Jaqueline Fleming
Birth Name:
Jaqueline Fleming
Birth Place:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Profession
Actress, Producer, Stunts
Fast Facts
- She spends time at New Orleans' Children's Hospital with children who are being treated for cancer and leukemia
- She went to Little Red School House and Cathedral High School in New York City and Webster University in St․ Louis before studying film, TV and dance at Columbia College's School of Media Arts in Chicago
- She was born in Denmark to an African-American father and a Danish-German mother and came to the U․S․ as an infant after the death of her mother in an automobile accident
- Quote: "(On her acting studio) "Opening my acting studio was not planned or on my agenda of something I aspired to do․ Some days I just look back and laugh because God had a plan for me here in New Orleans and I didn't even see it coming․""
- She decided to move to New Orleans after traveling there to appear in HBO's series "Treme․"
- She owns Jaq's Acting Studio and Jaq Entertainment, a film and TV production house in New Orleans
- Halle Berry convinced her to move to Hollywood after they worked together in the film "Losing Isaiah․"
Awards
- 2018Festival Award - Best Feature Length Dramatic Film:Winner
- 2023Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker - Rising Female Filmmaker:Winner
- 2024Best ThrillerNominated
- 2024Bronze Telly - Directing:Winner