Madeleine Sami

Madeleine Sami (45)

1980-05-10 | Auckland, New Zealand

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.

Upcoming Films

On Movies

  • Baby Done
  • Come to Daddy
  • The Breaker Upperers
  • (Time) Travel Centre
  • Slow West
  • What We Do in the Shadows
  • Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
  • Boy
  • Under the Mountain
  • Eagle vs Shark
  • Sione's Wedding
  • Perfect Strangers

Movies as Director

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