Acting

Madeleine Sami

Born 1980-05-10 · Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

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.

Credits

Newest first

Urzila
2026
Lesbian Space Princess
as Queen Anne (voice)
2025
The Traitors NZ
as Self - Host
2023
Double Parked
as Nat
2023
Double Parked
Director
2023
Deadloch
as Eddie Redcliffe
2023
Deadloch
Writer
2023
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee
as Self
2023
Our Flag Means Death
as Archie
2022
Raised by Refugees
Director
2022
Patriot Brains
as Contestant
2021
Baby Done
as Hospital Midwife
2020
Taskmaster NZ
as Self
2020
Have You Been Paying Attention?
as Panellist
2019
My Life Is Murder
as Lena
2019
Golden Boy
as Claire
2019
Educators
as ERO Inspector #1
2019
Come to Daddy
as Gladys
2019
The Bad Seed
as Detective Marie Da Silva
2019
The Great Kiwi Bake Off
as Self - Presenter
2018
Anika Moa Unleashed
as Self
2018
The Breaker Upperers
as Mel
2018
The Breaker Upperers
Director
2018
The Breaker Upperers
Writer
2018
(Time) Travel Centre
as Donna
2016
Funny Girls
Director
2015
Slow West
as Marimacho
2015
What We Do in the Shadows
as Morana
2014
Aroha Bridge
as Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice)
2013
Aroha Bridge
Writer
2013
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
as Tania
2012
Super City
2011
Radiradirah
as Various
2010
Boy
as Beat It Gang
2010
Under the Mountain
as Constable Wood
2009
7 Days
as Team Leader
2009
7 Days
as Panelist
2009
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
2008
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
as Serita Singh
2008
Eagle vs Shark
as Burger Girl Customer
2007
Sione's Wedding
as Tania
2006
The Insider's Guide To Happiness
2004
Perfect Strangers
as Andrea
2003
Teach You a Lesson
as Narrator
2000
Xena: Warrior Princess
as Tyro
1995
Hope
Director
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