Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman

CountryAustralia Australia
GenderFemale
BirthdayJul 14, 1972
BiographyDeborah Jane Mailman (born 14 July 1972) is an Australian television and film actress, and singer. Mailman is best known for her characters: MP Alexandra "Alex" Irving on the Australian political drama series Total Control, 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, Poppy Birkbeck in the miniseries Boy Swallows Universe and Aunt Linda in the Australian dystopian science fiction series Cleverman.

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. She first gained recognition in the 1998 film Radiance for which she won her first AFI award. Her other well known films are Rabbit-Proof Fence, Bran Nue Dae, Oddball, The Sapphires, Paper Planes, Blinky Bill the Movie, H Is for Happiness, and The Book of Revelation.

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Known For

AACTA Awards
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as Host
ARK: The Animated Series
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ARK: The Animated Series

as Deborah Walker
Australia's Wild Odyssey
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Australia's Wild Odyssey

as Narrator
Bite Club
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Bite Club

as Anna Morton
Boy Swallows Universe
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Boy Swallows Universe

as Poppy Birkbeck
Cleverman
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Cleverman

as Aunty Linda
Jack Irish
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Jack Irish

as Cynthia
Last Days of the Space Age
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Last Days of the Space Age

as Eileen Wilberforce
Mystery Road
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Mystery Road

as Kerry Thompson
Offspring
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Offspring

as Cherie
The Secret Life of Us
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The Secret Life of Us

as Kelly Lewis
Total Control
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Total Control

as Alex Irving

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