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