Jacki Weaver
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
83
Gender
Female
Birthday
1947-05-25 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Acting

2024

Memoir of a Snail as Pinky (voice)

2024

Clipped as Shelly Sterling

2023

Hello Tomorrow! as Barbara Billings

2023

Wildflower as Loretta

2022

Dr. Jackie as Jacki Weaver

2022

Father Stu as Kathleen Long

2022

American Murderer as Jeanne

2021

Wahl Street as Self (uncredited)

2021

Back to the Outback as Jackie (voice)

2021

Penguin Bloom as Jan

2020

Stage Mother as Maybelline Metcalf

2020

Elsewhere as Mom

2020

Never Too Late as Norma McCarthy

2019

Perpetual Grace LTD as Lillian 'Ma' Brown

2019

Bloom as Gwen Reed

2019

The Grudge as Lorna Moody

2019

Poms as Sheryl

2019

Zeroville as Dotty Langer

2019

Out of Blue as Miriam Rockwell

2018

Yellowstone as Caroline Warner

2018

Bird Box as Cheryl

2018

Squinters as Audrey

2018

Widows as Agnieska

2018

Life of the Party as Sandy Cook

2018

Irreplaceable You as Estelle

2017

The Disaster Artist as Carolyn / 'Claudette'

2017

Small Crimes as Irma Denton

2017

The Polka King as Barb

2016

Secret City as Catriona Bailey

2016

Sister Cities as Mary Baxter

2016

Goldstone as Maureen

2015

Blunt Talk as Rosalie Winter

2015

Equals as Bess

2015

Last Cab to Darwin as Dr. Farmer

2014

The Voices as Dr. Warren

2014

Reclaim as Reigert

2014

Haunt as Janet Morello

2014

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks as Irene Mossbecker

2012

Lois as Not available

1997

The Two-Wheeled Time Machine as Older Alice

1996

Cosi as Cherry

1975

Polly My Love as Polly

1973

Alvin Purple as Second Sugar Girl

NaN

Larrikins as Doris (voice)

NaN

Pendulum as Not available

2010

Summer Coda as Jen

NaN

Holy Days as Not available

2013

Super Fun Night as Pamela Boubier

2013

Stoker as Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker

2013

Parkland as Marguerite Oswald

2012

Silver Linings Playbook as Dolores Solatano

2012

The Five-Year Engagement as Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes

2010

Animal Kingdom as Janine 'Smurf' Cody

2008

Three Blind Mice as Bernie

2007

Satisfaction as Gillian

1986

The Challenge as Rasa Bertrand

1985

The Perfectionist as Barbara Gunn

1983

Abra Cadabra as Primrose Buttercup

1982

Squizzy Taylor as Dolly

1980

Water Under the Bridge as Maggie McGhee

1976

Caddie as Josie

1975

Picnic at Hanging Rock as Minnie

1975

A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 as Self (archive photos)

1975

The Removalists as Not available

1974

Jock Petersen as Susie Petersen

1971

Stork as Anna

1970

The Naked Bunyip as Herself

1964

Homicide as Jill Henderson

1964

Homicide as Kay Thomas

1964

Homicide as Petra Kendrix

1964

Homicide as Annette Bishop

1964

Homicide as Wilma Steiner

1964

Homicide as Vicki Gaye

1964

Homicide as Sue Ryan

1964

Homicide as Hettie

1964

Homicide as Anne Johnson

NaN

The Wonder Yard as Dinah