Acting · Auckland, North Island, New Zealand · Born May 10, 1980
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.
TVUrzila
2026
MovieLesbian Space Princess
2025
as Queen Anne (voice)
TVThe Traitors NZ
2023
as Self - Host
TVDouble Parked
2023
as Nat
TVDeadloch
2023
as Eddie Redcliffe
TVOur Flag Means Death
2022
as Archie
TVPatriot Brains
2021
as Contestant
MovieBaby Done
2020
as Hospital Midwife
TVTaskmaster NZ
2020
as Self
TVHave You Been Paying Attention?
2019
as Panellist
TVMy Life Is Murder
2019
as Lena
TVGolden Boy
2019
as Claire
TVEducators
2019
as ERO Inspector #1
MovieCome to Daddy
2019
as Gladys
TVThe Bad Seed
2019
as Detective Marie Da Silva
TVThe Great Kiwi Bake Off
2018
as Self - Presenter
TVAnika Moa Unleashed
2018
as Self
MovieThe Breaker Upperers
2018
as Mel
(Time) Travel Centre
2016
as Donna
MovieSlow West
2015
as Marimacho
MovieWhat We Do in the Shadows
2014
as Morana
TVAroha Bridge
2013
as Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice)
MovieSione's 2: Unfinished Business
2012
as Tania
TVSuper City
2011
TVRadiradirah
2010
as Various
MovieBoy
2010
as Beat It Gang
MovieUnder the Mountain
2009
as Constable Wood
TV7 Days
2009
as Team Leader
TVThe Jaquie Brown Diaries
2008
MovieEagle vs Shark
2007
as Burger Girl Customer
MovieSione's Wedding
2006
as Tania
TVThe Insider's Guide To Happiness
2004
MoviePerfect Strangers
2003
as Andrea
Teach You a Lesson
2000
as Narrator
TVXena: Warrior Princess
1995
as Tyro
