
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.
- January 1, 1976 (50)
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Actor, director and writer, also producer
- 9 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
What are Jackie van Beek's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
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
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Jen in The Breaker Upperers (2018)
- Heroas Laura in Nude Tuesday (2022)
- Heroas Ronnie Lipsick in Audrey (2024)
Moods and endings
- 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.

Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant(2026)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Zombucha! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

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

Time Bandits(2024)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all shows
Nude Tuesday(2022)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Educators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Wellington Paranormal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

The Breaker Upperers(2018)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Inland Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

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

800 Words(2015)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Coverband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all filmsIn Safe Hands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Eagle vs Shark(2007)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all filmsLove Mussel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 2001 to 2026.
Film career
Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.
- 2007Screen debut· Eagle vs Shark
- 2018First top-billed film· The Breaker Upperers
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.
- 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.
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
- Yvette ParsonsShared titles: Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant (2026), Nude Tuesday (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Yvette Parsons

- Jemaine ClementShared titles: Nude Tuesday (2022), What We Do in the Shadows (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Jemaine Clement

Editors
- Tom EaglesShared titles: The Breaker Upperers (2018), What We Do in the Shadows (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Eagles

Producers
- Taika WaititiShared titles: The Breaker Upperers (2018), What We Do in the Shadows (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Taika Waititi

Mixed roles
- Celia PacquolaShared titles: Nude Tuesday (2022), The Breaker Upperers (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Celia Pacquola
