Madeleine Sami
Date of birth: 1980-05-10
Place of birth: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 마들렌 사미, Madeleine Nalini 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.
Movie Credits
Sione's Wedding
2006-03-29
Meet best friends Michael, Albert, Stanley and Sefa; the ladies' man, the good boy, the weird one an
Teach You a Lesson
2000-07-01
In this alarming early short from Gregory King a 13-year-old boy's shoplifting escapade is narrated
Perfect Strangers
2003-10-09
When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and atte
What We Do in the Shadows
2014-06-19
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster
Slow West
2015-05-15
In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with
Under the Mountain
2009-12-10
Teenage twins battle dark forces hidden beneath Auckland's volcanoes.
Eagle vs Shark
2007-07-15
Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes
Boy
2010-03-25
Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand
The Breaker Upperers
2018-03-10
Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their frien
Come to Daddy
2019-04-25
After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront h
Baby Done
2020-10-22
Wannabe-adventurer Zoe freaks out when she falls pregnant to her long-term boyfriend Tim. As Tim emb
(Time) Travel Centre
2016-09-16
It's a tough day for the phone reps at the Time Travel Centre. Charlie is adept at solving time zone
Lesbian Space Princess
2025-09-11
A space princess is thrust out of her sheltered life and into a galactic quest to save her bounty hu
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
2012-03-01
Fast-forward five years and things havent quite gone as the boys might have planned: Albert is now m