Born
10 May 1980 (45)
Place of Birth
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Also known as
Madeleine Nalini 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.
Lesbian Space Princess
2025
Baby Done
2020
Come to Daddy
2019
The Breaker Upperers
2018
(Time) Travel Centre
2016
Slow West
2015
What We Do in the Shadows
2014
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
2012
Boy
2010
Under the Mountain
2009
Eagle vs Shark
2007
Sione's Wedding
2006
Perfect Strangers
2003
Teach You a Lesson
2000
Hope
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