Madeleine Sami
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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Acting History
2025
Lesbian Space Princess as Queen Anne (voice)
2023Double Parked as Nat
2023Deadloch as Eddie Redcliffe
2022Our Flag Means Death as Archie
2021Patriot Brains as Contestant
2020Baby Done as Hospital Midwife
2020Taskmaster NZ as Self
2019Have You Been Paying Attention? as Panellist
2019My Life Is Murder as Lena
2019Golden Boy as Claire
2019Educators as ERO Inspector #1
2019Come to Daddy as Gladys
2019The Bad Seed as Detective Marie Da Silva
2018The Great Kiwi Bake Off as Self - Presenter
2018Anika Moa Unleashed as Self
2018The Breaker Upperers as Mel
2016(Time) Travel Centre as Donna
2015Slow West as Marimacho
2014What We Do in the Shadows as Morana
2012Sione's 2: Unfinished Business as Tania
2011Super City
2010Radiradirah as Various
2010Boy as Beat It Gang
2009Under the Mountain as Constable Wood
20097 Days as Team Leader
20097 Days as Panelist
2008The Jaquie Brown Diaries
2008The Jaquie Brown Diaries as Serita Singh
2007Eagle vs Shark as Burger Girl Customer
2006Sione's Wedding as Tania
2004The Insider's Guide To Happiness
2003Perfect Strangers as Andrea
2000Teach You a Lesson as Narrator
1995Xena: Warrior Princess as Tyro