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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 25, 1947
Place of Birth:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Memoir of a Snail | Pinky (voice) |
| 2023 | Wildflower | Loretta |
| 2022 | American Murderer | Jeanne |
| 2022 | Father Stu | Kathleen Long |
| 2021 | Penguin Bloom | Jan |
| 2021 | Back to the Outback | Jackie (voice) |
| 2020 | Elsewhere | Mom |
| 2020 | Stage Mother | Maybelline Metcalf |
| 2020 | Never Too Late | Norma McCarthy |
| 2019 | Zeroville | Dotty Langer |
| 2019 | Out of Blue | Miriam Rockwell |
| 2019 | The Grudge | Lorna Moody |
| 2019 | Poms | Sheryl |
| 2018 | Life of the Party | Sandy Cook |
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You | Estelle |
| 2018 | Widows | Agnieska |
| 2018 | Bird Box | Cheryl |
| 2018 | Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster | Self |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist | Carolyn / "Claudette" |
| 2017 | Small Crimes | Irma Denton |
| 2017 | The Polka King | Barb |
| 2017 | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Self |
| 2016 | Goldstone | Maureen |
| 2016 | Sister Cities | Mary Baxter |
| 2015 | Equals | Bess |
| 2015 | Last Cab to Darwin | Dr. Farmer |
| 2014 | Haunt | Janet Morello |
| 2014 | Magic in the Moonlight | Grace |
| 2014 | The Voices | Dr. Warren |
| 2014 | Reclaim | Reigert |
| 2014 | Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | Irene Mossbecker |
| 2014 | Florence Has Left the Building | Florence |
| 2013 | Stoker | Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker |
| 2013 | Parkland | Marguerite Oswald |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement | Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes |
| 2012 | Silver Linings Playbook | Dolores Solatano |
| 2012 | Lois | |
| 2010 | Animal Kingdom | Janine 'Smurf' Cody |
| 2010 | Summer Coda | Jen |
| 2008 | Three Blind Mice | Bernie |
| 1997 | The Two-Wheeled Time Machine | Older Alice |
| 1996 | Cosi | Cherry |
| 1986 | The Challenge | Rasa Bertrand |
| 1985 | The Perfectionist | Barbara Gunn |
| 1983 | Abra Cadabra | Primrose Buttercup |
| 1982 | Squizzy Taylor | Dolly |
| 1976 | Caddie | Josie |
| 1976 | Do I Have to Kill My Child? | Dianne |
| 1975 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Minnie |
| 1975 | A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 | Self (archive photos) |
| 1975 | The Removalists | |
| 1975 | Polly My Love | Polly |
| 1974 | Jock Petersen | Susie Petersen |
| 1973 | Alvin Purple | Second Sugar Girl |
| 1971 | Stork | Anna |
| 1970 | The Naked Bunyip | Herself |
| Larrikins | Doris (voice) | |
| The Wonder Yard | Dinah | |
| Holy Days | ||
| Pendulum |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Australia: An Unofficial History | Self |
| 2024 | Clipped | Shelly Sterling |
| 2023 | Hello Tomorrow! | Barbara Billings |
| 2022 | Dr. Jackie | Jacki Weaver |
| 2021 | Wahl Street | Self (uncredited) |
| 2019 | Perpetual Grace LTD | Lillian 'Ma' Brown |
| 2019 | Bloom | Gwen Reed |
| 2018 | Yellowstone | Caroline Warner |
| 2018 | Squinters | Audrey |
| 2016 | Secret City | Catriona Bailey |
| 2015 | Blunt Talk | Rosalie Winter |
| 2013 | Super Fun Night | Pamela Boubier |
| 2007 | Satisfaction | Gillian |
| 1980 | Water Under the Bridge | Maggie McGhee |
| 1964 | Homicide | Jill Henderson |
| 1964 | Homicide | Kay Thomas |
| 1964 | Homicide | Sue Ryan |
| 1964 | Homicide | Wilma Steiner |
| 1964 | Homicide | Petra Kendrix |
| 1964 | Homicide | Annette Bishop |
| 1964 | Homicide | Anne Johnson |
| 1964 | Homicide | Vicki Gaye |
| 1964 | Homicide | Hettie |