
Jackie van Beek
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1976-01-01 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Wellington, New Zealand
Jackie van Beek
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.
Acting
(2024)
Audrey
as Ronnie Lipsick
(2022)
Nude Tuesday
as Laura
(2018)
The Breaker Upperers
as Jen
(2014)
What We Do in the Shadows
as Jackie
(2007)
Eagle vs Shark
as Burger Staff
(2001)
Love Mussel
as Fiona Mathieson
Crew
Hope
Director
(2022)
Nude Tuesday
Screenplay
(2018)
The Breaker Upperers
Director, Writer
(2017)
The Inland Road
Director, Writer
(2012)
In Safe Hands
Director, Writer