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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

40

Gender

Female

Birthday

1980-05-10 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

Also Known As

마들렌 사미

Madeleine Nalini Sami

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

Acting

Sione's Wedding

2006

Sione's Wedding

as

Tania

Teach You a Lesson

2000

Teach You a Lesson

as

Narrator

Perfect Strangers

2003

Perfect Strangers

as

Andrea

Slow West

2015

Slow West

as

Marimacho

Eagle vs Shark

2007

Eagle vs Shark

as

Burger Girl Customer

Under the Mountain

2009

Under the Mountain

as

Constable Wood

Boy

2010

Boy

as

Beat It Gang

Come to Daddy

2019

Come to Daddy

as

Gladys

Baby Done

2020

Baby Done

as

Hospital Midwife

Lesbian Space Princess

2025

Lesbian Space Princess

as

Queen Anne (voice)

Deadloch

Deadloch

as

Eddie Redcliffe

Educators

Educators

as

ERO Inspector #1

The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

as

Detective Marie Da Silva

7 Days

7 Days

as

Team Leader

7 Days

7 Days

as

Panelist

Radiradirah

Radiradirah

as

Various

Patriot Brains

Patriot Brains

as

Contestant

Golden Boy

Golden Boy

as

Claire

The Great Kiwi Bake Off

The Great Kiwi Bake Off

as

Self - Presenter

Production

Crew

Directing