--- name: "Madeleine Sami" canonical: "https://film.one/person/madeleine-sami" roles: ["Actor"] born: "10 May 1980" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T12:35:54.141307+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Madeleine Sami Actor. Born 10 May 1980 in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 10 May 1980, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand - **Also known as:** 마들렌 사미, Madeleine Nalini Sami - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Sami, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6726935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0759819/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89847 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Slow West*](https://film.one/film/slow-west.md) (77) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Madeleine Sami is a New Zealand actress, director, comedian and musician. Born in Auckland in 1980, she began her career in theatre, starring in Toa Fraser's plays Bare (1998) and No 2. She created, co-wrote and starred in the comedy series Super City. In film, Sami co-wrote, co-directed and co-starred in The Breaker Upperers (2018) with Jackie van Beek. Her acting credits include roles in What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Slow West (2015) as Marimacho, Come to Daddy (2019) and Our Flag Means Death (2022). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nzonscreen.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Slow West* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Marimacho — [page](https://film.one/film/slow-west.md) ## Complete filmography (32) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Urzila* (2026), series, Acting - *Lesbian Space Princess* (2025), as Queen Anne (voice) - *Double Parked* (2023), series, Nat, Director - *Deadloch* (2023), series, Eddie Redcliffe, Writer - *Our Flag Means Death* (2022), series, as Archie - *Raised by Refugees* (2022), series, Director - *Patriot Brains* (2021), series, as Contestant - *Baby Done* (2020), as Hospital Midwife - *My Life Is Murder* (2019), series, as Lena - *Golden Boy* (2019), series, as Claire - *Educators* (2019), series, as ERO Inspector #1 - *Come to Daddy* (2019), as Gladys - *The Bad Seed* (2019), series, as Detective Marie Da Silva - *The Breaker Upperers* (2018), Mel, Director, Writer - *(Time) Travel Centre* (2016), as Donna - *Funny Girls* (2015), series, Director - *Slow West* (2015), as Marimacho — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/slow-west.md) - *What We Do in the Shadows* (2014), as Morana - *Aroha Bridge* (2013), series, Mum Hook / Angeline Hook / Aunty Winny (voice), Writer - *Sione's 2: Unfinished Business* (2012), as Tania - *Super City* (2011), series, Acting - *Radiradirah* (2010), series, as Various - *Boy* (2010), as Beat It Gang - *Under the Mountain* (2009), as Constable Wood - *The Jaquie Brown Diaries* (2008), series, as Serita Singh - *Eagle vs Shark* (2007), as Burger Girl Customer - *Sione's Wedding* (2006), as Tania - *The Insider's Guide To Happiness* (2004), series, Acting - *Perfect Strangers* (2003), as Andrea - *Teach You a Lesson* (2000), as Narrator - *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, as Tyro — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md) - *Hope*, Director ## Gallery - ![Madeleine Sami](https://film.one/media/person/695386/gallery-04d66e94fe8f.jpg) Madeleine Sami — Mark, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Madeleine_Sami_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Madeleine Sami singing solo at the Kings Arms, Auckland, New Zealand (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/695386/gallery-8d580fe37563.jpg) Madeleine Sami singing solo at the Kings Arms, Auckland, New Zealand (2007) — Mark, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Madeleine_Sami_2007.jpg/1280px-Madeleine_Sami_2007.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Madeleine Sami 2018](https://film.one/media/person/695386/gallery-c9adb0745cf8.jpg) Madeleine Sami 2018 — The Cafe, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Madeleine_Sami_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Niall Anderson, Tony Buchen, guest Madeleine Sami, Tim Finn, Brett Adams; Tim Finn and band at Bar Bodega, Wellington (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/695386/gallery-738ae0f1c8a6.jpg) Niall Anderson, Tony Buchen, guest Madeleine Sami, Tim Finn, Brett Adams; Tim Finn and band at Bar Bodega, Wellington (2011) — Wendy Collings from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Tim_Finn_286_%2851479804277%29.jpg/1280px-Tim_Finn_286_%2851479804277%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Madeleine Sami](https://film.one/media/person/695386/gallery-cf8140776934.jpg) Madeleine Sami — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 3 won - Outstanding Performance 2000: Outstanding Performance (won) - Female Actor of the Year 1999: Female Actor of the Year (won) - Most Promising Female Newcomer of the Year 1999: Most Promising Female Newcomer of the Year (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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