{{Short description|New Zealand entertainer, singer and comedian}} {{For|the Irish soccer player|Jackie Clarke (footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox actor | name = Jackie Clarke | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}} | image = File:Jackie Clarke MNZM (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Clarke in 2018 | birth_name = Jacqueline Emma Clarke | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1966|03|22}} | birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|Comedian|Singer}} | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Jacqueline Emma Clarke''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM}} (born 22 March 1966)<ref name="birthday" /> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vac.org.nz/awards/|title=Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc, 2016 Awards|date=13 May 2013 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3397039-135/state-house-kid-from-kaiti-to |title='State house kid from Kaiti' to MNZM |work=Gisborne Herald |date=5 June 2018 |accessdate=20 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911081639/http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/3397039-135/state-house-kid-from-kaiti-to |archive-date=11 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In November 2024 she was presented with the Benny Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand, the highest honour for a New Zealand variety entertainer.
==Early life== Clarke was born in Christchurch, New Zealand<ref name="birthplace">{{cite web |last1=Stephenson |first1=Sharon |title=Jackie Clarke Says Yes |url=https://womanmagazine.co.nz/jackie-clarke-profile/ |publisher=Woman Magazine |date=11 July 2023}}</ref> She has a twin sister Robyn, who is a nurse.<ref name="birthday">{{cite web |title=Jackie Clarke's Double Celebration |url=https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/celeb-news/jackie-clarkes-double-celebration-1435 |publisher=NZ Women's Weekly |date=13 April 2016}}</ref> Clarke is of Samoan, Scottish and English descent.<ref>[https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/twelve-questions-jackie-clarke/SQATHCQD64KDCW7ROE3SIX36YQ/ Twelve Questions: Jackie Clarke], New Zealand Herald, 8 Dec 2015</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pegler |first1=Pattie |title=Why Jackie Clarke's snowglobe collection has finally stopped growing |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/houses/300491937/why-jackie-clarkes-snowglobe-collection-has-finally-stopped-growing |website=stuff.co.nz |publisher=Stuff |date=30 January 2022}}</ref>
==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== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.jackieclarke.co.nz/ Jackie Clarke's website] *{{IMDb name|1765855}}
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