Jacinta John


Jacinta John is an Australian actress, producer and director. She is best known for her performance as Miss Casewell in the 60th anniversary tour of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, which played to an audience of over 150,000 people across Australasia.

Life and career

Born in Perth, Western Australia, she attended the Presbyterian Ladies' College in Peppermint Grove, Perth. She graduated from the University of Sydney where she was awarded the Walter Reid Memorial Prize. She travelled to London where she completed an MA in Classical acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In 2010 she became an Australia Council Artstart recipient, which allowed her to study Viewpoints and Suzuki at the Saratoga International Theater Institute in New York City.
After dabbling in theatre producing early in her career, she turned her attention towards cinema. Her first feature iSOLATE, screened on the opening night of the 2012 CinefestOz film festival alongside The Intouchables, and 33 Postcards. In 2013 she returned to theatre, only this time, as a director of musical theatre.
Her mother, Suzanne John worked as a journalist for the ABC, Nine Network and Seven Network in Perth, Western Australia. Her cousin is actor Callan McAuliffe.

Producing and directing

Theatre

Theatre
Film and Television