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.

Madeleine Sami

Acting Born May 10, 1980 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. 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

Xena: Warrior Princess

Tyro

My Life Is Murder

Lena

7 Days

Team Leader

7 Days

Panelist

Our Flag Means Death

Archie

Taskmaster NZ

Self

Deadloch

Eddie Redcliffe

Lesbian Space Princess

Queen Anne (voice)

The Bad Seed

Detective Marie Da Silva

What We Do in the Shadows

Morana

Have You Been Paying Attention?

Panellist

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

Self