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