Deborah Mailman

Actress

Born: July 14, 1972 (53 years old)

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.

Filmography (39)

• ARK: The Animated Series (2024, ★ 8.2)
• The Sapphires (2012, ★ 6.8)
• Scarygirl (2023, ★ 6.9)
• Mabo (2012, ★ 7.1)
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002, ★ 7)
• Oddball (2015, ★ 6.9)
• Rush (2008, ★ 7.4)
• Please Like Me (2013, ★ 7.6)
• Offspring (2010, ★ 6.9)
• Wolf Creek (2016, ★ 7)
• Mystery Road (2018, ★ 6.8)
• Boy Swallows Universe (2024, ★ 7.3)
• Jack Irish (2016, ★ 6.9)
• Lucky Miles (2007, ★ 5.8)
• Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back (2024, ★ 6.3)
• Jack Irish: Dead Point (2014, ★ 6.7)
• Paper Planes (2014, ★ 6)
• Runt (2024, ★ 6.2)
• Combat Wombat (2020, ★ 6.7)
• The New Boy (2023, ★ 5.6)
• Blinky Bill the Movie (2015, ★ 5.6)
• Radiance (1998, ★ 5.6)
• H Is for Happiness (2021, ★ 6.3)
• Kangaroo (2025, ★ 6.5)
• Tomorrow When the War Began (2016, ★ 6.5)
• Dear Claudia (1999, ★ 5)
• A Few Less Men (2017, ★ 5.4)
• Three Summers (2017, ★ 5.1)
• Bran Nue Dae (2009, ★ 5.4)
• 2067 (2020, ★ 5.4)