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Jacqueline Steiger was born on 26 December 1986 in Reseda, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Matilda (1996), Beautiful (2000) and Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998).
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- Reseda, California, USA
- Actress, Producer, Writer
Jacqueline Steiger is an actress and producer, born in 1986 in Reseda, California. She has appeared in films such as Matilda, Beautiful and Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
- December 26, 1986
- Sian Moore
- Mara Wilson (Matilda) Before being cast as the lead role in Matilda, American actress and writer Mara Wilson had already starred in several blockbuster hits.
- Jimmy Karz (Bruce Bogtrotter) Unlike co-star Mara Wilson, Jimmy Karz's first acting role was as Roald Dahl's cake-stealing schoolboy, Bruce Bogtrotter.
- Kiami Davael (Lavender) Kiami Davael's first acting gig was in Matilda too. The actress, model, singer, songwriter and screenwriter was 10 years old when she was cast as Matilda's friend, Lavender, who went on to slip a salamander in Miss Trunchball's water glass.
- Jacqueline Steiger (Amanda Thripp) You'll recognise Jacqueline Steiger from one of the most memorable scenes in Matilda. It was her character, Amanda Thripp, who was thrown over the fence by Miss Trunchbull after being vigorously spun from her pigtails like an olympic hammer.
- Childhood
- Nowadays
- Nerd Stuff
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Jacqueline Steiger grew up acting because she was bored in school and her mom figured giving her new scripts to read every day would keep her entertained. On the sets of movies like Matilda and Dennis the Menace Strikes Again she learned about things like “line of sight” and “dailies” but was never able to distinguish all those people running aroun...
She took time off from acting in order to finish school, graduating summa cum laude from UCLA with a BA in Linguistics and Anthropology and a minor in LGBT studies, cementing her place in nerd-dom forever. Her degree allows her to pick up accents easily, as well as explain why “food” and “foot” don’t rhyme. She also went to Carnegie Hall with the d...
When she’s not acting, writing, or singing, Jacqueline enjoys all things sci-fi/fantasy, video game, baking, and crochet. She works at San Diego Comic-con every summer. When asked to prove her “nerd cred”, she explains (while pointing out that boys are never asked to prove their“nerd cred”) that when she went to the Star Wars exhibit at the Califor...
Learn about Jacqueline Steiger's childhood acting career, academic achievements, and nerdy hobbies. She worked on movies like Matilda and Dennis the Menace, graduated from UCLA, and loves sci-fi/fantasy, video games, baking, and crochet.
Hi, I’m Jacqueline. Jacqueline Steiger is jumping back into the industry full-force after a break for school (graduated summa cum laude from UCLA, to brag). She has been enjoying taking classes and working on both sides of the camera this time around.
Oct 24, 2016 · Well, the actress who played her, Jacqueline Steiger, is turning 30 in December. Feel old yet? After appearing in the1996 big-screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic, Jacqueline went on to...
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Jacqueline Steiger is an actress who starred in Matilda, Dennis the Menace Strikes Again, and Beautiful. See her photos and stories from her childhood roles and learn some trivia about the movies.
