- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 10, 1980
- Place of Birth
- Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Madeleine Sami
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.
Filmography
tvUrzila
2026
movieLesbian Space Princess
2025 · Queen Anne (voice)
tvThe Traitors NZ
2023 · Self - Host
tvDouble Parked
2023 · Nat, Director
tvDeadloch
2023 · Eddie Redcliffe
tvOur Flag Means Death
2022 · Archie
tvRaised by Refugees
2022 · Director
tvPatriot Brains
2021 · Contestant
movieBaby Done
2020 · Hospital Midwife
tvTaskmaster NZ
2020 · Self
tvHave You Been Paying Attention?
2019 · Panellist
tvMy Life Is Murder
2019 · Lena
tvGolden Boy
2019 · Claire
tvEducators
2019 · ERO Inspector #1
movieCome to Daddy
2019 · Gladys
tvThe Bad Seed
2019 · Detective Marie Da Silva
tvThe Great Kiwi Bake Off
2018 · Self - Presenter
tvAnika Moa Unleashed
2018 · Self
movieThe Breaker Upperers
2018 · Mel, Director, Writer
(Time) Travel Centre
movie(Time) Travel Centre
2016 · Donna
tvFunny Girls
2015 · Director
movieSlow West
2015 · Marimacho
movieWhat We Do in the Shadows
2014 · Morana
tvAroha Bridge
2013 · Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice), Writer
movieSione's 2: Unfinished Business
2012 · Tania
tvSuper City
2011
tvRadiradirah
2010 · Various
movieBoy
2010 · Beat It Gang
movieUnder the Mountain
2009 · Constable Wood
tv7 Days
2009 · Team Leader, Panelist
tvThe Jaquie Brown Diaries
2008 · , Serita Singh
movieEagle vs Shark
2007 · Burger Girl Customer
movieSione's Wedding
2006 · Tania
tvThe Insider's Guide To Happiness
2004
moviePerfect Strangers
2003 · Andrea
Teach You a Lesson
movieTeach You a Lesson
2000 · Narrator
tvXena: Warrior Princess
1995 · Tyro
movieHope
— · Director