

2017 · Big Cuz (voice)

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It's a Date

2013 · Joanne

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AACTA Awards

1976 · Self

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MOVIE

Kangaroo

2025 · Rosie

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MOVIE

Oddball

2015 · Mayor Lake / Narrator

Tomorrow When the War Began

2016 · Kath

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MOVIE

Paper Planes

2014 · Maureen

MOVIE

Runt

2024 · Bernadette Box

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MOVIE

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back

2024 · Maggie Diggins (voice)

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Bite Club

2018 · Anna Morton

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MOVIE

Jack Irish: Dead Point

2014 · Cynthia

The Sound

2020 · Self - Co-Host

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MOVIE

Repeats

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MOVIE

A Few Less Men

2017 · Sergeant Simpson

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MOVIE

The Sapphires

2012 · Gail

MOVIE

Mental

2012 · Sandra

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MOVIE

H Is for Happiness

2021 · Penelope Benson

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MOVIE

Combat Wombat

2020 · Maggie Diggins (voice)

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MOVIE

The Book of Revelation

2006 · Julie

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Australia's Wild Odyssey

2023 · Narrator (voice)

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Going Bush

2006

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MOVIE

Bran Nue Dae

2009 · Roxanne

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Wolfram

2026 · Pansy

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MOVIE

The Monkey's Mask

2001 · Lou

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MOVIE

Mabo

2012 · Bonita Mabo

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MOVIE

Three Summers

2017 · Pam

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A Grief Encounter

2026 · Adrienne

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MOVIE

Redfern Now: Promise Me

2015 · Lorraine

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MOVIE

The Darkside

2013 · Pamela

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MOVIE

Play School: Nursery Rhymes

2001 · Deborah

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MOVIE

Lucky Miles

2007 · Lisa (voice)

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MOVIE

Dear Claudia

1999 · Cathy

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Radiance

1998 · Nona

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No poster

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The Third Note

1999 · Tina

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MOVIE

Looking Black

2022 · Self

Not in this catalog

No poster

MOVIE

Black Chicks Talking

2002 · Herself

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MOVIE

The Graduate From Sudan

2009 · Self - Narrator

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The Archive Project

2006 · Herself

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