Madeleine Sami
Acting
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.
TV Shows(19)
Double Parked
Nat
2023
Deadloch
Eddie Redcliffe
2023
Our Flag Means Death
Archie
2022
Patriot Brains
Contestant
2021
Taskmaster NZ
Self
2020
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Panellist
2019
My Life Is Murder
Lena
2019
Golden Boy
Claire
2019
Educators
ERO Inspector #1
2019
The Bad Seed
Detective Marie Da Silva
2019
The Great Kiwi Bake Off
Self - Presenter
2018
Anika Moa Unleashed
Self
2018
Aroha Bridge
Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice)
2013
Super City
2011
Radiradirah
Various
2010
7 Days
Team Leader
2009
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
2008
The Insider's Guide To Happiness
2004
Xena: Warrior Princess
Tyro
1995
Movies(14)
Lesbian Space Princess
Queen Anne (voice)
2025
Baby Done
Hospital Midwife
2020
Come to Daddy
Gladys
2019
The Breaker Upperers
Mel
2018
(Time) Travel Centre
Donna
2016
Slow West
Marimacho
2015
What We Do in the Shadows
Morana
2014
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
Tania
2012
Boy
Beat It Gang
2010
Under the Mountain
Constable Wood
2009
Eagle vs Shark
Burger Girl Customer
2007
Sione's Wedding
Tania
2006
Perfect Strangers
Andrea
2003
Teach You a Lesson
Narrator
2000