Madeleine Sami
Acting
Biography
Actor Madeleine Sami won international acclaim starring in two Toa Fraser plays: 1998's Bare and solo show No 2. Aged 18, she debuted on screen on Shortland Street and Pio. Following Insiders Guide to Happiness, she played Oscar Kightley's romantic interest in Sione's Wedding. Sami went on to win an NZ acting award for Super City, in which she created and played multiple characters. In 2018 comedy The Breaker Upperers hit cinemas; Sami co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred with Jackie van Beek.
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Movies (15)
Lesbian Space Princess2025Queen Anne (voice)
Baby Done2020Hospital Midwife
Come to Daddy2019Gladys
The Breaker Upperers2018Mel- (Time) Travel Centre2016Donna
Slow West2015Marimacho
What We Do in the Shadows2014Morana
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business2012Tania
Boy2010Beat It Gang
Under the Mountain2009Constable Wood
Eagle vs Shark2007Burger Girl Customer
Sione's Wedding2006Tania
Perfect Strangers2003Andrea- Teach You a Lesson2000Narrator
HopeDirecting
Shows (23)
Urzila2026
The Traitors NZ2023Self - Host
Double Parked2023Nat
Deadloch2023Eddie Redcliffe
Our Flag Means Death2022Archie
Raised by Refugees2022Directing
Patriot Brains2021Contestant
Taskmaster NZ2020Self
Have You Been Paying Attention?2019Panellist
My Life Is Murder2019Lena
Golden Boy2019Claire
Educators2019ERO Inspector #1
The Bad Seed2019Detective Marie Da Silva
The Great Kiwi Bake Off2018Self - Presenter
Anika Moa Unleashed2018Self
Funny Girls2015Directing
Aroha Bridge2013Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice)
Super City2011
Radiradirah2010Various
7 Days2009Team Leader
The Jaquie Brown Diaries2008
The Insider's Guide To Happiness2004
Xena: Warrior Princess1995Tyro