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Madeleine Sami
ActingBORN: 1980-05-10Auckland, 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.
Top Filmography
7.5
What We Do in the Shadows
2014 // MOVIE
7.5
Xena: Warrior Princess
1995 // TV
6.7
Slow West
2015 // MOVIE
6.0
Come to Daddy
2019 // MOVIE
7.3
Boy
2010 // MOVIE
7.6
Our Flag Means Death
2022 // TV
6.5
Eagle vs Shark
2007 // MOVIE
5.2
The Breaker Upperers
2018 // MOVIE
6.3
Deadloch
2023 // TV
4.5
Under the Mountain
2009 // MOVIE
7.1
My Life Is Murder
2019 // TV
6.3
Baby Done
2020 // MOVIE
6.0
Sione's Wedding
2006 // MOVIE
4.4
Perfect Strangers
2003 // MOVIE
6.1
Lesbian Space Princess
2025 // MOVIE