Madeleine Sami

Born: 1980-05-10, 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.

Filmography

• Xena: Warrior Princess (1995)
• Lesbian Space Princess (2025)
• My Life Is Murder (2019)
• Our Flag Means Death (2022)
• Deadloch (2023)
• What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
• Slow West (2015)
• Come to Daddy (2019)
• Educators (2019)
• Patriot Brains (2021)
• Double Parked (2023)
• Double Parked (2023)
• Eagle vs Shark (2007)
• Baby Done (2020)
• The Breaker Upperers (2018)
• The Breaker Upperers (2018)
• Under the Mountain (2009)
• Sione's Wedding (2006)
• Sione's 2: Unfinished Business (2012)