Madeleine Sami

Madeleine Sami

Known for
Acting
Born
May 10, 1980 (age 46)
Birthplace
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

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

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Filmography

2026
Urzila poster

Urzila

TV · 3 eps

2025
Lesbian Space Princess poster

Lesbian Space Princess

Movie · as Queen Anne (voice)

2023
Deadloch poster

Deadloch

TV · as Eddie Redcliffe · 14 eps

2023
Double Parked poster

Double Parked

TV · as Nat · 16 eps

2023
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee poster

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
The Traitors NZ poster

The Traitors NZ

TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps

2022
Our Flag Means Death poster

Our Flag Means Death

TV · as Archie · 8 eps

2021
Patriot Brains poster

Patriot Brains

TV · as Contestant · 1 ep

2020
Baby Done poster

Baby Done

Movie · as Hospital Midwife

2020
Taskmaster NZ poster

Taskmaster NZ

TV · as Self · 13 eps

2019
Come to Daddy poster

Come to Daddy

Movie · as Gladys

2019
My Life Is Murder poster

My Life Is Murder

TV · as Lena · 1 ep

2019
Educators poster

Educators

TV · as ERO Inspector #1 · 1 ep

2019
The Bad Seed poster

The Bad Seed

TV · as Detective Marie Da Silva · 5 eps

2019
Have You Been Paying Attention? poster

Have You Been Paying Attention?

TV · as Panellist · 5 eps

2019
Golden Boy poster

Golden Boy

TV · as Claire · 8 eps

2018
The Breaker Upperers poster

The Breaker Upperers

Movie · as Mel

2018
Anika Moa Unleashed poster

Anika Moa Unleashed

TV · as Self · 13 eps

2018
The Great Kiwi Bake Off poster

The Great Kiwi Bake Off

TV · as Self - Presenter · 27 eps

2016
(Time) Travel Centre poster

(Time) Travel Centre

Movie · as Donna

2015
Slow West poster

Slow West

Movie · as Marimacho

2014
What We Do in the Shadows poster

What We Do in the Shadows

Movie · as Morana

2013
Aroha Bridge poster

Aroha Bridge

TV · as Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice) · 22 eps

2012
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business poster

Sione's 2: Unfinished Business

Movie · as Tania

2011
Super City poster

Super City

TV · 14 eps

2010
Boy poster

Boy

Movie · as Beat It Gang

2010
Radiradirah poster

Radiradirah

TV · as Various · 8 eps

2009
Under the Mountain poster

Under the Mountain

Movie · as Constable Wood

2009
7 Days poster

7 Days

TV · as Team Leader, Panelist · 7 eps

2008
The Jaquie Brown Diaries poster

The Jaquie Brown Diaries

TV · as Serita Singh · 6 eps

2007
Eagle vs Shark poster

Eagle vs Shark

Movie · as Burger Girl Customer

2006
Sione's Wedding poster

Sione's Wedding

Movie · as Tania

2004
The Insider's Guide To Happiness poster

The Insider's Guide To Happiness

TV · 13 eps

2003
Perfect Strangers poster

Perfect Strangers

Movie · as Andrea

2000
Teach You a Lesson

Teach You a Lesson

Movie · as Narrator

1995
Xena: Warrior Princess poster

Xena: Warrior Princess

TV · as Tyro · 1 ep