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Jacqueline Susan McKenzie (born October 24, 1967 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian film, television and stage actress.

McKenzie made her film debut in the 1987 film Wordplay and on stage in Child Dancing for Griffin Theatre Company. She made a strong impression in Romper Stomper (1992), and over the next couple of years came to be regarded as one of Australia's most promising young actresses.

She received Australian Film Institute Award nominations for her roles in Stark, This Won't Hurt a Bit (both 1993), The Battlers and Traps (both 1994) before winning two awards in 1995 for "Best Actress in a Television Drama" for Halifax f.p: Lies of the Mind, and Best Actress in a Leading Role" for Angel Baby.

With this success she ventured to the United States and secured a Green Card, as a "Person of Extraordinary Ability". Her subsequent acting roles in films such as Deep Blue Sea (1999) and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) failed to establish her in Hollywood.

In 2004 she began playing the lead female role Diana Skouris in the science fiction television series The 4400, one of the year's biggest successes, the show has a confirmed fourth season for 2007. She also played a lead role in an episode of Two Twisted (2006), an Australian television program.

McKenzie appeared on television again in 2006 playing Linda Landry in Umney's Last Case, the third episode of Nightmares and Dreamscapes on TNT.

McKenzie dated Aussie actor Daniel Pollock (who appeared with her in Romper Stomper) before he committed suicide in 1992.

External links

• Official Website
• Jaqueline McKenzie Artist Page on MySpace

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