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.

Filmography

• 2026Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant — Ann
• New Zealand Spy — Ruth
• 2025Zombucha!
• 2024Audrey — Ronnie Lipsick
• The Office — Executive Producer, Director, Creator
• Time Bandits — Director
• 2022Nude Tuesday — Laura, Screenplay
• Educators — Robyn Duffy, Writer, Creator
• What We Do in the Shadows — Director
• 2018The Breaker Upperers — Jen, Director, Writer
• Wellington Paranormal — Director
• 2017The Inland Road — Writer, Director
• 800 Words — Gloria
• Funny Girls — Pauline
• Coverband — Stacey
• 2014What We Do in the Shadows — Jackie
• 2012In Safe Hands — Director, Writer
• 2007Eagle vs Shark — Burger Staff
• 2001Love Mussel — Fiona Mathieson
• Hope — Director

Appearances as themselves (3)

• Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee — Self
• Taskmaster NZ — Self
• Anika Moa Unleashed — Self