Deborah Mailman

Deborah Mailman (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 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 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, Blinky Bill the Movie, Oddball, The Sapphires, and Paper Planes.
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Category:1972 births
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Category:Helpmann Award winners
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