Deborah Jane Mailman, AM (born 14 July 1972) is an Australian
television 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 had gone on to win four more both in television and
film. The awards are now known as the AACTA Awards. Mailman first
gained recognition for the 1998 film Radiance for which she won her
first AFI award.
She is well known for having played the character Kelly Lewis on the
successful Australian television series, The Secret Life of Us. She is
also well known for her current role as Cherie Butterfield in the
successful Australian drama series Offspring. She also portrayed the
role of Lorraine in the rotating cast of the acclaimed Australian TV
series about daily Aboriginal life Redfern Now.
Mailman is currently part of the main cast of the television program
Cleverman, she portrays the role of Aunt Linda.
She starred in lead roles in the acclaimed films Rabbit-Proof Fence,
Oddball, The Sapphires, and Paper Planes.
Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 Awards and nominations 5.1 AACTA Awards 5.2 Logie Awards 5.3 FCCA Awards 5.4 Helpmann Awards 5.5 Other awards 6 References 7 External links Early life[edit]
Mailman grew up in
Mount Isa
Mailman at Australian Film Walk of Fame at Randwick Ritz, The Spot Festival Mailman played the role of Kate in a La Boite Theatre production of
Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew in 1994.[3][4] Other early stage
roles include solo show The Seven Stages of Grieving (which she
co-wrote with Wesley Enoch) for Kooemba Jdarra,
Queensland
Mailman and actor
Barry Otto
Year Film Role Notes 1998 Radiance Nona 2000 The Third Note Tina Short film 2000 The Monkey's Mask Lou 2001–05 The Secret Life of Us Kelly Lewis / Narrator TV series (Seasons 1–4, Episodes 1–86) 2002 Rabbit-Proof Fence Mavis 2006 The Book of Revelation Julie 2009 Bran Nue Dae Roxanne 2010– Offspring Cherie Butterfield TV series 2012 Mental Sandra 2012 The Sapphires Gail McCrae 2012 Mabo Bonita 2012 Redfern Now Lorraine TV series (Episode 3: Raymond) (Episode 7:Where the Heart Is) 2013 The Darkside 2014-18 Jack Irish Cynthia TV series 2015 Paper Planes Maureen 2015 Oddball Mayor Lake also narrator 2015 Redfern Now: Promise Me Lorraine TV movie 2015 Blinky Bill the Movie Blinky's mum Voice 2016 Tomorrow When the War Began Kath Mackenzie TV series 2016-17 Cleverman Aunty Linda TV series 2016 Black Comedy Guest Cast TV series 2016 Wolf Creek Bernadette O'Dell TV series 2016 A Few Less Men Police Officer 2016 Please Like Me Siobhan TV series (Episode 4.6 'Souvlaki') 2017 Little J & Big Cuz Big Cuz Animated TV series 2017 Three Summers Film 2017 Get Krack!n Prime Minister Burney TV series (Episode 1.7) 2017 Djali Gracie Phillips Short film 2018 Mystery Road Kerry Thompson TV mini-series 2018 Bite Club Anna Morton TV series Awards and nominations[edit] Mailman's plaque at the Australian Film Walk of Fame, Ritz Cinema, Randwick, Sydney AACTA Awards[edit] Year Category Film Result 1998 Best Leading Movie Actress Radiance Won 2003 Best Leading TV Actress The Secret Life Of Us Won 2010 Best Supporting Movie Actress Bran Nue Dae Won Best Supporting TV Actress Offspring Won 2013 Best Leading Movie Actress The Sapphires Won Best Supporting Movie Actress Mental Nominated 2016 Paper Planes Nominated Best Leading TV Actress Redfern Now Nominated Logie Awards[edit] Year Category Film Result 2002 Most Outstanding Actress The Secret Life Of Us Won 2003 Nominated 2004 Won 2013 Mabo Won Most Popular Actress Nominated 2016 Most Outstanding Actress Redfern Now: Promise Me Won FCCA Awards[edit] Year Category Film Result 2010 Best Supporting Actress Bran Nue Dae Nominated 2013 Best Actress The Sapphires Nominated Helpmann Awards[edit] Year Category Production Result 2003 Best Female Actor in a Play The Seven Stages of Grieving Nominated 2005 Best Female Actor in a Play The Sapphires Nominated 2007 Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play The Lost Echo Won Other awards[edit] Year Category Result 2003 NAIDOC Person of the Year Won 2003 Female Actor of the Year Won In 2012, Mailman was a recipient of the
Queensland
^ a b Lehmann, Megan (9 November 2013). "Darkside star Deborah Mailman
moves amid kindred spirits". The Australian. Retrieved 16 January
2015.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
Retrieved 2 December 2012. inspirational-stories/deborah-mailman
^ AusStage
^ Bryant, Nick (October 2012). "The Mailman express: An actress on a
roll". The Monthly. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
^ a b Prior, Sian (11 March 2002). "Smashing through". The Age.
Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/6417
^ Jopson, Debra (15 June 2002). "Look at us now". The Sydney Morning
Herald. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ Dwyer, Michael (26 January 2006). "Home and away". The Age.
Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "The Actors Company's short, fraught life". The Sydney Morning
Herald. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ Hawker, Philippa (8 August 2009). "Indigenous film's world premiere
introduces some Bran Nue stars". The Age. Retrieved 7 March
2016.
^ "Ralph". Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ "Deborah Mailman". Offspring. Network Ten. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 6
August 2010. [dead link]
^ Knox, David (28 May 2012). "Cameras roll on Redfern Now". TV
Tonight. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
^ Domjen, Briana (11 January 2015). "
Deborah Mailman
External links[edit]
Deborah Mailman
v t e AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Monica Maughan (1971)
Jacki Weaver
v t e AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Melissa Jaffer/
Jacki Weaver
v t e AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama
Lois Ramsey (2000) (a)
Catherine McClements
Key: (a)= Winner of Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series (b)= Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy v t e Equity Award for Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Rake, series 1 (2010): Box; Brazier; Carter; Cormack; Day; Dykstra; Joyce; Le Marquand; Morrell; Pickering; Roxburgh East West 101, series 3 (2011): Farinacci; Fa'aoso; Hany; Lim; Nable; Porter; Roc Redfern Now, series 1 (2012): Blair; Flanagan; Mailman; McGrath; Pell; Purcell; Rose; Sebbens; Yovich Redfern Now, series 2 (2013): Blair; Clarkson Jones; Dingo; Flanagan; Hazlehurst; Madden; Page; Pistorius; Williscroft; Wyatt; Yovich Rake, series 3 (2014): Allsop; Box; Brazier; Cormack; Day; Dykstra; Garvey; Joyce; Kaczmarek; Le Marquand; Lemon; Malcolm; Pickering; Roxburgh; Sacks The Principal (2015): Adams; Coco; De Nawi; Denkha; Demitriades; Dimitriades; Foulkes; Hanna; Lekwape; Matangi; Romahn; Xanthis; Young; Zahalka
Cleverman
v t e Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play Jane Harders (2003)
Belinda McClory (2004)
Zoe Carides (2005)
Alison Bell (2006)
Deborah Mailman
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