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Deborah Mailman

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Television Actress / Voice Actress / Actress | * 07/14/1972 (51) | Mount Isa (Australia)
Deborah Jane Mailman (born 14 July 1972) is an Australian television and film actress, and singer. Mailman is known for her characters: Kelly Lewis on the Australian drama series The Secret Life of Us, Cherie Butterfield in the Australian comedy-drama series Offspring, Lorraine in the Australian drama series Redfern Now and Aunt Linda in the Australian dystopian science fiction series Cleverman. Mailman is currently portraying the lead role of Alexandra "Alex" Irving on the Australian political drama series Total Control. Mailman 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. She first gained recognition in the 1998 film Radiance for which she won her first AFI award. Her other well known film... ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Kids & Family

Known for these Movies & Shows

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 t ...

2067

NR

2020 | 2.6/5 | 1h 54min
Science Fiction, Thriller
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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. ...

The Sapphires

PG-13

2012 | 3.4/5 | 1h 43min
Comedy, Drama
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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 mi ...

Bran Nue Dae

PG-13

2009 | 2.9/5 | 1h 22min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and f ...

Offspring

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2010 | 3.5/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Deborah Mailman

Member of The Order of Australia
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Movies with Deborah Mailman as Actress(26)

as Maggie Diggins (voice)2024 Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
as Treedweller (voice)2023 Scarygirl
2023 The New Boy
as herself2022 Looking Black
as Penelope Benson2021 H Is for Happiness
as Maggie Diggins (voice)2020 Combat Wombat
as Regina Jackson2020 2067
as Pam2017 Three Summers
as Police Officer2017 A Few Less Men
as Lorraine2015 Redfern Now: Promise Me
as Mayor Lake / Narrator2015 Oddball
as Blinky's Mother (voice)2015 Blinky Bill the Movie
as Cynthia2014 Jack Irish: Dead Point
as Maureen2014 Paper Planes
as Pamela2013 The Darkside
as Bonita Mabo2012 Mabo
as Sandra2012 Mental
as Gail2012 The Sapphires
as Roxanne2009 Bran Nue Dae
as Lisa (voice)2007 Lucky Miles
as herself2006 The Archive Project
as herself2002 Black Chicks Talking
as Mavis2002 Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Lou2001 The Monkey's Mask
as Cathy1999 Dear Claudia
as Nona1998 Radiance

TV Shows/Series with Deborah Mailman as Actress(17)

2024 Last Days of the Space Age
as Deborah Walker (voice)2024 ARK: The Animated Series
as Alex Irving2019 Total Control
as Kerry Thompson2018 Mystery Road
as Anna Morton2018 Bite Club
as Big Cuz (voice)2017 Little J & Big Cuz
as Bernadette2016 Wolf Creek
as Aunty Linda2016 Cleverman
as Kath2016 Tomorrow When the War Began
as Cynthia2016 Jack Irish
as Siobhah2013 Please Like Me
as Joanne2013 It's a Date
as Lorraine2012 Redfern Now
2010 Offspring
2008 Rush
as Kelly Lewis2001 The Secret Life of Us
as herself1999 Rove

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.suebarnett.net
Full Name: Deborah Mailman
Citizenship: Australia
Born: Friday, 07/14 1972 (July) in Mount Isa (Australia) (current age: 51 years + 286 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Queensland University of Technology
Other names for Deborah Mailman (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Deborah Jane Mailman"
"Deborah Mailmen"
"데보라 메일맨"
Deborah Mailman frequently works together with these people:
Rachel Perkins (9x, Crew)
Warwick Thornton (8x, Crew)
Wayne Blair (7x, Actor)
Peter Helliar (6x, Actor)
Aaron Pedersen (5x, Actor)
Josh Thomas (5x, Actor)
Ricard Cussó (5x, Cast)
Anousha Zarkesh (4x, Crew)
Robert Connolly (4x, Crew)
Michelle McGilvray (4x, Crew)
Nathan Jurevicius (4x, Crew)
Ryan Greaves (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:491657, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024