News/Events for 2006:

 New addition to my website. You can now view my new  online web flash photo gallery.

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Jackie was the youngest of eight growing up on a farm in Wendell, N. C.  Performing for Jackie, as it does for others, began in church productions, High School and then college. She also, when she was six, would entertain guest of her oldest sister, Clara with some interesting dance moves.  Although a nursing major at North Carolina Central University, she found her self as a permanent fixture in the dramatic and dance departments. She was dancer and performed with the NCCU’s dance troupe and then later started acting in productions such as THE CHILDREN’S HOUR and CHRISTMAS CAROL in NCCU’s drama department and of course by this time Jackie had emerged from her shy shell. Jackie moved to Houston, Texas for a while and was an art consultant who sold Salvador Dali prints and put acting on the back burner, but only for a brief moment.
 The next ten to fifteen years she was back in N.C. working as a Human Resources Professional by day but by night studying scripts and rehearsing for community and professional theater. Her passion for her craft was fueled with every theatrical project and also actively working on independent films, local commercials and acting in corporate training videos.
She was inspired to make a move New York to try her hand in that arena. Her decision came after her audition won her a spot in a professional theater workshop taught by Tony Award winning actress Trezanna Beverly and Playmakers Repertory Artistic Director David Hammond which inspired her to want to do more professional work. New York was a bold and very challenging move for a country girl and still green actress but with persistence and passion she stood in line with hundreds of other hungry actors and eventually landed commercial work, independent film work and a National tour playing the role of Septima Clark in THE ROSA PARKS STORY. While in New York, she also went on a very long run and was a 2002 finisher in NYC Marathon.

A Thank you message from Jackie Marriott:
Thank you for taking the time to visit my website and for allowing me to share my performance experiences with you. My life’s journey continues to be an evolution and so will my development as an actor and performer. I thank god for the opportunity to have the ability to do something that I enjoy and that inspires me.  I am so fortunate to have a close circle of loving and supportive people in my life because it makes this journey so much easier to follow.  I have had the great fortune of working with the most brilliant directors, writers and actors in the triangle area and have performed in over 25 productions. I will be forever  “trying to matter”through my work and my life.
 
Peace and Love.
Jackie Marriott, Actor