Actor
Deborah Mailman
Born July 14, 1972 in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia31 films
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.
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First watchRabbit-Proof Fence20027.0as MavisIn 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.View filmEssential films
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31 films as actor- TBARepeats
- 2026A Grief EncounterAdrienne
- 2026WolframPansy
- 2025KangarooRosie
- 2024RuntBernadette Box
- 2024Combat Wombat: Back 2 BackMaggie Diggins (voice)
- 2023ScarygirlTreedweller (voice)
- 2023The New BoySister Mum
- 2021H Is for HappinessPenelope Benson
- 2020Combat WombatMaggie Diggins (voice)
- 20202067Regina Jackson
- 2017Three SummersPam
- 2017A Few Less MenSergeant Simpson
- 2015OddballMayor Lake / Narrator
- 2015Blinky Bill the MovieBlinky's Mother (voice)
- 2015Redfern Now: Promise MeLorraine
- 2014Paper PlanesMaureen
- 2014Jack Irish: Dead PointCynthia
- 2013The DarksidePamela
- 2012MentalSandra
- 2012The SapphiresGail
- 2012MaboBonita Mabo
- 2009Bran Nue DaeRoxanne
- 2007Lucky MilesLisa (voice)
- 2006The Book of RevelationJulie
- 2002Rabbit-Proof FenceMavis
- 2001Play School: Nursery RhymesDeborah
- 2001The Monkey's MaskLou
- 1999The Third NoteTina
- 1999Dear ClaudiaCathy
- 1998RadianceNona