
Actor
Madeleine Sami
Born 1980 · 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.
Directed
Acting

What We Do in the Shadows
Morana · 2014

Xena: Warrior Princess
Tyro · 1995

Slow West
Marimacho · 2015

Boy
Beat It Gang · 2010

Our Flag Means Death
Archie · 2022

Come to Daddy
Gladys · 2019

Eagle vs Shark
Burger Girl Customer · 2007

Deadloch
Eddie Redcliffe · 2023

My Life Is Murder
Lena · 2019

The Breaker Upperers
Mel · 2018

Taskmaster NZ
Self · 2020

Baby Done
Hospital Midwife · 2020

Sione's Wedding
Tania · 2006

Lesbian Space Princess
Queen Anne (voice) · 2025

The Traitors NZ
Self - Host · 2023

Golden Boy
Claire · 2019

Under the Mountain
Constable Wood · 2009

Have You Been Paying Attention?
Panellist · 2019

7 Days
Team Leader · 2009

Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
Tania · 2012

Perfect Strangers
Andrea · 2003

Educators
ERO Inspector #1 · 2019

The Jaquie Brown Diaries
Serita Singh · 2008

Patriot Brains
Contestant · 2021




