Born 1980 (age 46) · Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Appears in 37 titles

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.

Filmography

What We Do in the Shadows
7.5
What We Do in the Shadows
2014
as Morana
Slow West
6.7
Slow West
2015
as Marimacho
Come to Daddy
6.0
Come to Daddy
2019
as Gladys
Boy
7.3
Boy
2010
as Beat It Gang
Eagle vs Shark
6.5
Eagle vs Shark
2007
as Burger Girl Customer
The Breaker Upperers
5.2
The Breaker Upperers
2018
as Mel
Under the Mountain
4.5
Under the Mountain
2009
as Constable Wood
Baby Done
6.3
Baby Done
2020
as Hospital Midwife
Sione's Wedding
6.2
Sione's Wedding
2006
as Tania
Perfect Strangers
4.6
Perfect Strangers
2003
as Andrea
Lesbian Space Princess
6.4
Lesbian Space Princess
2025
as Queen Anne (voice)
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
Teach You a Lesson
2000
as Narrator
(Time) Travel Centre
2016
as Donna