Deborah Mailman
Actor
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
Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Mavis 2002
The Sapphires
as Gail 2012
Paper Planes
as Maureen 2014
Oddball
as Mayor Lake / Narrator 2015
Mental
as Sandra 2012
A Few Less Men
as Sergeant Simpson 2017
Scarygirl
as Treedweller (voice) 2023
Blinky Bill the Movie
as Blinky's Mother (voice) 2015
The Monkey's Mask
as Lou 2001
Jack Irish: Dead Point
as Cynthia 2014
Bran Nue Dae
as Roxanne 2009
Combat Wombat
as Maggie Diggins (voice) 2020
The Book of Revelation
as Julie 2006
The New Boy
as Sister Mum 2023
Three Summers
as Pam 2017
H Is for Happiness
as Penelope Benson 2021