Deborah Mailman

Born: 1972-07-14, 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.

Filmography

• Jack Irish (2016)
• Offspring (2010)
• ARK: The Animated Series (2024)
• Mystery Road (2018)
• Please Like Me (2013)
• The Secret Life of Us (2001)
• Boy Swallows Universe (2024)
• Cleverman (2016)
• Total Control (2019)
• 2067 (2020)
• Little J & Big Cuz (2017)
• Kangaroo (2025)
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
• Runt (2024)
• Blinky Bill the Movie (2015)
• The New Boy (2023)
• Oddball (2015)
• Scarygirl (2023)
• Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014)
• Wolfram (2026)
• Combat Wombat (2020)
• A Few Less Men (2017)
• Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back (2024)
• Repeats
• The Book of Revelation (2006)
• The Sapphires (2012)
• Bran Nue Dae (2009)
• H Is for Happiness (2021)
• Going Bush (2006)
• Australia's Wild Odyssey (2023)