Deborah Mailman
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1972-07-14
Place of birth: 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.
Known for
Lucky Miles
2007Lisa (voice)
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
2024Maggie Diggins (voice)
The New Boy
2023Sister Mum
The Sapphires
2012Gail
The Darkside
2013Pamela
Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014Cynthia
Looking Black
2022Self
Scarygirl
2023Treedweller (voice)
Paper Planes
2014Maureen
Runt
2024Bernadette Box
Mabo
2012Bonita Mabo
Play School: Nursery Rhymes
2001Deborah
Dear Claudia
1999Cathy
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002Mavis
Blinky Bill the Movie
2015Blinky's Mother (voice)
Oddball
2015Mayor Lake / Narrator
Radiance
1998NonaBlack Chicks Talking
2002Herself
A Few Less Men
2017Sergeant Simpson