Known For
Acting
Born
May 25, 1947
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Credits
82 titles
Jacki Weaver
Biography
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver AO (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film, and television actress. Her accolades include five AACTA Awards(including the Longford Lyell Award), a National Board of Review Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Weaver emerged in the 1970s during the Australian New Wave through her work in Ozploitation films such as Stork (1971), Alvin Purple (1973), and Petersen (1974). She later starred in Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Caddie (1976), Squizzy Taylor (1982), and several television films and miniseries. She also starred in Australian productions of plays such as Death of a Salesman and A Streetcar Named Desire. Weaver received international attention and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the crime film Animal Kingdom (2010) and the comedy-drama film Silver Linings Playbook (2012), the former of which also earned her the National Board of Review Award. This attention led her to receive roles in further Hollywood projects, including the films The Five-Year Engagement (2012), Parkland (2013), Magic in the Moonlight (2014), The Disaster Artist (2017), Bird Box, Widows (both 2018), Poms (2019), Stage Mother (2020), and Father Stu (2022). On television, Weaver starred in the Starz comedy series Blunt Talk (2015–2016), the Fox Showcasepolitical thriller Secret City (2016–2019), the Epix thriller Perpetual Grace, LTD (2019), and the Stanscience fiction series Bloom (2019–2020). Since 2021, she has played a recurring role as Caroline Warner in the Paramount Network neo-Western series Yellowstone. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jacki Weaver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Pendulum
Ella-Rose
Holy Days
Sister Mary Clare
Australia: An Unofficial History
Self
Memoir of a Snail
Pinky (voice)
Clipped
Shelly Sterling
Wildflower
Loretta
Hello Tomorrow!
Barbara Billings
American Murderer
Jeanne
Dr. Jackie
Jacki Weaver
Father Stu
Kathleen Long
Back to the Outback
Jackie (voice)
Penguin Bloom
Jan
Stage Mother
Maybelline Metcalf
Never Too Late
Norma McCarthy
Elsewhere
Mom
The Grudge
Lorna Moody
Zeroville
Dotty Langer
Perpetual Grace LTD
Lillian 'Ma' Brown
Poms
Sheryl
Out of Blue
Miriam Rockwell
Bloom
Gwen Reed
Bird Box
Cheryl
Widows
Agnieska
Yellowstone
Caroline Warner
Life of the Party
Sandy Cook
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
Self
Irreplaceable You
Estelle
Squinters
Audrey
Small Crimes
Irma Denton
The Disaster Artist
Carolyn / 'Claudette'
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Self
The Polka King
Barb
Sister Cities
Mary Baxter
Goldstone
Maureen
Secret City
Catriona Bailey
Blunt Talk
Rosalie Winter
Last Cab to Darwin
Dr. Farmer
Equals
Bess
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Irene Mossbecker
Gracepoint
Susan Wright
Reclaim
Reigert
Maya the Bee Movie
Buzzlina Von Beena (voice)
Magic in the Moonlight
Grace
Haunt
Janet Morello
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Voices
Dr. Warren
Florence Has Left the Building
Florence
Super Fun Night
Pamela Boubier
Parkland
Marguerite Oswald
Stoker
Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker