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Madeleine Sami

Madeleine Sami

Born: 1980-05-10 • 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
Lesbian Space Princess poster
Lesbian Space Princess
2025 • Queen Anne (voice)
Baby Done poster
Baby Done
2020 • Hospital Midwife
Come to Daddy poster
Come to Daddy
2019 • Gladys
The Breaker Upperers poster
The Breaker Upperers
2018 • Mel
No Image
(Time) Travel Centre
2016 • Donna
Slow West poster
Slow West
2015 • Marimacho
What We Do in the Shadows poster
What We Do in the Shadows
2014 • Morana
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business poster
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
2012 • Tania
Boy poster
Boy
2010 • Beat It Gang
Under the Mountain poster
Under the Mountain
2009 • Constable Wood
Eagle vs Shark poster
Eagle vs Shark
2007 • Burger Girl Customer
Sione's Wedding poster
Sione's Wedding
2006 • Tania
Perfect Strangers poster
Perfect Strangers
2003 • Andrea
No Image
Teach You a Lesson
2000 • Narrator