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Jackie van Beek
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1976 (49 years)
Jackie is a New Zealand actress, writer and director best known for The Breaker Upperers, a buddy comedy that she co-wrote, directed and starred in with Madeleine Sami. Her first feature film, The Inland Road, premiered in competition at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival.
She played Jackie, the desperate familiar, in Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's What We Do in the Shadows and now directs on two of the film's spin-offs: Wellington Paranormal and the Shadows FX series.
She played Jackie, the desperate familiar, in Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's What We Do in the Shadows and now directs on two of the film's spin-offs: Wellington Paranormal and the Shadows FX series.
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Badjelly (TV Series) · as Rubber Ducky |
| 2024 | Audrey · as Ronnie Lipsick |
| 2022 | Nude Tuesday · as Laura |
| 2019 | Golden Boy (2019) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2019 | The Drawing Show (TV Series) · as Carol |
| 2019 | Educators (TV Series) · as Robyn Duffy |
| 2018 | The Breaker Upperers · as Jen |
| 2015 | Funny Girls (NZ) (TV Series) · as Pauline |
| 2015 | 800 Words (TV Series) · as Gloria |
| 2014 | Short Poppies (TV Series) · as Elise |
| 2014 | What We Do in the Shadows · as Jackie |
| 2014 | Coverband (TV Series) · as Stacey |
| 2007 | Eagle vs Shark · as Burger Staff |
| 2007 | Rude Awakenings (TV Series) · as Linda |
| 2003 | Freaky (TV Series) · as Von Strudel (sitcom Story) |
| 1992 | Shortland Street (TV Series) · as Annallese Nicholls (1999) |