Jacqui Calloway
“As Zoe, Jacqui Calloway embodies the spirit of youthful activism – confident, ever-ready to take a stand, to speak out....[she] conveys clearly the character's boldness and strength of will, but at times that tips over into willfulness and impatience, so Calloway shows us how Zoe will overreach or betray her own interests.” - Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle, Review of The Niceties.
Actor + Teaching Artist
About
Jacqui is a SAG-AFTRA member and spent time acting in Los Angeles, where she appeared on Rosewood (FOX), The Inspectors (CBS), and as a series regular in the CW Seed’s I Ship It.
Here in Austin, she is a company member at The VORTEX and has won four B. Iden Payne Awards – Outstanding Featured Performer in a Drama & Small Cast (Edit Annie); Outstanding Featured Performer in a Comedy (BLKS); and Outstanding Lead Performer in A Digital Production (The Frog Prince). Her commercial credits include work for: Fruit of the Loom, Bud Light, Amazon, Discover, Living Security, & Giant Grocery.
She directs Creative Action’s Changing Lives Youth Theatre Ensemble, a group of teen artists and activists who write and perform original plays promoting healthy relationships. Jacqui has taught acting at Texas State University and The Actor's School (in affiliation with Austin Community College), and as a teaching artist for the Paramount Story Wranglers.
Jacqui graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College and has studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Anthony Meindl’s Actor Workshop, and the Relativity School.