Madeleine Sami

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.

Known For

Tania

Sione's Wedding

Narrator

Teach You a Lesson

Andrea

Perfect Strangers

Morana

What We Do in the Shadows

Marimacho

Slow West

Constable Wood

Under the Mountain

Burger Girl Customer

Eagle vs Shark

Tania

Sione's 2: Unfinished Business

Beat It Gang

Boy

Mel

The Breaker Upperers

Gladys

Come to Daddy

Hospital Midwife

Baby Done

Donna

(Time) Travel Centre

Lesbian Space Princess