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Jaqueline Wright

Actor. Writer. One of a kind.

Bio

Jacqueline Wright, AKA Jax, is a writer and performer. They create across countless media; film, theater, poetry and performance art. In addition to creating works of their own, Jax is fiercely passionate about collaboration and serving other artist's visions. Jax received their BFA in acting from California Institute of the Arts. Recently she was honored to be a member of EST LA’s Ignite Project playwrighting lab, sparking the creation of their new full length plays Emergency Snack. As well as their latest full length, Redwood & The Giant Play.  Driving Wild, directed by Bart Delerenzo, premiered at Theater of Note, Critic’s pick LA WEEKLY. Have You Seen Alice? directed by Adrian A Cruz premiered at Theater of NOTE, Critic’s Pick LA TIMES and LA WEEKLY, nominated for LA Weekly performance and design awards. Eat Me, self produced with Joe Foster, nominated for LA Weekly and Ovation awards, Love Water, directed by Dan Bonnell, produced by EST LA with Open Fist, Critic’s Choice LA WEEKLY, Ovation nominations, Jerome Fellowship Finalist and Sherwood Finalist. As a performer, Jax originated the roles of Molly Carlson and Betty in The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters by Marlane Meyer, dir by Lisa Peterson, JonBenét Ramsey in House of Gold, dir by Gates McFadden, Carrie in Backyard by Mickey Birnbaum directed by Larry Biederman, and The Dope Elf, written & directed by Asher Hartman, 2024 as the The Air Planner in Daniel Sullivan’s Xs Tons Millions directed by Adrian A Cruz, and 2025 The Mother in Caye Castagnetto’s Rhino, Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head, role of Francine in Sorry by Mellissa R. Randel, directed  by Larry Biederman. They can be seen in Asher Hartman’s short film It Had All Happened Through This, This…? and as the Chupacabra worshiping villian in the b-movie homage Cursed In Baja directed by Jeff Daniel Phillips, and as Tommy in the feature film adaptation of Jacqueline’s critically acclaimed play Eat Me directed by Adrian A Cruz (Sundance lab finalist, Best Film: Cult Films & Peephole Festival), now streaming on all platforms.

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Jacqueline Wright acting/showreel for 2025
Jacqueline Wright acting/showreel for 2025

Jacqueline Wright acting/showreel for 2025

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From the Coen Brother's BURN AFTER READING, to the experimental in EXCURSIONS and IT HAD ALL HAPPENED THROUGH THIS, THIS..., to the pulp, b-movie, cult homage femme fatale Sasha n Jeff Daniel Philip's CURSED IN BAJA, and the horror/drama theater-hybrid, EAT ME -- Jacqueline is honored to be a part of these labour of love films

CURSED IN BAJA
CURSED IN BAJA

CURSED IN BAJA

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Jacqueline Wright plays the villainous Sasha, the leader of a cult that worships the Chupacabra, in this horror thriller by writer-director Jeff Daniel Philips. A b-movie homage that premiered at FrightFest and is being distributed by Anchor Bay. Available to stream on all platforms.

Catherine Sullivan's THE BIG HUNT
Catherine Sullivan's THE BIG HUNT

Catherine Sullivan's THE BIG HUNT

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In The Big Hunt, a 2002 video installation acquired by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles.

Jacqueline Wright is featured as Charlotte Corday as well as portraying the teenage boy, Birdie, in Sullivan's five-channel video, which uses overlapping sets and actors to explore themes of movement, repitition, and language in performance. It is available to see now at MOCA.

EAT ME on the Certified Forgotten Podcast
EAT ME on the Certified Forgotten Podcast

EAT ME on the Certified Forgotten Podcast

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In this week’s episode of the Certified Forgotten podcast, Matthew Monagle and Matthew Donato are joined by film critic Jenn Adams Jenn explains why she has always approached horror through the lens of mental health, and in this episode, she makes a compelling argument as to why a film as outrageous and borderline offensive as Eat Me can still find moments of true catharsis.

Interview in BIMIFF Magazine
Interview in BIMIFF Magazine

Interview in BIMIFF Magazine

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Jacqueline Wright is the featured interview in Brasil International Monthly Independent Film Festival's Official Magazine -- discussing the making of her film EAT ME as well as the ups and downs of life as an artist with a point of view and something to say.

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"Timely and affecting, a tour-de-force howl of primal, damaged rage. Eat Me couldn't have arrived at a more propitious time," Robert Abele, LA TIMES.

Creative Endeavors

Projects Jacqueline Wright has had the privilege of working on, some as a writer, others as performer or collaborator.

Rehearsal footage of Buddy's campaign speech for Class President.

A wild cult and B-Movie homage by Jeff Daniel Philips, featuring Jacquelie Wright as Sasha, the villainous, Chupacabra-worshiping cult leader.

Photos from theatrical productions of work written by Jacqueline Wright at Theatre of NOTE, Ensemble Studio Theater, Echo Theater, Nothridge State University, Occidenttal among others.

Catherine Sullivan's 5 projector installation, THE BIG HUNT (2002) featuring Jacqueline Wright.

tape 00003: “oh man Magdalena”

Animal Show Theater Collective presents the World Premiere of the arresting and affecting “X’s Tons Millions” conceived and written by Daniel Sullivan — an unconventional work in the requiem form, utilizing voice, sound, and movement to reckon with the destruction caused by war.

A quick browse through the posts of a vampire influencer looking for love in this crazy world.

An odd ball story of odd ball people, cat and mouse and something else too...

The Ignite Project is reigniting a core tenant of EST/LA and its membership:
to develop original, bold, risk-taking theatre for our company.

An innovative theatrical work that incorporates dance, movement and music to embody the struggles every woman faces through the lens of the mythological figure of Persephone. Jacqueline Wright had the pleasure of originating the role of Francine, a modern woman with an age old problem.

Photos

Characters I have created in film & on stage. Stories written by me and others: Mickey Birnbaum, Marlane Meyer, Julie Herbert, Mary Laws, Christopher Adams Cohen, Wes Walker, Padric Duffy, Sheila Callaghan, Jennifer Stefanisko, Asher Hartman, Steven Morgan Haskell, Paul Sand, Adrian Alejandro Cruz among others.

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Videos

My acting reel and film clips that feature me in roles I loved playing.