
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Zombucha!
2024Audrey as Ronnie Lipsick
2022Nude Tuesday as Laura
2020Taskmaster NZ as Self
2019Educators as Robyn Duffy
2018Anika Moa Unleashed as Self
2018The Breaker Upperers as Jen
2015Funny Girls as Pauline
2015800 Words as Gloria
2014Coverband as Stacey
2014What We Do in the Shadows as Jackie
2007Eagle vs Shark as Burger Staff
2001Love Mussel as Fiona Mathieson
—Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant as Ann








