7.5
Movie
Acting
Madeleine Sami
- Born
- (age 46)
- Birthplace
- Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
- Credits
- 39 titles
Biography
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.5
Movie
7.5
TV
Xena: Warrior Princess
6.7
Movie
Slow West
5.9
Movie
Come to Daddy
7.3
Movie
Boy
7.5
TV
Our Flag Means Death
6.4
Movie
Eagle vs Shark
3.8
Movie
Lesbian Space Princess
5.2
Movie
The Breaker Upperers
6.6
TV
Deadloch
4.5
Movie
Under the Mountain
7.2
TV
My Life Is Murder
6.3
Movie
Baby Done
6.2
Movie
Sione's Wedding
4.6
Movie
Perfect Strangers
4.8
TV
The Traitors NZ
5.6
Movie
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
4.0
TV
Double Parked
Acting credits 36
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Urzila TV | (3 ep) |
| 2025 | Lesbian Space Princess Film | Queen Anne (voice) |
| 2023 | The Traitors NZ TV | Self - Host (10 ep) |
| 2023 | Double Parked TV | Nat (16 ep) |
| 2023 | Deadloch TV | Eddie Redcliffe (14 ep) |
| 2023 | Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Our Flag Means Death TV | Archie (8 ep) |
| 2021 | Patriot Brains TV | Contestant (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Baby Done Film | Hospital Midwife |
| 2020 | Taskmaster NZ TV | Self (13 ep) |
| 2019 | Have You Been Paying Attention? TV | Panellist (5 ep) |
| 2019 | My Life Is Murder TV | Lena (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Golden Boy TV | Claire (8 ep) |
| 2019 | Educators TV | ERO Inspector #1 (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Come to Daddy Film | Gladys |
| 2019 | The Bad Seed TV | Detective Marie Da Silva (5 ep) |
| 2018 | The Great Kiwi Bake Off TV | Self - Presenter (27 ep) |
| 2018 | Anika Moa Unleashed TV | Self (13 ep) |
| 2018 | The Breaker Upperers Film | Mel |
| 2016 | (Time) Travel Centre Film | Donna |
| 2015 | Slow West Film | Marimacho |
| 2014 | What We Do in the Shadows Film | Morana |
| 2013 | Aroha Bridge TV | Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice) (22 ep) |
| 2012 | Sione's 2: Unfinished Business Film | Tania |
| 2011 | Super City TV | (14 ep) |
| 2010 | Radiradirah TV | Various (8 ep) |
| 2010 | Boy Film | Beat It Gang |
| 2009 | Under the Mountain Film | Constable Wood |
| 2009 | 7 Days TV | Team Leader, Panelist (7 ep) |
| 2008 | The Jaquie Brown Diaries TV | Serita Singh (6 ep) |
| 2007 | Eagle vs Shark Film | Burger Girl Customer |
| 2006 | Sione's Wedding Film | Tania |
| 2004 | The Insider's Guide To Happiness TV | (13 ep) |
| 2003 | Perfect Strangers Film | Andrea |
| 2000 | Teach You a Lesson Film | Narrator |
| 1995 | Xena: Warrior Princess TV | Tyro (1 ep) |
Crew credits 7
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Hope Film | Director |
| 2023 | Double Parked TV | Director (8 ep) |
| 2023 | Deadloch TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Raised by Refugees TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2018 | The Breaker Upperers Film | Director, Writer |
| 2015 | Funny Girls TV | Director (6 ep) |
| 2013 | Aroha Bridge TV | Writer (2 ep) |