Actor profile

Madeleine Sami

10th May 1980 Auckland, North Island, New Zealand 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.

12 Movies 23 TV Shows 37 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Lesbian Space Princess poster

Lesbian Space Princess 11th September 2025 as Queen Anne (voice)

Baby Done poster

Baby Done 22nd October 2020 as Hospital Midwife

Come to Daddy poster

Come to Daddy 25th April 2019 as Gladys

The Breaker Upperers poster

The Breaker Upperers 10th March 2018 as Mel

Slow West poster

Slow West 15th May 2015 as Marimacho

What We Do in the Shadows poster

What We Do in the Shadows 19th June 2014 as Morana

Sione's 2: Unfinished Business poster

Sione's 2: Unfinished Business 1st March 2012 as Tania

Boy poster

Boy 25th March 2010 as Beat It Gang

Under the Mountain poster

Under the Mountain 10th December 2009 as Constable Wood

Eagle vs Shark poster

Eagle vs Shark 15th June 2007 as Burger Girl Customer

Sione's Wedding poster

Sione's Wedding 29th March 2006 as Tania

Perfect Strangers poster

Perfect Strangers 9th October 2003 as Andrea

Urzila poster

Urzila 29th April 2026

The Traitors NZ poster

The Traitors NZ 7th August 2023 as Self - Host

Double Parked poster

Double Parked 15th June 2023 as Nat

Deadloch poster

Deadloch 1st June 2023 as Eddie Redcliffe

Our Flag Means Death poster

Our Flag Means Death 3rd March 2022 as Archie

Patriot Brains poster

Patriot Brains 7th April 2021 as Contestant

Taskmaster NZ poster

Taskmaster NZ 21st October 2020 as Self

Have You Been Paying Attention? poster

Have You Been Paying Attention? 24th July 2019 as Panellist

My Life Is Murder poster

My Life Is Murder 17th July 2019 as Lena

Golden Boy poster

Golden Boy 16th July 2019 as Claire

Educators poster

Educators 8th May 2019 as ERO Inspector #1

The Bad Seed poster

The Bad Seed 14th April 2019 as Detective Marie Da Silva

The Great Kiwi Bake Off poster

The Great Kiwi Bake Off 16th October 2018 as Self - Presenter

Anika Moa Unleashed poster

Anika Moa Unleashed 28th March 2018 as Self

Aroha Bridge poster

Aroha Bridge 23rd May 2013 as Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice)

Super City poster

Super City 11th February 2011

Radiradirah poster

Radiradirah 21st May 2010 as Various

7 Days poster

7 Days 21st August 2009 as Team Leader

7 Days poster

7 Days 21st August 2009 as Panelist

The Jaquie Brown Diaries poster

The Jaquie Brown Diaries 25th July 2008

The Jaquie Brown Diaries poster

The Jaquie Brown Diaries 25th July 2008 as Serita Singh

The Insider's Guide To Happiness poster

The Insider's Guide To Happiness 19th May 2004

Xena: Warrior Princess poster

Xena: Warrior Princess 4th September 1995 as Tyro