Jackie van Beek

Jackie van Beek

Born: January 1, 1976
in Wellington, New Zealand
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.

Movies for Jackie van Beek...

Audrey
Title: Audrey
Character: Ronnie Lipsick
Released: March 10, 2024
Type: Movie
Self-appointed Mother of the Year, Ronnie has given her daughter Audrey everything, so when Audrey selfishly falls into a coma, Ronnie has no choice but to keep their dreams alive by assuming her identity.
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Nude Tuesday
Title: Nude Tuesday
Character: Laura
Released: June 23, 2022
Type: Movie
When middle-aged suburban couple, Laura and Bruno are gifted a remote couples’ retreat for their anniversary, they decide to give their failing marriage one last shot before calling it quits. Arriving in an idyllic sanctuary nestled in the mountains, Laura and Bruno uncomfortably enter a world of laughter workshops, tantric dance, sexual liberation and emotional animals, helmed by the charismatic guru Bjorg Rassmussen. When new temptations start to take hold, the couple are pushed to the brink forcing them to look within to find what they really want. But will they bare all to get it?
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Title: Educators
Character: Robyn Duffy
Released: May 8, 2019
Type: TV
Set behind the scenes of an ordinary Kiwi secondary school, following the hopelessly and hilariously inept people in charge of educating the next generation.
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Title: Anika Moa Unleashed
Character: Self
Released: March 28, 2018
Type: TV
Anika's on the loose again, ready to go deep and laugh hard with well-known Kiwis. Her infectious honesty opens the hearts of all she meets - and before they know it, they've shared their deepest secrets!
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The Breaker Upperers
Title: The Breaker Upperers
Character: Jen
Released: March 10, 2018
Type: Movie
Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.
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Title: Funny Girls
Character: Pauline
Released: October 23, 2015
Type: TV
Funny Girls is a new sketch comedy show that is funny - and has girls! Featuring fast paced sketches that cover issues such as work, life, relationships and what to do when you’re being haunted by a photobombing ghost. Set on a fictional television show where a large group of men produce an all-female sketch show. Funny Girls is a combination of hilarious sketches linked together by a behind-the-scenes narrative often derived from misguided opinions on what women want.
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Title: 800 Words
Character: Gloria
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: TV
A recently widowed father, quits his job as a popular 800 word columnist for a top selling Sydney newspaper. Over the internet he buys a house on an impulse in a remote New Zealand seaside town. He then has to break the news to his two teenage kids who just lost their mum, and now face an even more uncertain future. But the colourful and inquisitive locals ensure his dream of a fresh start does not go to plan.
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Title: Coverband
Character: Stacey
Released: September 25, 2014
Type: TV
Twenty-something Matt Gibson had dreams of making it big in the music world with his brother Alex and then-girlfriend, Ivy. They head to L.A. to try their luck. However, things don't always turn out the way you plan and, while Ivy's music career flourishes, he soon finds himself back in New Zealand with his brother and another friend playing gigs as a covers band, 'The Silhouettes'.
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What We Do in the Shadows
Title: What We Do in the Shadows
Character: Jackie
Released: June 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
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Eagle vs Shark
Title: Eagle vs Shark
Character: Burger Staff
Released: July 15, 2007
Type: Movie
Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After gatecrashing Jarrod's party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod's home town with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.
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Love Mussel
Title: Love Mussel
Character: Fiona Mathieson
Released: July 19, 2001
Type: Movie
In this mockumentary, Kevin Smith plays himself covering the story of a New Zealand town after the discovery that a local shellfish, the geoduck (pronounced "gooey duck") has the properties of Viagra.