Actor profile

Deborah Mailman

14th July 1972 Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia 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.

31 Movies 23 TV Shows 56 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Wolfram poster

Wolfram 30th April 2026 as Pansy

Kangaroo poster

Kangaroo 21st August 2025 as Rosie

Runt poster

Runt 19th September 2024 as Bernadette Box

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back poster

Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back 29th February 2024 as Maggie Diggins (voice)

Scarygirl poster

Scarygirl 5th October 2023 as Treedweller (voice)

The New Boy poster

The New Boy 6th July 2023 as Sister Mum

Looking Black poster

Looking Black 5th July 2022 as Self

H Is for Happiness poster

H Is for Happiness 24th June 2021 as Penelope Benson

Combat Wombat poster

Combat Wombat 15th October 2020 as Maggie Diggins (voice)

2067 poster

2067 1st October 2020 as Regina Jackson

Three Summers poster

Three Summers 2nd November 2017 as Pam

A Few Less Men poster

A Few Less Men 9th March 2017 as Sergeant Simpson

Oddball poster

Oddball 17th September 2015 as Mayor Lake / Narrator

Blinky Bill the Movie poster

Blinky Bill the Movie 21st August 2015 as Blinky's Mother (voice)

Redfern Now: Promise Me poster

Redfern Now: Promise Me 9th April 2015 as Lorraine

Paper Planes poster

Paper Planes 10th August 2014 as Maureen

Jack Irish: Dead Point poster

Jack Irish: Dead Point 13th April 2014 as Cynthia

The Darkside poster

The Darkside 27th November 2013 as Pamela

Mental poster

Mental 4th October 2012 as Sandra

The Sapphires poster

The Sapphires 8th August 2012 as Gail

Mabo poster

Mabo 10th June 2012 as Bonita Mabo

The Graduate From Sudan poster

The Graduate From Sudan 27th October 2009 as Self - Narrator

Bran Nue Dae poster

Bran Nue Dae 9th August 2009 as Roxanne

Lucky Miles poster

Lucky Miles 19th July 2007 as Lisa (voice)

The Book of Revelation poster

The Book of Revelation 29th July 2006 as Julie

The Archive Project poster

The Archive Project 16th February 2006 as Herself

Rabbit-Proof Fence poster

Rabbit-Proof Fence 4th February 2002 as Mavis

Play School: Nursery Rhymes poster

Play School: Nursery Rhymes 3rd September 2001 as Deborah

The Monkey's Mask poster

The Monkey's Mask 10th May 2001 as Lou

Dear Claudia poster

Dear Claudia 25th February 1999 as Cathy

Radiance poster

Radiance 10th August 1998 as Nona

Last Days of the Space Age poster

Last Days of the Space Age 2nd October 2024 as Eileen Wilberforce

ARK: The Animated Series poster

ARK: The Animated Series 21st March 2024 as Deborah Walker (voice)

Boy Swallows Universe poster

Boy Swallows Universe 11th January 2024 as Poppy Birkbeck

Australia's Wild Odyssey poster

Australia's Wild Odyssey 24th January 2023 as Narrator (voice)

The Sound poster

The Sound 19th July 2020 as Self - Co-Host

Total Control poster

Total Control 13th October 2019 as Alex Irving

Bite Club poster

Bite Club 15th August 2018 as Anna Morton

Mystery Road poster

Mystery Road 3rd June 2018 as Kerry Thompson

Little J & Big Cuz poster

Little J & Big Cuz 28th April 2017 as Big Cuz (voice)

Cleverman poster

Cleverman 1st June 2016 as Aunty Linda

Wolf Creek poster

Wolf Creek 12th May 2016 as Bernadette

Tomorrow When the War Began poster

Tomorrow When the War Began 23rd April 2016 as Kath

Jack Irish poster

Jack Irish 11th February 2016 as Cynthia

It's a Date poster

It's a Date 15th August 2013 as Joanne

Please Like Me poster

Please Like Me 28th February 2013 as Siobhah

Redfern Now poster

Redfern Now 1st November 2012 as Lorraine

Offspring poster

Offspring 22nd August 2010

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation poster

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation 6th May 2009 as Self - Contestant

Rush poster

Rush 2nd September 2008 as Gabe

Going Bush poster

Going Bush 1st February 2006

The Secret Life of Us poster

The Secret Life of Us 16th July 2001 as Kelly Lewis

Rove poster

Rove 22nd September 1999 as Self

AACTA Awards poster

AACTA Awards 1st January 1976 as Self