Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Born
14 julio 1972 (54)
Place of birth
Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Also known as
Deborah Jane Mailman · Deborah Mailmen · 데보라 메일맨 · Дебора Мейлман
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.
Conocido por
6.8
Film
Kangaroo
Rosie
2025
5.6
Series
Total Control
Alex Irving
2019–2024
5.7
Series
The Secret Life of Us
Kelly Lewis
2001–2005
7.0
Film
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Mavis
2002
7.8
Series
ARK: The Animated Series
Deborah Walker (voice)
2024–
5.4
Film
Blinky Bill the Movie
Blinky's Mother (voice)
2015
6.0
Film
The New Boy
Sister Mum
2023
5.8
Series
Cleverman
Aunty Linda
2016–2017
5.6
Series
Last Days of the Space Age
Eileen Wilberforce
2024
5.5
Film
2067
Regina Jackson
2020
5.7
Series
Bite Club
Anna Morton
2018
6.9
Film
Scarygirl
Treedweller (voice)
2023
4.3
Film
Wolfram
Pansy
2026
6.2
Film
Runt
Bernadette Box
2024
6.5
Series
Tomorrow When the War Began
Kath
2016
6.6
Film
Combat Wombat
Maggie Diggins (voice)
2020
6.3
Film
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
Maggie Diggins (voice)
2024
6.4
Film
H Is for Happiness
Penelope Benson
2021
7.0
Series
Australia's Wild Odyssey
Narrator (voice)
2023–
5.2
Film
Three Summers
Pam
2017
Acting credits 20 titles
Wolfram
as Pansy
4.3
2026
Kangaroo
as Rosie
6.8
2025
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
6.3
2024
Last Days of the Space Age
as Eileen Wilberforce
5.6
2024
Runt
as Bernadette Box
6.2
2024
ARK: The Animated Series
as Deborah Walker (voice)
7.8
2024–
Australia's Wild Odyssey
as Narrator (voice)
7.0
2023–
The New Boy
as Sister Mum
6.0
2023
Scarygirl
as Treedweller (voice)
6.9
2023
H Is for Happiness
as Penelope Benson
6.4
2021
Combat Wombat
as Maggie Diggins (voice)
6.6
2020
2067
as Regina Jackson
5.5
2020
Total Control
as Alex Irving
5.6
2019–2024
Bite Club
as Anna Morton
5.7
2018
Three Summers
as Pam
5.2
2017
Cleverman
as Aunty Linda
5.8
2016–2017
Tomorrow When the War Began
as Kath
6.5
2016
Blinky Bill the Movie
as Blinky's Mother (voice)
5.4
2015
Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Mavis
7.0
2002
The Secret Life of Us
as Kelly Lewis
5.7
2001–2005