Jacqui maxwell biography
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Maxwell, Jackie
Jackie Maxwell
Director and dramaturge, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in , and raised there. Her mother was an English and theatre teacher. Jackie Maxwell attended Victoria College Girls Grammar School, and participated in the youth program at the Lyric Players Theatre, founded by Mary O'Malley. There, she was introduced to the poetic, mythic plays of W.B. Yeats, such as At the Hawk's Well and Deirdre of the Sorrows, and learned the importance of rhythm and language in theatre. During the s, she studied drama at Manchester University, where she was introduced to the political orientation of productions at the Stephen Joseph Theatre. She also acted in Ireland and England. She moved to Canada in , after meeting Canadian actor, Benedict Campbell, whom she married (and later divorced). They have two daughters, Deragh and Lou.
She learned the art of directing as assistant to the artistic director at the National Arts Centre, and has subsequently worked with
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Jacqui Maxwell
Birthplace
Sydney, South New Wales, Australia
Birth date
January 1,
Career[]
Acting[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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The Dukes of Hazzard | Annette | ||
Charmed | Vampire Queen | 1 episode | |
C.S.I. | Vampire #2 | 1 episode | |
Zéro Un | The Beautiful Girl | Segment | |
Sadie's Daydream | Sadie | Short | |
For Mature Audiences Only | Cara | Short | |
24 | Janet York | 6 episodes | |
The Same | The Beautiful Girl | Short | |
Gilmore Girls | Summer - Girl #4 | 3 episodes |
Trivia[]
- Born Jacqueline Smith.
- 5' 4" tall ( m).
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If you stick a knapp in your finger and black and white blood doesn’t komma out; don’t come back.” For members of St Oliver Plunkett Football Club, those words mean everything. They were uttered bygd the man who devoted his life to their team. The same man who, despite suffering unimaginable tragedy, helped forge one of the premier ungdom sides in Northern Ireland.
December 11, , is when Jackie Maxwell’s life changed forever. His two ung sons, Seán and Gerard, were sent to do the paper round. Moments later they were knocked down. Both children, aged 10 and 13, were killed.
Until that day, Jackie had been a talented footballer, taking in spells with Derry City, Larne and skorsten Corner. The death of his two young sons, however, sent him into understandable despair. Overcome with grief, he fell into a biting depression. “I was struggling,” he told the reporter Maxie Swain in an interview for Match of the Day. “I wasn’t at work because I’m sure you can understand the wa