Madeleine Sami
Acting
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
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Urzila
2026
Lesbian Space Princess
2025
Double Parked
2023
Deadloch
2023
Our Flag Means Death
2022
Raised by Refugees
2022
Patriot Brains
2021
Baby Done
2020
My Life Is Murder
2019
Golden Boy
2019
Educators
2019
Come to Daddy
2019
The Bad Seed
2019
The Breaker Upperers
2018
(Time) Travel Centre
(Time) Travel Centre
2016
Funny Girls
2015
Slow West
2015
What We Do in the Shadows
2014
Aroha Bridge
2013
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
2012
Super City
2011
Radiradirah
2010
Boy
2010
Under the Mountain
2009
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
2008
Eagle vs Shark
2007
Sione's Wedding
2006
The Insider's Guide To Happiness
2004
Perfect Strangers
2003
Teach You a Lesson
Teach You a Lesson
2000
Xena: Warrior Princess
1995
Hope
