Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman is an Australian television and film actress. 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 grew up in Mount Isa in northwest Queensland. She is one of five children born to Wally Mailman, a famous rodeo rider and horseman, and Jane Mailman, the daughter of a preacher and talented musician. She has both Indigenous Australian and Mori heritage. In 1992, she graduated from Queensland University of Technology Academy of the Arts with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Performing Arts. Since then she has worked extensively in Australian film, television and theater as well as many contributions overseas.

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