Jackie Clarke

New Zealand entertainer, singer and comedian

Actress
Comedian
Singer

Jacqueline Emma Clarke MNZM (born 22 March 1966)^[1] is a New Zealand entertainer, singer and comedian. She was a judge on New Zealand Idol in 2005.

In 2016, she was named Top Female Artist by the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand.^[2]

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Clarke was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the entertainment industry.^[3]

Early life

Clarke was born in Christchurch, New Zealand^[4] She has a twin sister Robyn, who is a nurse.^[1] Clarke is of Samoan, Scottish and English descent.^[5]^[6]

Credits (incomplete)

Television

the voices for Gracie, Mrs. Milk and Slo-Mo from The Adventures of Massey Ferguson (2004)
Judge for the second season of New Zealand Idol (2005)
Judge for the second and third seasons of Showcase (1997–98)
Saturday Live (TV2) co-host
Skitz (TV3) (1993)
The Dreamstone as Wildit, Zarag
Molly's Gang (1995)
The Semisis (TV3) (1998)
The Jaquie Brown Diaries (2008)
Power Rangers Dino Charge (2015) (voice)
Power Rangers Dino Super Charge (2016) (voice)
Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel (2018) (voice)
Power Rangers Beast Morphers (2020) (voice)

Film

GURL

Documentary

Wise Women and Song (TV1)
Twins (TV2)

Theatre

A Christmas Carol (ATC)
Mum's the Word (NZ tour)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (New Zealand tour)
Porgy and Bess (Mercury Theatre)
Little Shop of Horrors (Sky City Theatre)
The Underwatermelonman (New Zealand International Festival of the Arts)
And the World Goes 'Round (Sky City Theatre)
C – A Musical (Circa Theatre)

Singing

Sirens (with Tina Cross)
Auckland Philharmonia
Christchurch Symphony
Taranaki Arts Festival
Broadway Songbirds (with Ellie Smith) at Downstage Theatre
Christchurch Festival
Love Hate Relationship (with Tim Beveridge and Penny Dodd) for the Tauranga Arts Festival
When The Cat's Been Spayed
Coca-Cola Xmas in the Park
Schweppes Showtime
NBR Stadium Spectacular
Sky City Starlight Symphony and Lakeside
NZSO (My Fair Lady, Around the World in 80 minutes)
APO (Blockbusters 2001, Decades of Rock 2004, 2005)
the CS (The Proms, Fresh Sounds 2000)
Dunedin Sinphonia (ENZO 2000, Carnival of the Animals 2002)
The Ladykillers

References

^ ^a ^b "Jackie Clarke's Double Celebration". NZ Women's Weekly. 13 April 2016.
^ "Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc, 2016 Awards".
^ "'State house kid from Kaiti' to MNZM". Gisborne Herald. 5 June 2018. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^ Stephenson, Sharon (11 July 2023). "Jackie Clarke Says Yes". Woman Magazine.
^ Twelve Questions: Jackie Clarke, New Zealand Herald, 8 Dec 2015
^ Pegler, Pattie (30 January 2022). "Why Jackie Clarke's snowglobe collection has finally stopped growing". stuff.co.nz. Stuff.