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Deborah Mailman

Actor, DirectorBorn July 14, 1972 (52 years)
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 & Shows on Plex

  • The Sapphires
  • H is for Happiness

Known For

  • The Sapphires
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence
  • 2067
  • Total Control
  • Paper Planes
  • The Secret Life of Us
  • Cleverman
  • The New Boy
  • Offspring
  • Oddball
  • Mystery Road
  • Bite Club
  • Radiance
  • The Book of Revelation
  • Jack Irish: Dead Point
  • Combat Wombat
  • Bran Nue Dae
  • A Few Less Men
  • The Secret Life of Us
  • Three Summers
  • Mabo
  • Redfern Now: Promise Me
  • Last Days of the Space Age
  • Blinky Bill the Movie

Filmography

2025
Kangaroo · as Rosie
2025
14th AACTA Awards · as Alex Irving
2024
Last Days of the Space Age (TV Series) · as Eileen Wilberforce
2024
Runt · as Bernadette Box
2024
ARK: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Deborah Walker (voice)
2024
Boy Swallows Universe (TV Series) · as Poppy Birkbeck
2023
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back · as Maggie Diggins (voice)
2023
Scarygirl · as Treedweller (voice)
2023
The New Boy · as Sister Mum
2023
Australia's Wild Odyssey (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
2023
Australia's Wild Odyssey (TV Series) · as Narrator
2020
Combat Wombat · as Maggie Diggins (voice)
2020
2067 · as Regina Jackson
2019
H is for Happiness · as Penelope Benson
2019
Total Control (TV Series) · as Alex Irving
2018
Bluey (2018) (TV Series) · as Sheepdog 1 (voice)
2018
Bite Club (TV Series) · as Anna Morton
2018
Mystery Road (TV Series) · as Kerry Thompson
2017
Three Summers · as Pam
2017
Big Mouth (TV Series) · as Auntie Deb
2017
Get Krack!n (TV Series) · as Prime Minister Burney
2017
Little J & Big Cuz (TV Series) · as Big Cuz (voice)
2017
A Few Less Men · as Police Officer
2016
Cleverman (TV Series) · as Aunty Linda
2016
Wolf Creek (TV Series) · as Bernadette
2016
Tomorrow When the War Began (TV Series) · as Kath
2016
Jack Irish (TV Series) · as Cynthia
2015
Oddball · as Mayor Lake / Narrator
2015
Blinky Bill the Movie · as Blinky's Mother (voice)
2015
2014
Black Comedy (TV Series) · as Guest Cast
2014
Paper Planes · as Maureen
2014
2013
The Darkside · as Pamela
2013
It's a Date (TV Series) · as Joanne
2013
Please Like Me (TV Series) · as Siobhah
2012
Redfern Now (TV Series) · as Lorraine
2012
Mental · as Sandra
2012
2012
Mabo · as Bonita Mabo
2010
Offspring (TV Series)
2009
Bran Nue Dae · as Roxanne
2008
Rush (2008) (TV Series) · as Gabe
2007
Lucky Miles · as Lisa (voice)
2006
Stupid Stupid Man (TV Series) · as Lenore Schutzstaffel
2006
2006
Going Bush (TV Series)
2005
Two Twisted (TV Series) · as Detective Elsie Jones
2005
The Alice (TV Series) · as Sonia
2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence · as Mavis
2001
2001
The Secret Life of Us (TV Series) · as Kelly Lewis
2001
The Secret Life of Us · as Kelly Lewis
2000
2000
The Third Note · as Tina
1999
Dear Claudia · as Cathy
1998
Radiance · as Nona

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