Madeleine Sami

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.

Known For

Xena: Warrior Princess

My Life Is Murder

Our Flag Means Death

7 Days

7 Days

Deadloch

What We Do in the Shadows

Taskmaster NZ

All Movies (14)

• Lesbian Space Princess2025 · as Queen Anne (voice)
• Baby Done2020 · as Hospital Midwife
• Come to Daddy2019 · as Gladys
• The Breaker Upperers2018 · as Mel
• (Time) Travel Centre2016 · as Donna
• Slow West2015 · as Marimacho
• What We Do in the Shadows2014 · as Morana
• Sione's 2: Unfinished Business2012 · as Tania
• Boy2010 · as Beat It Gang
• Under the Mountain2009 · as Constable Wood
• Eagle vs Shark2007 · as Burger Girl Customer
• Sione's Wedding2006 · as Tania
• Perfect Strangers2003 · as Andrea
• Teach You a Lesson2000 · as Narrator

All TV Shows (23)

• Urzila2026
• The Traitors NZ2023 · as Self - Host
• Double Parked2023 · as Nat
• Deadloch2023 · as Eddie Redcliffe
• Our Flag Means Death2022 · as Archie
• Patriot Brains2021 · as Contestant
• Taskmaster NZ2020 · as Self
• Have You Been Paying Attention?2019 · as Panellist
• My Life Is Murder2019 · as Lena
• Golden Boy2019 · as Claire
• Educators2019 · as ERO Inspector #1
• The Bad Seed2019 · as Detective Marie Da Silva
• The Great Kiwi Bake Off2018 · as Self - Presenter
• Anika Moa Unleashed2018 · as Self
• Aroha Bridge2013 · as Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice)
• Super City2011
• Radiradirah2010 · as Various
• 7 Days2009 · as Team Leader
• 7 Days2009 · as Panelist
• The Jaquie Brown Diaries2008
• The Jaquie Brown Diaries2008 · as Serita Singh
• The Insider's Guide To Happiness2004
• Xena: Warrior Princess1995 · as Tyro