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Deborah Mailman ‘Why I Shunned Hollywood’

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Since the late ’90s, Deborah Mailman has been lighting up our screens. She has appeared in seminal films such as Rabbit-Proof Fence and Bran Nu Dae and groundbreaking television series, including The Secret Life Of Us and Offspring.

And yet, while we all feel like we’ve grown up with her, off-screen she’s still very much an enigma. And Deborah prefers it that way.

“I’m a sneaky, sneaky private one, I know,” she laughs as she chats to “But I’ve always been like that.

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