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.
Awards & recognition
- Outstanding Performance · 2000
- Female Actor of the Year · 1999
- Most Promising Female Newcomer of the Year · 1999
Filmography16 titles
Our Flag Means Death
Xena: Warrior Princess
What We Do in the Shadows
Boy
My Life Is Murder
Slow West
The Traitors NZ
Eagle vs Shark
Deadloch
Baby Done
Come to Daddy
Sione's 2: Unfinished Business
The Breaker Upperers
Perfect Strangers
Under the Mountain
Lesbian Space Princess