Jackie Hansen is an actor born and raised in Long Island, New York. She received her acting training from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts conservatory under dean, Gerald Freedman.Originally based in New York, her stage debut came in 2014 as the lead in Urban Stages Off-Broadway production of Shatter. She returned again to Urban Stages to star in the three-hander, female fueled drama, Communion, written and directed by Obie Award winning playwright, Daniel MacIvor.Most recently, Jackie is in Los Angeles preparing to play the lead in her first feature film, Jackson's Hole.