Madeleine Sami
Known for Acting
Born May 10, 1980
Place of Birth 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.
Filmography
What We Do in the Shadows
2014
as Morana
Come to Daddy
2019
as Gladys
Boy
2010
as Beat It Gang
Slow West
2015
as Marimacho
Eagle vs Shark
2007
as Burger Girl Customer
The Breaker Upperers
2018
as Mel
Sione's Wedding
2006
as Tania
Lesbian Space Princess
2025
as Queen Anne (voice)
Baby Done
2020
as Hospital Midwife
Under the Mountain
2009
as Constable Wood
Perfect Strangers
2003
as Andrea
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
2012
as Tania
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Teach You a Lesson
2000
as Narrator
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(Time) Travel Centre
2016
as Donna