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Jackie van Beek
Born January 1, 1976 in Wellington, New Zealand4 films
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.
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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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First watchThe Breaker Upperers20185.2Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.View filmFilmography
4 films as director- TBAHopeDirector
- 2018The Breaker UpperersDirector
- 2017The Inland RoadDirector
- 2012In Safe HandsDirector