Deborah Mailman is set to become the first Indigenous person to be inducted into the Logie Awards Hall of Fame.

Ms Mailman, a Bidjara and Maori actor, told ABC Radio National's Awaye! program: "This means everything."

"For me and for our mob, this isn't just recognition for me. It's recognition for everyone who's gone before me, who changed things for someone like me to be doing the work that I'm doing," she said.

On Sunday, the ABC reports, Ms Mailman will become just the sixth woman to join the Logie Awards Hall of Fame.

"Times are changing, thankfully, but it's 2026," she told Radio National.

"To be the first [Indigenous person] — it's long overdue. Not just for me, but for anyone in this industry."

Ms Mailman began her acting career in theatre, co-writing and acting The 7 Stages of Grieving in 1994.

She played Nona in Indigenous director Rachel Perkins's film Radiance in 1998, winning an AFI Award for best lead actress, before her television debut as Kelly Lewis in The Secret Life Of Us, a performance that earned her first Logie in 2002, and another in 2004.

Her career has gone from strength to strength, earning another Logie in Redfern Now, and starring in Bran Nue Dae and The Sapphires on the big screen. She also appeared in Redfern Now, winning yet another Logie - for most outstanding actress - in 2016.

Ms Mailman also starred in the critically acclaimed Mystery Road, in the Indigenous superhero series Cleverman, and the award-winning The New Boy.

She reflected on how Australian television has changed over the past two decades.

"Where the most exciting storytelling is coming from is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sector," she told Radio National.

"It's just getting stronger and stronger ... look at the skill that's there, that has been nurtured over a long time, to get to the point where we have so many of our mob doing incredible work."

Ms Mailman said it was an honour to potentially inspire the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander actors and creatives, alongside her peers and collaborators, Ms Perkins and Leah Purcell (The Drover's Wife).

"A whole bunch of us grew up professionally together," she told Radio National.

"I'm part of that community and I'm proud of that.

"I'm really proud I'm still doing what I'm doing and that I've been part of this group of artists who've led by example."