Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 10, 1980
Place of Birth:
Auckland, New Zealand
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lesbian Space Princess | |
| 2020 | Baby Done | Hospital Midwife |
| 2019 | Come to Daddy | Gladys |
| 2018 | The Breaker Upperers | Mel |
| 2016 | (Time) Travel Centre | Donna |
| 2015 | Slow West | Marimacho |
| 2014 | What We Do in the Shadows | Morana |
| 2012 | Sione's 2: Unfinished Business | Tania |
| 2010 | Boy | Beat It Gang |
| 2009 | Under the Mountain | Constable Wood |
| 2007 | Eagle vs Shark | Burger Girl Customer |
| 2006 | Sione's Wedding | Tania |
| 2003 | Perfect Strangers | Andrea |
| 2000 | Teach You a Lesson | Narrator |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Deadloch | Eddie Redcliffe |
| 2023 | Double Parked | Nat |
| 2022 | Our Flag Means Death | Archie |
| 2021 | Patriot Brains | Contestant |
| 2020 | Taskmaster NZ | Self |
| 2019 | My Life Is Murder | Lena |
| 2019 | Educators | ERO Inspector #1 |
| 2019 | The Bad Seed | Detective Marie Da Silva |
| 2019 | Have You Been Paying Attention? | Panellist |
| 2019 | Golden Boy | Claire |
| 2018 | Anika Moa Unleashed | Self |
| 2018 | The Great Kiwi Bake Off | Self - Presenter |
| 2011 | Super City | |
| 2010 | Radiradirah | Various |
| 2009 | 7 Days | Team Leader |
| 2009 | 7 Days | Panelist |
| 2008 | The Jaquie Brown Diaries | |
| 2008 | The Jaquie Brown Diaries | Serita Singh |
| 2004 | The Insider's Guide To Happiness |