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Madeleine Sami
Auckland, North Island, 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. Follow…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Urzila
TV show
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2025
Lesbian Space Princess
Movie Queen Anne (voice)
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2023
The Traitors NZ
TV show Self - Host
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2023
Double Parked
TV show Nat
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2023
Deadloch
TV show Eddie Redcliffe
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2023
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee
TV show Self
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2022
Our Flag Means Death
TV show Archie
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2022
Raised by Refugees
TV show Director
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2021
Patriot Brains
TV show Contestant
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2020
Baby Done
Movie Hospital Midwife
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2020
Taskmaster NZ
TV show Self
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2019
Have You Been Paying Attention?
TV show Panellist
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2019
My Life Is Murder
TV show Lena
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2019
Golden Boy
TV show Claire
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2019
Educators
TV show ERO Inspector #1
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2019
Come to Daddy
Movie Gladys
More credits
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2019
The Bad Seed
TV show Detective Marie Da Silva
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2018
The Great Kiwi Bake Off
TV show Self - Presenter
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2018
Anika Moa Unleashed
TV show Self
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2018
The Breaker Upperers
Movie Mel
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2016
(Time) Travel Centre
Movie Donna
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2015
Funny Girls
TV show Director
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2015
Slow West
Movie Marimacho
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2014
What We Do in the Shadows
Movie Morana
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2013
Aroha Bridge
TV show Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice)
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2012
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
Movie Tania
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2011
Super City
TV show
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2010
Radiradirah
TV show Various
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2010
Boy
Movie Beat It Gang
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2009
Under the Mountain
Movie Constable Wood
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2009
7 Days
TV show Team Leader
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2008
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
TV show
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2007
Eagle vs Shark
Movie Burger Girl Customer
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2006
Sione's Wedding
Movie Tania
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2004
The Insider's Guide To Happiness
TV show
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2003
Perfect Strangers
Movie Andrea
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2000
Teach You a Lesson
Movie Narrator
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1995
Xena: Warrior Princess
TV show Tyro
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Hope
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