2025Nominee
Best Performance
Lesbian Space Princess
Madeleine Sami
Actor · Director · Writer
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
May 10, 1980
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2014Winner
Best Performance
What We Do in the Shadows
2019Nominee
Best Performance
Come to Daddy
Career Highlights
2015Highlight
Best Performance
Slow West
2007Highlight
Best Performance
Eagle vs Shark
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Lesbian Space Princess
What We Do in the Shadows
Come to Daddy