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.
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Filmography
15 movies · 23 TV shows, newest first
5.5
Urzila
2026
3.8
Lesbian Space Princess
2025
4.3
The Traitors NZ
2023
4.0
Double Parked
2023
6.6
Deadloch
2023
7.5
Our Flag Means Death
2022
8.0
Raised by Refugees
2022
5.0
Patriot Brains
2021
6.3
Baby Done
2020
7.9
Taskmaster NZ
2020
7.5
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2019
7.1
My Life Is Murder
2019
7.6
Golden Boy
2019
6.0
Educators
2019
5.9
Come to Daddy
2019
3.8
The Bad Seed
2019
NR
The Great Kiwi Bake Off
2018
3.0
Anika Moa Unleashed
2018
5.2
The Breaker Upperers
2018NR
(Time) Travel Centre
2016
6.0
Funny Girls
2015
6.7
Slow West
2015
7.5
What We Do in the Shadows
2014
NR
Aroha Bridge
2013
5.6
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
2012
NR
Super City
2011
NR
Radiradirah
2010
7.3
Boy
2010
4.5
Under the Mountain
2009
7.0
7 Days
2009
6.0
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
2008
6.5
Eagle vs Shark
2007
6.2
Sione's Wedding
2006
9.0
The Insider's Guide To Happiness
2004
4.6
Perfect Strangers
2003NR
Teach You a Lesson
2000
7.6
Xena: Warrior Princess
1995
NR
Hope
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