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.
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.
"The only training I've ever had was as a kid, performing for my family," says Sami. "There's a lot of support within that early family environment, because you get to fall on your bum, but there's always someone to clap and go, 'oh, that was good,' and support you."
Screenography
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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