Actor

Jackie van Beek

Directing

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TMDB popularity

0.9

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Movies: 9Series: 12Crew credits: 9

TMDB ID: 1286797

IMDb ID: nm1101310

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1976

Age: 50

Place of birth: Wellington, New Zealand

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2007 - 2026

Years active: 20

Average TMDB rating: 6.5

Wikidata: Q55070734

Other jobs

Director (6)Executive Producer (1)Screenplay (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

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.