Deborah Mailman

54, from Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

Artwork for The SapphiresImage of Deborah Mailman

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.

Timeline

2026Aged 54

  • Poster for Wolfram

    Pansy

  • Poster for A Grief Encounter

    Adrienne

2025Aged 53

  • Poster for Kangaroo

    Rosie

2024Aged 52

  • Poster for Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back

    Maggie Diggins (voice)

  • Poster for Runt

    Bernadette Box

2023Aged 51

  • Poster for The New Boy

    Sister Mum

  • Poster for Scarygirl

    Treedweller (voice)

2022Aged 50

  • Poster for Looking Black

    Self

2021Aged 49

  • Poster for H Is for Happiness

    Penelope Benson

2020Aged 48

  • Poster for 2067

    Regina Jackson

  • Poster for Combat Wombat

    Maggie Diggins (voice)

2017Aged 45

  • Poster for A Few Less Men

    Sergeant Simpson

  • Poster for Three Summers

    Pam

2015Aged 43

  • Poster for Redfern Now: Promise Me

    Lorraine

  • Poster for Blinky Bill the Movie

    Blinky's Mother (voice)

  • Poster for Oddball

    Mayor Lake / Narrator

2014Aged 42

  • Poster for Jack Irish: Dead Point

    Cynthia

  • Poster for Paper Planes

    Maureen

2013Aged 41

  • Poster for The Darkside

    Pamela

2012Aged 40

  • Poster for Mabo

    Bonita Mabo

  • Poster for The Sapphires

    Gail

  • Poster for Mental

    Sandra

2009Aged 37

  • Poster for Bran Nue Dae

    Roxanne

  • Poster for The Graduate From Sudan

    Self - Narrator

  • Poster for Ralph

    Writer

2007Aged 35

  • Poster for Lucky Miles

    Lisa (voice)

2006Aged 34

  • Poster for The Archive Project

    Herself

  • Poster for The Book of Revelation

    Julie

2002Aged 30

2001Aged 29

  • Poster for The Monkey's Mask

    Lou

  • Poster for Play School: Nursery Rhymes

    Deborah

1999Aged 27

1998Aged 26

  • Poster for Radiance

    Nona

Year unknown

  • Poster for Repeats

    (Unknown)

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