Jacque Drew
Jacque Drew is an award-winning actor with close to four decades of professional stage and screen experience across the United States and Aotearoa. Her career spans classical theatre, contemporary stage work, as well as local and international screen projects.
Originally from the US, Jacque was a founding member of Portland’s Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, where she performed in more than a dozen of Shakespeare’s plays and held leadership roles as Educational Director and later Artistic Director. Since relocating to New Zealand, she has built a substantial stage career, working with Auckland Theatre Company, Silo Theatre, The Court Theatre, Pop-Up Globe, Indian Ink, Tadpole Productions, and The Fortune Theatre.
Alongside her theatre work, Jacque has developed a strong screen presence, appearing in many international and local productions. Credits include The Power of the Dog, One of Us Is Lying, The Wilds, The Royal Treatment, Heart Eyes, M3GAN 2.0, and a recurring role in the newly launched series Spartacus: House of Ashur.
Jacque is also co-director of AYA Drama School in Auckland and works extensively as a voice and dialect coach across stage and screen. She is also a frequent guest tutor at leading acting training institutions, bringing her extensive experience as a performer and educator into every space she works.
Hair Colour
White Blonde
Location
Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau
Age Range
50 - 65
Ethnicity
European (American accent)
Height
158cm
Eye Colour
Blue
Full CV
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Film
2025 - M3GAN - Secretary of State Shelley Voss - Director - Gerard Johnstone - Blumhouse/Universal Pictures
2025 - Heart Eyes - Paramedic - Director - Josh Ruben - Spyglass Media & Republic Films USA
2021 - Choose Love - Psychic - Hallmark
2021 - The Power of the Dog - Jeannie - Director - Jane Campion - Netflix
2021 - Mothers of the Revolution - Chris - Director - Briar March - GFC Limited
2021 - The Royal Treatment - Ruth Lamott - Netflix,
2020 - Together Forever Tea - Daphne - Incendo Productions
1996 - Things I Never Told You - Sgt. Ellis - Director - Isabel Coixet - Carbo Films Inc. (USA)
1990 - Operation: Take No Prisoners - Jackie - Director - Tom Shaw - Film Ventures International (USA)Television
2025 - Spartacus: House of Ashur - Modesta (recurring) - Lionsgate TV & Starz
2021 - 2023 - One of Us is Lying: season 1 & 2 - Detective Wheeler (recurring) - Universal Content Productions
2021 - Shortland Street - Anita Trembath - South Pacific Pictures
2021 - Mr. Corman - Amy - Director - Joseph Gordon Levitt - Apple TV
2021 - The Wilds: season 1 - Assistant District Attorney - ABC Studios / Amazon Studios
2015 - The Brokenwood Mysteries - Celia Lazenby - Director - Josh Frizzell - South Pacific Pictures
2015 - Ash vs. Evil Dead - June - Director - Charlie Haskell - Pacific Renaissance
2011 - What Really Happened: The Women’s Vote (telefeature) - Jennie Smith - Director - Peter Burger - Eyeworks
2009 - Jaquie Brown Diaries - Maureen Grigg - Director - Gerard Johnstone - Young, Gifted and Brown
2009 - Legend of the Seeker - Clayre (episode guest) - Director - Jonathan Brough - Walt Disney (NZ)
2008 - Shortland Street - Martha Riley (recurring) - South Pacific Pictures,
2005 - Doves of War - Hague Reporter - Director - Chris Bailey - Screenworks
2005 - Interrogation - Melissa Lamar - Director - Murray Keane - South Pacific PicturesTheatre
2026 - Murder on the Orient Express - Helen Hubbard - Director - Shane Bosher - Auckland Theatre Company (in rehearsal)
2025 - Three Little Words - Bonnie - Director - Simon Prast - Tadpole Theatre Co
2023 - Dance Nation - Maeve - Director - Alison Walls - The Court Theatre
2018 - Welcome to the Murder House - Various - Indian Ink Theatre Company
2017 - Much Ado About Nothing - Beatrice - Director - Miriama McDowell - Pop Up Globe (Auckland & Melbourne)
2017 - Othello - Duke of Venice - Director - Ben Naylor - Pop Up Globe (Auckland & Melbourne)
2015 - Time Stands Still - Director - Lara McGregor - The Fortune Theatre
2013 - Abigails Party - Sue - Director - Sam Snedden - The Basement Theatre
2012 - Cloud 9 - Edward/Betty - Director - Same Shore - The Basement Theatre
2010 - The Vagina Monologues - Jacque - Director - Dir. Craig Hall & Sam Shore - The Basement Theatre
2009 - Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - Mae - Director - Colin McColl - Auckland Theatre Company
2007 - 2008 - Some Girls - Sam - Director/s - Margaret Mary Hollins/Ross Jolly - Silo Theatre/Circa Theatre
2005 - Twelfth Night - Maria - Director - Michael Hurst - Auckland Theatre Company
2005 - Suddenly, Last Summer - Violet Venable - Director - Shane Bosher - Silo Theatre
2004 - The Women - Edith Potter / Mrs Fordyce / Miss Watts / Receptionist / Mrs Shapiro - Director - Katie Wolfe - Silo Theatre
2003 - Born Yesterday - Billie Dawn - Director - Tobias Andersen - Mt Hood Repertory Theater (USA)
1999 - Danny and the Deep Blue Sea - Roberta - Director - Perry Piercy - the theatre cycle
1998 - Much Ado About Nothing - Beatrice - Director - Jim Cox - Tygres Heart Shakespeare Co (USA)
1998 - Sylvia - Sylvia - Director - Liz Huddle - Portland Center Stage (USA)
1997 - The Merchant of Venice - Portia - Director - Jan Powell - Tygres Heart Shakespeare Co (USA)
1996 - Buried Child - Shelly - Director - Jon Kretzu - Artists Repertory Theater (USA)
Web-series
2020 - Dick - Mom - Director - Aidee Walker - Humans LtdCommercial
2025 - Campbells Stocks & Soup
2022 - AirpointsVoice
2016 - 2018 - Power Rangers - Madame Odius - Power Rangers Productions -
2014 - John Bolton Theatre School
1998 - Shakespeare and Company Summer Training Institute
1987 - Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Graduate studies
1982-88 - University of Portland Bachelor of Arts in Communications/Theatre -
Accents - Standard American (natural), Southern American, Mid-Western American, New England, Brooklyn, West Coast American, Latino, Irish, Mexican, Russian, English
Driver’s License - Full
Singer - Alto, Mezzo Soprano
Yoga, Pilates, Aerobics
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