Madeleine Sami
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Xena: Warrior Princess
Tyro
1995
Series
My Life Is Murder
Lena
2019
Series
7 Days
Team Leader
2009
Series
7 Days
Panelist
2009
Series
Our Flag Means Death
Archie
2022
Series
Deadloch
Eddie Redcliffe
2023
Film
What We Do in the Shadows
Morana
2014
Series
The Bad Seed
Detective Marie Da Silva
2019
Series
Taskmaster NZ
Self
2020
Series
Aroha Bridge
Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice)
2013
Series
Patriot Brains
Contestant
2021
Series
Educators
ERO Inspector #1
2019
Film
Slow West
Marimacho
2015
Series
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Panellist
2019
Series
Golden Boy
Claire
2019
Series
Urzila
2026
Film
Come to Daddy
Gladys
2019
Film
Lesbian Space Princess
Queen Anne (voice)
2025
Film
Eagle vs Shark
Burger Girl Customer
2007
Series
Anika Moa Unleashed
Self
2018
Series
The Traitors NZ
Self - Host
2023
Film
Boy
Beat It Gang
2010
Series
The Great Kiwi Bake Off
Self - Presenter
2018
Film
The Breaker Upperers
Mel
2018
Series
Double Parked
Nat
2023
Film
Baby Done
Hospital Midwife
2020
Series
Radiradirah
Various
2010
Series
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
2008
Series
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
Serita Singh
2008
Film
Under the Mountain
Constable Wood
2009
Series
Super City
2011
Series
The Insider's Guide To Happiness
2004
Film
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
Tania
2012
Film
Perfect Strangers
Andrea
2003
Film
Sione's Wedding
Tania
2006
Teach You a Lesson
Narrator
2000
(Time) Travel Centre
Donna
2016