Jacki Weaver

Jacki Weaver

Acting
Born May 25, 1947
From Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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 — Acting

Silver Linings Playbook
7.1
2012

Silver Linings Playbook

Dolores Solatano

Bird Box
6.8
2018

Bird Box

Cheryl

Memoir of a Snail
8.0
2024

Memoir of a Snail

Pinky (voice)

Life of the Party
6.1
2018

Life of the Party

Sandy Cook

Magic in the Moonlight
6.5
2014

Magic in the Moonlight

Grace

Widows
6.5
2018

Widows

Agnieska

Stoker
6.6
2013

Stoker

Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker

The Disaster Artist
7.1
2017

The Disaster Artist

Carolyn / 'Claudette'

The Voices
6.3
2014

The Voices

Dr. Warren

Parkland
6.2
2013

Parkland

Marguerite Oswald

The Five-Year Engagement
5.9
2012

The Five-Year Engagement

Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes

Back to the Outback
7.6
2021

Back to the Outback

Jackie (voice)

Father Stu
7.1
2022

Father Stu

Kathleen Long

The Grudge
5.4
2019

The Grudge

Lorna Moody

Equals
6.1
2015

Equals

Bess

Wildflower
7.4
2023

Wildflower

Loretta

Animal Kingdom
6.8
2010

Animal Kingdom

Janine 'Smurf' Cody

Holy Days
6.0
2026

Holy Days

Sister Mary Clare

Picnic at Hanging Rock
7.2
1975

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Minnie

Cosi
6.1
1996

Cosi

Cherry

Penguin Bloom
6.9
2021

Penguin Bloom

Jan

Maya the Bee Movie
6.2
2014

Maya the Bee Movie

Buzzlina Von Beena (voice)

Zeroville
5.1
2019

Zeroville

Dotty Langer

Goldstone
6.0
2016

Goldstone

Maureen

American Murderer
5.9
2022

American Murderer

Jeanne

Poms
6.5
2019

Poms

Sheryl

Irreplaceable You
6.9
2018

Irreplaceable You

Estelle

Out of Blue
5.2
2019

Out of Blue

Miriam Rockwell

Reclaim
5.2
2014

Reclaim

Reigert

Small Crimes
5.4
2017

Small Crimes

Irma Denton

The Polka King
5.6
2017

The Polka King

Barb

Haunt
5.3
2014

Haunt

Janet Morello

Stage Mother
6.2
2020

Stage Mother

Maybelline Metcalf

Sister Cities
6.3
2016

Sister Cities

Mary Baxter

Elsewhere
5.5
2020

Elsewhere

Mom

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
4.3
2017

David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

Self

Stork
5.4
1971

Stork

Anna

Jock Petersen
2.8
1974

Jock Petersen

Susie Petersen

Last Cab to Darwin
6.8
2015

Last Cab to Darwin

Dr. Farmer

Pendulum

Pendulum

Ella-Rose

Never Too Late
5.8
2020

Never Too Late

Norma McCarthy

Larrikins

Larrikins

Doris (voice)

Summer Coda
4.5
2010

Summer Coda

Jen

Caddie
5.8
1976

Caddie

Josie

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2.8
2014

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

Irene Mossbecker

Florence Has Left the Building
5.0
2014

Florence Has Left the Building

Florence

Alvin Purple
5.1
1973

Alvin Purple

Second Sugar Girl

Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018

Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

Self

Trash Mountain

Helen

The Wonder Yard

Dinah

A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
6.0
1975

A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900

Self (archive photos)

Abra Cadabra
5.8
1983

Abra Cadabra

Primrose Buttercup

Squizzy Taylor
4.0
1982

Squizzy Taylor

Dolly

The Naked Bunyip
5.2
1970

The Naked Bunyip

Herself

The Removalists
4.0
1975

The Removalists

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
5.0
1997

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

Older Alice

Lois
2012

Lois

Three Blind Mice
5.3
2008

Three Blind Mice

Bernie

The Perfectionist
1985

The Perfectionist

Barbara Gunn

1975

Polly My Love

Polly

Do I Have to Kill My Child?
1976

Do I Have to Kill My Child?

Dianne

The Girl From Moonooloo
1983

The Girl From Moonooloo

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