Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman

Birth : 1972-07-14, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia

History

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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Deborah Mailman
Deborah Mailman

Movies

Scarygirl
Treedweller (voice)
As her world is shrouded in darkness, a young girl must overcome her fears and travel to a mysterious city of light, save her father from a dangerous scientist and prevent the destruction of her planet.
Looking Black
Self
Looking Black explores the impact of Indigenous storytelling at the ABC, and how it has created deep and honest conversations about the experience of First Nations journalists, storytellers, and presenters.
H Is for Happiness
Penelope Benson
A twelve year old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world, is inspired by the strange new boy at school and sets out to mend her broken family - whatever it takes.
Combat Wombat
Maggie Diggins (voice)
Maggie Diggins, a wombat turned Wonder Woman, unintentionally becomes the city's superhero after she begrudgingly saves a rookie superhero sugar glider from certain doom.
2067
Regina Jackson
A lowly utility worker is called to the future by a mysterious radio signal, he must leave his dying wife to embark on a journey that will force him to face his deepest fears in an attempt to change the fabric of reality and save humankind from its greatest environmental crisis yet.
Three Summers
Pam
Set over three summers at The Westival, a fictional West Australian rural folk festival redoubtable local radio personality ‘Queenie' describes as "Australia in a tent". Two young musicians fall in love against a wider collection of tales dealing with a microcosm of contemporary discussion points, including Indigenous, immigration and refugee issues.
A Few Less Men
Police Officer
Travel plans for three men in ill-fitting wedding tuxedos goes horribly wrong.
Oddball
Mayor Lake / Narrator
An eccentric chicken farmer trains his mischievous dog to protect a penguin sanctuary from fox attacks in an attempt to reunite his family and save their seaside town.
Blinky Bill the Movie
Blinky's Mother (voice)
Blinky Bill is a little koala with a big imagination. An adventurer at heart, he dreams of leaving the little town of Green Patch and following in his missing father’s footsteps. When Blinky discovers a mysterious marker that hints at his Dad’s whereabouts, he embarks on a journey that takes him beyond the boundary of Green Patch and into the wild and dangerous Outback.
Redfern Now: Promise Me
Lorraine
Two young women are raped on their way home. The story follows the lives of both women and the different ways they deal with the crime.
Paper Planes
Maureen
Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so.
Jack Irish: Dead Point
Cynthia
Jack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a judge to find a mysterious red book.
The Darkside
Pamela
Writer and Director Warwick Thornton has assembled a collection of the most poignant, sad, funny and absurd ghost stories from around Australia. He will bring them to life with the help of some of Australia's most iconic actors as the storytellers.
Mental
Sandra
A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls.
The Sapphires
Gail
It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.
Mabo
Bonita Mabo
Mabo tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes - Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who left school at age 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.
Bran Nue Dae
Roxanne
In the Summer of 1965 a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome - fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl. However his mother returns him to the religious mission for further schooling. After being punished for an act of youthful rebellion, he runs away from the mission on a journey that ultimately leads him back home.
Lucky Miles
Lisa (voice)
It's 1990 and an Indonesian fishing boat abandons Iraqi and Cambodian refugees in a remote part of the Western Australia. Although most are quickly caught by officials, three men with nothing in common but their misfortune and determination to escape arrest, begin an epic journey into the heart of Australia.
The Archive Project
Herself
In the context of Australia's cold war a 'hidden history' of Melbourne's Realist film movement (1945-1959) is explored through the first person account of a filmmaker of another generation, speaking to the 'indy-media' movement of the present day.
Black Chicks Talking
Herself
Performer and writer Leah Purcell talks with five dynamic Indigenous women - Rosanna Angus, Kathryn Hay, Deborah Mailman, Cilla Malone and Tammy Williams - about what it means to be Aboriginal in Australia today. In a series of individual interviews and at one lively dinner party, the women share their experiences and opinions with extraordinary candour. The result is a passionate and challenging exploration of black identity and a celebration of five very different lives.
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Mavis
In 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.
Play School: Nursery Rhymes
Deborah
For over 30 years, Play School has been entertaining and teaching thousands of young Australians with its innovative and creative program style. Encouraging participation through a variety of interactive activities, Play School has without a doubt become an integral part of growing up. Presented by well-loved Play School hosts such as Noni Hazlehurst, Justine Clarke, Deborah Mailman and Rhys Muldoon, this special 100-minute DVD is jam-packed with over 30 favourite nursery rhymes, games to play, four segments on things to make and do, and nine animations including "Im a Little Teapot" and "This Little Piggy". Plus, the DVD contains four lovely stories and is also subtitled for the hearing impaired. Considered to be the most successful regular television program for pre-school children in the country, Play School is sure to be adored by a whole new generation of pre-schoolers. If there's a preschooler in your household, this is one DVD you won't want to miss!
The Monkey's Mask
Lou
A lesbian private detective falls in love with a suspect in the disappearance of a young woman. The film is based on the verse novel of the same name by Australian poet Dorothy Porter.
Dear Claudia
Cathy
Radiance
Nona
After the death of their mother, three estranged sisters return to their childhood home.
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
Maggie Diggins (voice)
When the promise of living in a perfect digital world traps the citizens of Sanctuary City online, Combat Wombat and Sweetie must return to save the day and kick some wom-butt!
The New Boy
Set in 1940s Australia, a 9-year-old aboriginal orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun. The new boy’s presence disturbs the delicately balanced world in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.