Biography
Madeleine Sami
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 wit…
Career works
35
Movies
14
Series
21
Career average
6.1/10
Birth date
05/10/1980
Place of birth
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Filmography highlights
Movies
Lesbian Space Princess
2025 · 4.4
Baby Done
2020 · 6.3
Come to Daddy
2019 · 6.0
The Breaker Upperers
2018 · 5.2
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(Time) Travel Centre
2016
Slow West
2015 · 6.7
What We Do in the Shadows
2014 · 7.5
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
2012 · 5.6
Boy
2010 · 7.3
Under the Mountain
2009 · 4.5
Eagle vs Shark
2007 · 6.5
Sione's Wedding
2006 · 6.2
Perfect Strangers
2003 · 4.6
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Teach You a Lesson
2000
Series
Urzila
2026 · 5.5
The Traitors NZ
2023 · 4.8
Double Parked
2023 · 4.0
Deadloch
2023 · 6.5
Our Flag Means Death
2022 · 7.5
Patriot Brains
2021 · 5.0
Taskmaster NZ
2020 · 7.9
Have You Been Paying Attention?
2019 · 7.5
My Life Is Murder
2019 · 7.2
Golden Boy
2019 · 7.6
Educators
2019 · 6.0
The Bad Seed
2019 · 3.8
The Great Kiwi Bake Off
2018
Anika Moa Unleashed
2018 · 3.0
Aroha Bridge
2013