Jacqueline McKenzie
Born: 1967-10-24 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jacqueline Susan McKenzie (born 24 October 1967) is an Australian actress. McKenzie made her film debut in the 1987 film Wordplay and on stage in Child Dancing for Griffin Theatre Company. She made a strong impression in Romper Stomper (1992), and over the next couple of years came to be regarded as one of Australia's most promising young actresses. She received Australian Film Institute Award nominations for her roles in Stark, This Won't Hurt a Bit (both 1993), The Battlers and Traps (both 1994) before winning two awards in 1995 for "Best Actress in a Television Drama" for Halifax f.p: "Lies of the Mind", and Best Actress in a Leading Role" for Angel Baby. With this success she ventured to the United States and secured a Green Card, as a "Person of Extraordinary Ability". She subsequently had acting roles in films such as Deep Blue Sea (1999) and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002). In 2004, she began playing the lead female role Diana Skouris in the science fiction television series The 4400, one of the year's biggest successes. The show ran for four seasons, ending in 2007. She also played a lead role in an episode of Two Twisted (2006), an Australian television program. McKenzie appeared on television again in 2006 playing Linda Landry in "Umney's Last Case", the third episode of Nightmares and Dreamscapes on TNT. She has recorded a collection of songs: "Shy Baby", "Boo Boo", "Find Me", "Summer", "Under The Elm" and "Ever". "Shy Baby" was used in the second season finale of The 4400, and will be included in the show's soundtrack released in April 2007. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In 1996, a portrait of McKenzie by Garry Shead was a finalist in the Archibald Prize. The prize is awarded for the "best portrait painting preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics". McKenzie became mother to a daughter in June 2009. From 7 February to 27 March 2011, she will appear in In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl at the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Theatre Company Description above from the Wikipedia article Jacqueline McKenzie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2025
- All Her Fault as Louise Erikson
- Mix Tape as Sheila
2024
- Force of Nature: The Dry 2 as Carmen Cooper
- The Convert as Charlotte
2022
- Poker Face as Doctor
- Savage River as Colleen Lang
- Significant Others as Sarah
- Ruby's Choice as Sharon
2021
- Malignant as Dr. Florence Weaver
2020
- Halifax: Retribution as Sharon Sinclair
- Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears as Lady Eleanor Lofthouse
2019
- My Life Is Murder as Iris
- Bloom as Anne Carter
- Palm Beach as Bridget
- Believe as Hannah
2018
- Pine Gap as Kath Sinclair
- Harmony as Beth
- Romper Stomper as Gabe
- Occupation as Colonel Grant
- Safe Harbour as Helen
- The Gateway as Jane Chandler
2017
- Don't Tell as Jean Dalton
- Three Summers as Professor Wellborn
2016
- Making 'Traps' as Self
2015
- Hiding as Ferdine Lamay
- Force of Destiny as Hannah
2014
- Love Child as Mrs. Maguire
- The Water Diviner as Eliza
2010
- Hawaii Five-0 as Sarah Reeves
- Beneath Hill 60 as Mrs. Emma Waddell
2009
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Amy Taylor
- Mental as Veronica Hayden-Jones
2006
- Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King as Linda Landry
- Opal Dream as Annie Williamson
2005
- Peaches as Jude
- Freak Weather as Penny
- Human Touch as Anna
2004
- The 4400 as Diana Skouris
2003
- Preservation as Daphne
2002
- CSI: Miami as Meredith Ramsey
- Without a Trace as Patricia Mills
- Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood as Younger Teensy
2001
- When Billie Beat Bobby as Margaret Court
- Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) as Sherry
2000
- On the Beach as Mary Davidson Holmes
- On the Beach as Mary Davidson Holmes
- Eisenstein as Pera
1999
- Deep Blue Sea as Janice Higgins
1998
- Love from Ground Zero as Samantha
1997
- Kangaroo Palace as Catherine Macaleese
- The Devil Game
- Kangaroo Palace as Catherine Macaleese
- Under the Lighthouse Dancing as Emma
1996
- Mr. Reliable as Beryl Muddle
1995
- Angel Baby as Kate
1994
- Halifax f.p. as Sharon Sinclair
- The Battlers as Dancy Grimshaw
- Traps as Viola Renouard
- Talk as The Girl
1993
- Stark as Rachel O'Donoghue
- This Won't Hurt a Bit as Vanessa Prescott
1992
- Romper Stomper as Gabe
1988
- The Riddle of the Stinson as Usherette