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Deborah Mailman

Acting Born Jul 14, 1972 Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Rush

as Gabe

Offspring

2010
Film

Kangaroo

as Rosie

Full filmography

  • Rush (2008) as Gabe
  • Offspring (2010)
  • Rove (1999) as Self
  • The Secret Life of Us (2001) as Kelly Lewis
  • Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation (2009) as Self - Contestant
  • Jack Irish (2016) as Cynthia
  • Total Control (2019) as Alex Irving
  • Boy Swallows Universe (2024) as Poppy Birkbeck
  • Please Like Me (2013) as Siobhah
  • ARK: The Animated Series (2024) as Deborah Walker (voice)
  • Mystery Road (2018) as Kerry Thompson
  • The New Boy (2023) as Sister Mum
  • Wolf Creek (2016) as Bernadette
  • Cleverman (2016) as Aunty Linda
  • 2067 (2020) as Regina Jackson
  • Last Days of the Space Age (2024) as Eileen Wilberforce
  • AACTA Awards (1976) as Self
  • It's a Date (2013) as Joanne
  • Redfern Now (2012) as Lorraine
  • Bite Club (2018) as Anna Morton
  • Scarygirl (2023) as Treedweller (voice)
  • Little J and Big Cuz (2017) as Big Cuz (voice)
  • The Sound (2020) as Self - Co-Host
  • Kangaroo (2025) as Rosie