Madeleine Sami
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
What We Do in the Shadows
as Morana 2014
Slow West
as Marimacho 2015
Come to Daddy
as Gladys 2019
Boy
as Beat It Gang 2010
Eagle vs Shark
as Burger Girl Customer 2007
The Breaker Upperers
as Mel 2018
Under the Mountain
as Constable Wood 2009
Baby Done
as Hospital Midwife 2020
Sione's Wedding
as Tania 2006
Perfect Strangers
as Andrea 2003
Lesbian Space Princess
as Queen Anne (voice) 2025
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
as Tania 2012
Teach You a Lesson
as Narrator 2000