1. Deborah Jane Mailman was born on 14 July 1972 and is an Australian television and film actress, and singer.
24 Facts About Deborah Mailman
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Deborah 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 six more both in television and film.
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Deborah Mailman first gained recognition in the 1998 film Radiance for which she won her first AFI award.
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Deborah Jane Mailman was born 14 July 1972 and grew up in Mount Isa in north-west Queensland.
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Deborah Mailman has both Aboriginal and Maori heritage.
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Deborah Mailman played the role of Kate in a La Boite Theatre production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew in 1994.
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In 1998, Deborah Mailman made her film debut as Nona in the Australian independent film Radiance, for which she won the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
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Deborah Mailman had a role in The Secret Life of Us, for which she was twice awarded Most Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at the Logies.
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Deborah Mailman was part of the Leah Purcell documentary Black Chicks Talking, where she discussed her Aboriginal heritage.
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Deborah Mailman appeared in the Play School TV series and was part of The Actors Company for the Sydney Theatre Company.
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Deborah Mailman was a presenter on the ABC Television show Message Stick.
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Deborah Mailman played a lead role in the 2010 musical film Bran Nue Dae.
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Deborah Mailman was awarded an Inside Film Award for her short film Ralph, which starred Madeleine Madden.
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On 29 January 2015, Deborah Mailman co-hosted the AACTA Awards with Cate Blanchett.
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Deborah Mailman started as Maureen Prescott in Paper Planes, released 15 January 2015.
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On 18 February 2015, Deborah Mailman joined the Sydney Opera House Trust.
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In 2019, Deborah Mailman was appointed to a three-year term as a member of the Screen Australia Board.
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In 2024, Deborah Mailman guest starred in the Bluey episode "The Sign", voicing one of the two Sheepdogs looking for a house with a swimming pool.
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On 7 August 2024, Deborah Mailman was named as part of the cast for the Disney+ series Last Days of the Space Age.
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On 18 August, Deborah Mailman won the Logie for Best Lead Actress in a drama at the 2024 Logie Awards.
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In September 2024 Deborah Mailman was appointed as a member of First Nations Arts, a newly-established division of the government arts funding body Australia Council focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts, for a term of four years.
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In 2003, Deborah Mailman was NAIDOC Person of the Year, and won Female Actor of the Year.
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In 2012, Deborah Mailman was a recipient of the Queensland Greats Awards.
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In 2017, Deborah Mailman won the Chauvel Award, which acknowledges significant contribution to the Australian screen industry.