Jackie van Beek | |
|---|---|
 van Beek in 2018 | |
| Born | Jacqueline 10 May 1976 |
| Education | Onslow College, Victoria University |
| Occupation(s) | director, writer, actress, producer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Known for | Performing Arts |
| Notable work | |
| Spouse | Jesse Griffin |
| Children | 3 |
Jackie van Beek (born 10 May 1976) [1] is a New Zealand film and television director, writer and actress. [2] [3]
Van Beek was born and raised in Wellington and attended Onslow College. She studied contemporary dance at the Wellington Performing Arts Centre, then completed a linguistics degree at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating in 1998. Throughout her studies she wrote and produced plays in Wellington theatres and schools. [3]
In 1999 van Beek moved to Auckland and worked on theatre productions, and she spent a year at Ohio Northern University as the writer-in-residence. [3] In 2006 van Beek moved to Australia and began making short films. [3] Her first feature film was The Inland Road, which was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival, followed by her second feature film, The Breaker Upperers. [4]
Van Beek has won a number of filmmaking awards, including SPADA New Filmmaker of the Year in 2013, as well as acting awards. [5] In 2014 she won Best Supporting Actress at the New Zealand Film Awards for her performance in What We Do in the Shadows . [6]
She is co-creator, with Jesse Griffin and Jonny Brugh, of the award-winning 2019 TV sitcom about teachers in a secondary school, called Educators . She also stars in the show. [7] In 2024, she co-created the Australian adaptation of The Office with Julie De Fina. [8]
Van Beek is married to comedian Jesse Griffin. They got engaged a month after they met in 2006. They have three children. [9]
She is a cousin of writer Kathryn van Beek. [10]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Swimming Lessons | Writer | [3] | |
| The Mayfly | Writer | [3] | |
| Space Migrant | Writer | [3] | |
| 2005 | My Brother and I are Porn Stars | Co-writer, lead actress | [3] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Eagle vs Shark | Burger Staff | Actress [11] |
| 2008 | One Shoe Short | [5] | |
| 2009 | Just Like The Others | Co-producer [12] | |
| 2011 | Little Red Riding Hood | Producer [12] | |
| Go the Dogs | Director, producer, writer [12] | ||
| In Safe Hands | Director, writer, lead actress [13] | ||
| 2014 | Uphill | Director, writer, actress [14] | |
| What We Do in the Shadows | Jackie | [15] | |
| 2017 | The Inland Road | Director, writer [16] | |
| 2018 | The Breaker Upperers | Jen | Writer, co-director, actress [17] |
| 2022 | Nude Tuesday | Laura | Writer, actress |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Love Mussel | Actress | [18] |
| 2007 | Rude Awakenings | Actress | [19] |
| 2013-2015 | Best Bits | Panellist | [20] |
| 2014 | Coverband | Stacey | Actress [12] [21] |
| Short Poppies | Elisa | Actress [20] | |
| 2015-2018 | Funny Girls | Actress | [12] [21] |
| 2016-2017 | 800 Words | Gloria | [21] |
| 2018 | Wellington Paranormal | Director | [12] |
| 2019 | What We Do in the Shadows | Director | |
| 2019 | Educators | Robyn | Also co-creator of the TVNZ+ (formerly TVNZ OnDemand) series, which is largely improvised [22] |
| 2024 | The Office | Co-creator, director, writer and executive producer | Based on the British series of the same name |
Onslow College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Johnsonville, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. In 2022 it had 1405 students. The current principal is Sheena Millar.
Suzanne Noreen Cato is a New Zealand children's entertainer. She is best known as the host of several New Zealand children's television programmes, most notably Suzy's World and You and Me.
The Naked Samoans is a New Zealand comedy group made up of Polynesian entertainers, most of whom are Samoan. The group performs social humour and satire that attracts a broad audience, especially among white New Zealanders, without sacrificing the group's Pacific Island identity. The group has gained success in both television and film projects as well as in theatre, which remains their primary base in entertainment. The members of this group are David Fane, Mario Gaoa, Shimpal Lelisi, Oscar Kightley, Robbie Magasiva and Iaheto Ah Hi.
Wellington Central is an electorate, represented by a Member of Parliament in the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Wellington Central is Tamatha Paul of the Green Party. She has held this position since the 2023 general election.
Katie Wolfe is an actor, film and stage director from New Zealand. She appeared in television series including Marlin Bay (1990s), Shortland Street, and Mercy Peak. Her screen directing work has won awards, including Redemption at the ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival and This Is Her at the Prague International Short Film Festival. Wolfe wrote and directed a stage play, The Haka Party Incident that was presented in 2023 in New Zealand.
Julian Dennison is a New Zealand actor. He starred in the 2013 film Shopping, for which he won the English Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is known for his roles as Ricky Baker in Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), the highest-grossing New Zealand film in history, as Russell "Firefist" Collins in Deadpool 2 (2018), and as Belsnickel in The Christmas Chronicles 2. He also played Josh Valentine in Godzilla vs. Kong in 2021 and had a leading role in the film Uproar (2023).
Fiona Samuel is a New Zealand writer, actor and director who was raised Scotland from 1961 until the age of five. She moved to New Zealand and grew up in Christchurch before moving to Wellington to train as an actor at the New Zealand Drama School. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a Diploma in Acting. Samuel's award-winning career spans theatre, film, radio and television.
Red Mole was an avant garde theatre company from New Zealand. It was founded by Alan Brunton and Sally Rodwell in 1974.
Philippa Hall is a New Zealand stage, screen and radio script writer and actor.
Sarah Delahunty is a New Zealand writer and director who was born in Wellington. An award-winning playwright, Delahunty has written over 30 plays, often focussing on works for youth.
Victoria Kelly is a New Zealand composer, arranger, and vocalist.
Jan Preston is a pianist, composer and songwriter, known as Australasia's Queen of Boogie Piano due to her mastery of the 1930s boogie-woogie piano style. Originally classically trained, she has released over ten solo albums, often featuring her boogie-woogie piano playing.
Schtüng were a New Zealand progressive rock band active from 1976. The band developed out of school-era bands formed by friends keyboardist/vocalist Andrew Hagen and guitarist/vocalist Morton Wilson.
Victoria Ursula Spackman is a New Zealand creative director and business executive.
Goretti Chadwick is a Samoan-New Zealand stage and television actress, writer, director and tutor.
Ainsley Amohaere Gardiner is a film producer from New Zealand.
Jonathan Brugh, also known as Jonny Brugh, is a New Zealand comedian, actor, and musician. He is best known for his work in What We Do in the Shadows (2014). In the 1990s, he was part of the comic duo Sugar and Spice.
Vanessa Rare is a New Zealand film and television actress, screenwriter and director. She is of Ngāti Pu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Pukenga and Ngāpuhi iwi descent.
Ingrid Park is a New Zealand television actress. She began her acting career in 1998 appearing in the New Zealand television soap opera series Shortland Street.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
