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Deborah Mailman
Born: 1972-07-14 in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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.
Rated Filmography (28)
Sorted by Score9.0
The Darkside
2013
8.0
Redfern Now: Promise Me
2015
7.1
Mabo
2012
7.0
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
7.0
A Grief Encounter
2026
6.9
Scarygirl
2023
6.9
Oddball
2015
6.8
The Sapphires
2012
6.6
Combat Wombat
2020
6.6
Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014
6.5
H Is for Happiness
2021
6.4
Kangaroo
2025
6.3
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
2024
6.2
Runt
2024
6.1
The New Boy
2023
6.0
Lucky Miles
2007
6.0
Paper Planes
2014
5.9
Radiance
1998
5.7
Dear Claudia
1999
5.6
Mental
2012
5.5
2067
2020
5.4
Blinky Bill the Movie
2015
5.4
A Few Less Men
2017
5.3
Bran Nue Dae
2009
5.3
Three Summers
2017
5.2
The Book of Revelation
2006
4.4
The Monkey's Mask
2001
4.3
Wolfram
2026