MadeleineSami
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
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 award and accolades for the comedy Super City, where 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.
Screenography
Biography
Entertaining has always come naturally to Madeleine Sami. At an early age she began impersonating, singing and performing in front of her first audience.
Awards
2023 New Zealand Television Awards/Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Nominated for Best Actress: for Double Parked
2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards
Best Performance by an Actress - Television: for Super City
Nominated for Best Script - Drama/Comedy (with Thomas Sainsbury): for Super City
Nominated for Best Comedy or Comedy Series: Super City
“I had lines like ‘They've got catapults!’ or ‘There's a shark!' or ‘We're all gonna die!' I'm barely in it. But I don't die. I'm one of the only Amazonians that doesn't die.”
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