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Jackie van Beek

Jackie van Beek

Actor, director and writer, also producer · Born January 1, 1976 (50) · 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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1976 (50)
From
Wellington, New Zealand
Works as
Actor, director and writer, also producer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 2% in 30 days

What are Jackie van Beek's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
38%
Self
26%
Morality
15%
Survival
11%
Society
11%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Ironic 2 · Wry 1 · Earnest 1

Light 3 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 1

Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 4

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 3
Ally
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
3
Warm
3
Joyful
2
Tense
1
Manic
1
Other
3

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jackie van Beek's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Jackie van Beek's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

19 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Zombucha! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Audrey(2024)

    as Ronnie Lipsick

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • The Office (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer

  • Time Bandits(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
  • Nude Tuesday(2022)

    Producer · Screenplay · as Laura

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Educators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 32 episodes · Creator · Writer · as Robyn Duffy

  • What We Do in the Shadows(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Wellington Paranormal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

  • The Breaker Upperers(2018)

    Director · Writer · as Jen

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • The Inland Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Writer

  • Funny Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 18 episodes · as Pauline

  • 800 Words(2015)

    Show 15 episodes · as Gloria

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • Coverband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as Stacey

  • Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • In Safe Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Writer

  • Eagle vs Shark(2007)

    as Burger Staff

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Love Mussel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Fiona Mathieson

  • Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 2001 to 2026.

Film career

Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting12 of 19: 9 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thDirecting8 of 19: 4 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting5 of 19: 0 only writing, 5 with another roleProducing1 of 19: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew2 of 19: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

19 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s10 · 6 acting · 6 crew2020s6 · 4 acting · 3 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Jackie van Beek's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 9 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed3

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jackie van Beek's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 54 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 60 · moderateMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Jackie van Beek work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jackie van Beek's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yvette Parsons shares the most, 2.

Actors

Editors

Producers

Mixed roles