Madeleine Sami
Acting
Born: 1980-05-10 · Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
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.
🎬 Movies (14)
Lesbian Space Princess
2025
Queen Anne (voice)
Baby Done
2020
Hospital Midwife
Come to Daddy
2019
Gladys
The Breaker Upperers
2018
Mel
(Time) Travel Centre
2016
Donna
Slow West
2015
Marimacho
What We Do in the Shadows
2014
Morana
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
2012
Tania
Boy
2010
Beat It Gang
Under the Mountain
2009
Constable Wood
Eagle vs Shark
2007
Burger Girl Customer
Sione's Wedding
2006
Tania
Perfect Strangers
2003
Andrea
Teach You a Lesson
2000
Narrator
📺 TV Shows (20)
Urzila
2026
The Traitors NZ
2023
Self - Host
Double Parked
2023
Nat
Deadloch
2023
Eddie Redcliffe
Our Flag Means Death
2022
Archie
Patriot Brains
2021
Contestant
Taskmaster NZ
2020
Self
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2019
Panellist
My Life Is Murder
2019
Lena
Golden Boy
2019
Claire
Educators
2019
ERO Inspector #1
The Bad Seed
2019
Detective Marie Da Silva
The Great Kiwi Bake Off
2018
Self - Presenter
Anika Moa Unleashed
2018
Self
Aroha Bridge
2013
Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice)
Super City
2011
Radiradirah
2010
Various
7 Days
2009
Team Leader
7 Days
2009
Panelist
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
2008