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Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman

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.

Known for

Wolfram
Wolfram
2026 • Pansy
Kangaroo
Kangaroo
2025 • Rosie
Runt
Runt
2024 • Bernadette Box
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
2024 • Maggie Diggins (voice)
Scarygirl
Scarygirl
2023 • Treedweller (voice)
The New Boy
The New Boy
2023 • Sister Mum
Looking Black
Looking Black
2022 • Self
H Is for Happiness
H Is for Happiness
2021 • Penelope Benson

Full filmography

Wolfram
Wolfram
2026 • Pansy
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Kangaroo
Kangaroo
2025 • Rosie
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Runt
Runt
2024 • Bernadette Box
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Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
2024 • Maggie Diggins (voice)
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Scarygirl
Scarygirl
2023 • Treedweller (voice)
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The New Boy
The New Boy
2023 • Sister Mum
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H Is for Happiness
H Is for Happiness
2021 • Penelope Benson
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Combat Wombat
Combat Wombat
2020 • Maggie Diggins (voice)
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2067
2067
2020 • Regina Jackson
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A Few Less Men
A Few Less Men
2017 • Sergeant Simpson
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Oddball
Oddball
2015 • Mayor Lake / Narrator
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Blinky Bill the Movie
Blinky Bill the Movie
2015 • Blinky's Mother (voice)
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Paper Planes
Paper Planes
2014 • Maureen
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The Darkside
The Darkside
2013 • Pamela
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Mental
Mental
2012 • Sandra
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Mabo
Mabo
2012 • Bonita Mabo
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The Graduate From Sudan
The Graduate From Sudan
2009 • Self - Narrator
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Bran Nue Dae
Bran Nue Dae
2009 • Roxanne
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Lucky Miles
Lucky Miles
2007 • Lisa (voice)
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Radiance
Radiance
1998 • Nona
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