Jacki Weaver
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 25, 1947 (age 79)
- Birthplace
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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
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Filmography
Larrikins
Movie · as Doris (voice)
The Wonder Yard
Movie · as Dinah
Salvation Creek
Movie · as Esther
The Rockford Files
TV · as Karma · 2 eps
Holy Days
Movie · as Sister Mary Clare
Pendulum
Movie · as Ella-Rose
Trash Mountain
Movie · as Helen
Australia: An Unofficial History
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Memoir of a Snail
Movie · as Pinky (voice)
Clipped
TV · as Shelly Sterling · 6 eps
Wildflower
Movie · as Loretta
Hello Tomorrow!
TV · as Barbara Billings · 6 eps
American Murderer
Movie · as Jeanne
Father Stu
Movie · as Kathleen Long
Dr. Jackie
TV · as Jacki Weaver · 1 ep
Penguin Bloom
Movie · as Jan
Back to the Outback
Movie · as Jackie (voice)
Elsewhere
Movie · as Mom
Stage Mother
Movie · as Maybelline Metcalf
Never Too Late
Movie · as Norma McCarthy
Zeroville
Movie · as Dotty Langer
Out of Blue
Movie · as Miriam Rockwell
The Grudge
Movie · as Lorna Moody
Poms
Movie · as Sheryl
Perpetual Grace LTD
TV · as Lillian 'Ma' Brown · 10 eps
Bloom
TV · as Gwen Reed · 7 eps
Life of the Party
Movie · as Sandy Cook
Irreplaceable You
Movie · as Estelle
Widows
Movie · as Agnieska
Bird Box
Movie · as Cheryl
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
Movie · as Self
Yellowstone
TV · as Caroline Warner · 7 eps
Squinters
TV · as Audrey · 6 eps
The Disaster Artist
Movie · as Carolyn / 'Claudette'
Small Crimes
Movie · as Irma Denton
The Polka King
Movie · as Barb
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Movie · as Self
Goldstone
Movie · as Maureen
Sister Cities
Movie · as Mary Baxter
Secret City
TV · as Catriona Bailey · 9 eps
Equals
Movie · as Bess
Last Cab to Darwin
Movie · as Dr. Farmer
Blunt Talk
TV · as Rosalie Winter · 20 eps
Haunt
Movie · as Janet Morello
Magic in the Moonlight
Movie · as Grace
The Voices
Movie · as Dr. Warren
Reclaim
Movie · as Reigert
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Movie · as Irene Mossbecker
Florence Has Left the Building
Movie · as Florence
Maya the Bee Movie
Movie · as Buzzlina Von Beena (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Gracepoint
TV · as Susan Wright · 10 eps
Stoker
Movie · as Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker
Parkland
Movie · as Marguerite Oswald
Super Fun Night
TV · as Pamela Boubier · 1 ep
The Five-Year Engagement
Movie · as Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes
Silver Linings Playbook
Movie · as Dolores Solatano
Lois
Movie
Animal Kingdom
Movie · as Janine 'Smurf' Cody
Summer Coda
Movie · as Jen
Three Blind Mice
Movie · as Bernie
Satisfaction
TV · as Gillian · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
Movie · as Older Alice
Cosi
Movie · as Cherry
The Challenge
TV · as Rasa Bertrand · 6 eps
The Perfectionist
Movie · as Barbara Gunn
Abra Cadabra
Movie · as Primrose Buttercup
The Girl from Moonooloo
Movie · as Jacki
Squizzy Taylor
Movie · as Dolly
Water Under the Bridge
TV · as Maggie McGhee · 9 eps
Caddie
Movie · as Josie
Do I Have to Kill My Child?
Movie · as Dianne
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Movie · as Minnie
A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
Movie · as Self (archive photos)
The Removalists
Movie · as Marilyn Carter
Polly My Love
Movie · as Polly
Petersen
Movie · as Susie Petersen
Alvin Purple
Movie · as Second Sugar Girl
Stork
Movie · as Anna
The Naked Bunyip
Movie · as Herself
Homicide
TV · as Jill Henderson, Kay Thomas, Sue Ryan, Wilma Steiner, Petra Kendrix, Annette Bishop, Anne Johnson, Vicki Gaye, Hettie · 1 ep