Jackie Clarke Explained

Jackie Clarke
Birth Name:	Jacqueline Emma Clarke
Birth Date:	1966 3, df=y
Birth Place:	Christchurch, New Zealand

Jacqueline Emma Clarke (born 22 March 1966) 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Early life

Clarke was born in Christchurch, New Zealand^[3] She has a twin sister Robyn, who is a nurse.^[4] 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

External links

• Jackie Clarke's website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc, 2016 Awards.
2. News: 'State house kid from Kaiti' to MNZM . Gisborne Herald . 5 June 2018 . 20 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180911081639/http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3397039-135/state-house-kid-from-kaiti-to . 11 September 2018 . dead .
3. Web site: Stephenson . Sharon . Jackie Clarke Says Yes . Woman Magazine . 11 July 2023.
4. Web site: Jackie Clarke's Double Celebration . NZ Women's Weekly . 13 April 2016.
5. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/twelve-questions-jackie-clarke/SQATHCQD64KDCW7ROE3SIX36YQ/ Twelve Questions: Jackie Clarke
6. Web site: Pegler . Pattie . Why Jackie Clarke's snowglobe collection has finally stopped growing . stuff.co.nz . Stuff . 30 January 2022.