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

What We Do in the Shadows

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2023	Deadloch	Eddie Redcliffe
2023	Double Parked	Nat
2023	Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee	Self
2022	Our Flag Means Death	Archie
2021	Patriot Brains	Contestant
2020	Baby Done	Hospital Midwife
2020	Taskmaster NZ	Self
2019	Come to Daddy	Gladys
2019	My Life Is Murder	Lena
2019	Golden Boy	Claire
2019	Have You Been Paying Attention?	Panellist
2019	Educators	ERO Inspector #1
2019	The Bad Seed	Detective Marie Da Silva
2018	The Breaker Upperers	Mel
2018	Anika Moa Unleashed	Self
2018	The Great Kiwi Bake Off	Self - Presenter
2016	(Time) Travel Centre	Donna
2015	Slow West	Marimacho
2014	What We Do in the Shadows	Morana
2012	Sione's 2: Unfinished Business	Tania
2011	Super City
2010	Boy	Beat It Gang
2010	Radiradirah	Various
2009	Under the Mountain	Constable Wood
2009	7 Days	Team Leader
2009	7 Days	Panelist
2008	The Jaquie Brown Diaries
2008	The Jaquie Brown Diaries	Serita Singh
2007	Eagle vs Shark	Burger Girl Customer
2006	Sione's Wedding	Tania
2004	The Insider's Guide To Happiness
2003	Perfect Strangers	Andrea
2000	Teach You a Lesson	Narrator

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Hope	Director
2023	Double Parked	Director
2022	Raised by Refugees	Director
2018	The Breaker Upperers	Director
2018	The Breaker Upperers	Writer
2015	Funny Girls	Director