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Jackie van Beek
Directing
17 known credits
0.7 popularity score 50 years
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About Jackie van Beek
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.
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Jackie van Beek across film and television
16credited titles
8movie credits
8TV credits
2001–2026screen career span
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