Madeleine Sami

Actress

Born: May 10, 1980 (45 years old)

Place of birth: 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 (19)

• What We Do in the Shadows (2014, ★ 7.6)
• Boy (2010, ★ 7.3)
• My Life Is Murder (2019, ★ 7.1)
• Our Flag Means Death (2022, ★ 7.6)
• Golden Boy (2019, ★ 7.6)
• Taskmaster NZ (2020, ★ 7.9)
• Xena: Warrior Princess (1995, ★ 7.5)
• Sione's Wedding (2006, ★ 6)
• Slow West (2015, ★ 6.7)
• Eagle vs Shark (2007, ★ 6.5)
• Come to Daddy (2019, ★ 6)
• Baby Done (2020, ★ 6.3)
• Lesbian Space Princess (2025, ★ 6.2)
• Sione's 2: Unfinished Business (2012, ★ 5.7)
• Deadloch (2023, ★ 6.4)
• Perfect Strangers (2003, ★ 4.4)
• Under the Mountain (2009, ★ 4.5)
• The Breaker Upperers (2018, ★ 5.2)
• Double Parked (2023, ★ 4)