Biography
Jackie van Beek is a New Zealand director, writer and actress. She studied contemporary dance and linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating in 1998, and began her career in theatre and short films before moving into features and television.
Her first feature, The Inland Road (2017), premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival. She co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the comedy The Breaker Upperers (2018) with Madeleine Sami. Van Beek has directed episodes of Wellington Paranormal (2018), What We Do in the Shadows (2019) and Time Bandits (2024). She co-created the series Educators (2019) and the Australian adaptation of The Office (2024).
As an actress, she is known for her role in What We Do in the Shadows (2014) and appearances in The Breaker Upperers and Nude Tuesday (2022).
