Jacqueline McKenzie
Biography
Jacqueline McKenzie is an Australian actress of film and stage who was born in Sydney and trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. She made her film debut in Romper Stomper, winning Best Actress from the Film Critics Circle of Australia and at the Stockholm International Film Festival. On stage she played Ophelia in Hamlet and Joan in Saint Joan, and later took the lead in Proof. She played Diana Skouris in the US science fiction series The 4400 and appeared in the horror film Malignant. She also had roles in Deep Blue Sea and Beneath Hill 60. She won Australian Film Institute awards for Angel Baby and Halifax f.p. and a Logie for her role in the Romper Stomper television series, and received the Screen Legend Award at CinefestOZ. She was also nominated for Australian Film Institute awards for the miniseries Stark and The Battlers.
58years old
Turns 59 on October 24in 23 days
- Born Sydney
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Jacqueline Susan McKenzie
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 32 years1992 to 2024
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Big break
While she was rehearsing for the play Rebecca, director George Ogilvie let McKenzie take time off to try out for Romper Stomper, a new Australian Independent feature film.
First role
In 1987, the pilot of the television series All The Way gave McKenzie the lead role. Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Mammone, Rowena Wallace, and Martin Sacks also appeared in it.
Early training
Jacqueline McKenzie trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), where she was accepted after an audition and graduated in December 1990.
Big break
Jacqueline McKenzie was cast as Diana Skouris, the lead female detective, in the US prime-time science fiction series The 4400. In 2004 the show earned the best debut ratings on US cable and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Best Mini-Series.
A role that slipped away
McKenzie could not stay with the production when it toured to Melbourne because she had other work commitments. Cate Blanchett then played Ophelia on that tour.
A first
McKenzie went back to Australia to play Catherine in Proof, the Pulitzer Prize winning play by David Auburn. Her performance broke every box office record previously set at the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre.
Jacqueline McKenzie movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Stellan Skarsgård's page
Russell Crowe's page
Bryan Brown's page
Aden Young's page
Felix Williamson's page
Steve Bastoni's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- Aaron JefferyPalm Beach (2019) and Occupation (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jacqueline McKenzie's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$283 million
8 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$165M58.1% of the total
- 2$74M26.1% of the total
- 3$35M12.3% of the total
- 4$5.8M2.0% of the total
- 5$3.3M1.2% of the total
- 6$692K0.2% of the total
- 7$144K0.1% of the total
- 8$22K0.0% of the total
