- Deborah Mailman majored in drama at the Queensland University of Technology. Her theatre work includes the all-Aboriginal Sydney Theatre Company production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", the Sydney Belvoir Street Theatre production of "The Small Poppies", and the touring production of "Seven Stages of Grieving."
She is the first Aboriginal actress to win a AFI Best Actress Award. She works at the Aboriginal theatre company Kooemba Djarra in Brisbane and co-wrote the play "Seven Stages of Grieving."- IMDb mini biography by: mappelby@yahoo.com.au - The multi-award-winning Ms Mailman AM is one of Australia's most highly-respected stage and screen actors. Her feature credits include "Radiance", "Rabbit Proof Fence", and the internationally-acclaimed "The Sapphires." Ms. Mailman has created some of Australia's most-enduring television characters, including her award-winning portrayals in "Mystery Road", "Redfern Now", "Mabo", and "The Secret Life of Us", as well as voicing Big Cuz in the award-winning animation "Little J & Big Cuz."
In 2017, Ms Mailman received the Order of Australia Medal for Services to the Arts and as a role model for Indigenous performers. She is currently a Trustee of the Sydney Opera House.- IMDb mini biography by: Screen Australia official site bio
- ParentsJane MailmanWally Mailman
- Currently appearing in "The Sapphires", a musical about a quartet of Aboriginal female singers who entertained troops during the Vietnam War, in Sydney.
- [September 2005] She was one of 12 actors who were offered exclusive two-year contracts by the Sydney Theatre Company to be known as the Actors Company. The other actors also offered contracts are: Marta Dusseldorp, John Gaden, Pamela Rabe, Peter Carroll, Dan Spielman, Brandon Burke, Eden Falk, Marco Chiappi and Hayley McElhinney.
- Appears on ABC's afternoon children television program, "Play School".
- Won a 2016 TV Week Logie Award in the Most Outstanding Actress category for her role as Lorraine in Redfern Now: Promise Me (2015).
- Nominated for a 2013 TV Week Logie Award in the Most Popular Actress category for her role as Lorraine in Redfern Now (2012).
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