ZACK MCCRACKEN

Location: Auckland

Age Range: 50 - 70

Ethnicity: New Zealand, Maori

Hair Colour: Grey

Eye Colour: Brown

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Bio

Zack McCracken is a New Zealand actor who abandoned her nursing career for the theatre after experiencing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Trained at the École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, she spent twenty years in the UK working in theatre and teaching improvisation, mask work, and devised theatre. She also worked extensively as a simulated patient, playing multiple roles for Cambridge University and UEA Schools of Medicine. After returning to New Zealand in 2003, she joined the Clown Doctors NZ Charitable Trust, performing regularly at Starship Hospital and later serving as Artistic Director, delivering nationwide training and professional development. She continues to work as a simulated patient and is now focusing primarily on film and television roles.


Credits

YearRoleProductionCompanyDirector
2026MomLast HarvestLay'sTaika Waititi
2025ChristineForgive Us AllFive Films/Stiles PicturesJordana Stott
2022Archery WomanNZ Seniors Term LifeFCB AotearoaMike Braid
2020NahnahThe Lost Letter OfficeCapitalENick Blake
2016Dr CrackerRun for JoySaatchi and Saatchihttps://youtu.be/QoYFgk8DWAg
2015MumDinner with MumGlobal HeartwarmingGiovanni Fusetti
2015DelegateThe NegotiationsGlobal HeartwarmingGiovanni Fusetti
2008KateGood Grape HuntingMurder Mystery TheatreAlistair Babbage
2005Multiple rolesUnder Milk WoodFeatival PlayersChristine Jarman
2003Multiple rolesSimulated Patient ScenariosSympatico Actors Agency
1993Production ManagerLovebitesTieBreak Touring TheatreDavid Farmer
1992EthelFunny PeculiarKoshi Hip Theatre CompanyJoyce Henderson
1990Circus PerformerNumbskullSwamp CircusKumiko Mendl
1989Miss CarmichaelHuman WishesThree's CompanyJulian Hilton