Madeleine Sami
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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
Credits
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
as Morana
Slow West (2015)
as Marimacho
Sione's Wedding (2006)
as Tania
Lesbian Space Princess (2025)
as Queen Anne (voice)
Boy (2010)
as Beat It Gang
Eagle vs Shark (2007)
as Burger Girl Customer
Come to Daddy (2019)
as Gladys
Baby Done (2020)
as Hospital Midwife
The Breaker Upperers (2018)
as Mel
Teach You a Lesson (2000)
as Narrator
Perfect Strangers (2003)
as Andrea
Under the Mountain (2009)
as Constable Wood
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business (2012)
as Tania
(Time) Travel Centre (2016)
as Donna