Acting
Madeleine Sami
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
Urzila
Series · 2026
Lesbian Space Princess
Film · 2025
Deadloch
Series · 2023
Double Parked
Series · 2023
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee
Series · 2023
The Traitors NZ
Series · 2023
Our Flag Means Death
Series · 2022
Patriot Brains
Series · 2021
Baby Done
Film · 2020
Taskmaster NZ
Series · 2020
Come to Daddy
Film · 2019
My Life Is Murder
Series · 2019
Educators
Series · 2019
The Bad Seed
Series · 2019
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Series · 2019
Golden Boy
Series · 2019
The Breaker Upperers
Film · 2018
Anika Moa Unleashed
Series · 2018
The Great Kiwi Bake Off
Series · 2018
(Time) Travel Centre
Film · 2016
Slow West
Film · 2015
What We Do in the Shadows
Film · 2014
Aroha Bridge
Series · 2013
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
Film · 2012
Super City
Series · 2011
Boy
Film · 2010
Radiradirah
Series · 2010
Under the Mountain
Film · 2009
7 Days
Series · 2009
7 Days
Series · 2009
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
Series · 2008
The Jaquie Brown Diaries
Series · 2008
Eagle vs Shark
Film · 2007
Sione's Wedding
Film · 2006
The Insider's Guide To Happiness
Series · 2004
Perfect Strangers
Film · 2003
Teach You a Lesson
Film · 2000
Xena: Warrior Princess
Series · 1995