About

Known credits:
63
Birthday:
1947-05-25
Place of birth:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Jacki Weaver

Overview

Jacqueline Ruth Weaver AO (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian actress. Weaver emerged in the 1970s as a symbol of the Australian New Wave through her work in Ozploitation films such as Stork (1971), Alvin Purple (1973), and Petersen (1974). She later she starred in Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Caddie (1976), Squizzy Taylor (1982), and well as number of made-for-television movies, miniseries, and Australian productions of some of the most revered plays including Death of a Salesman and Streetcar Named Desire.

In 2010, Weaver has garnered critical acclaim and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination and won National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the matriarch of a criminal family in the crime film Animal Kingdom. She received another Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for performance in the romantic comedy-drama film Silver Linings Playbook (2012). The following years, Weaver appeared in films The Five-Year Engagement (2012), Parkland (2013), Magic in the Moonlight (2014), The Disaster Artist (2017), Bird Box (2018), Widows (2018), Poms (2019), Stage Mother (2020), and Father Stu (2022).

On television, Weaver starred in the Starz comedy series, Blunt Talk (2015–2016), Fox Showcase political thriller Secret City (2016–19), Stan science fiction series Bloom (2019–20) and Epix thriller Perpetual Grace, LTD (2019). In 2021, she began appearing in the recurring role as Caroline Warner in the Paramount Network neo-Western series, Yellowstone.

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Known for

Acting

2024 Memoir of a Snail Actor Pinky (voice) 59
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2024 Clipped Actor Shelly Sterling 69
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2023 Wildflower Actor Loretta 61
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2022 American Murderer Actor Jeanne 59
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2022 Father Stu Actor Kathleen Long 65
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2021 Back to the Outback Actor Jackie (voice) 69
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2021 Penguin Bloom Actor Jan 62
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2020 Stage Mother Actor Maybelline Metcalf 59
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2020 Never Too Late Actor Norma McCarthy 58
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2020 Elsewhere Actor Mom 58
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2019 The Grudge Actor Lorna Moody 55
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2019 Zeroville Actor Dotty Langer 57
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2019 Perpetual Grace LTD Actor Lillian “Ma” Brown 70
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2019 Poms Actor Sheryl 61
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2019 Out of Blue Actor Miriam Rockwell 58
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2018 Bird Box Actor Cheryl 67
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2018 Widows Actor Agnieska 63
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2018 Life of the Party Actor Sandy Cook 60
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2018 Irreplaceable You Actor Estelle 65
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2017 Small Crimes Actor Irma Denton 57
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2017 The Disaster Artist Actor Carolyn / "Claudette" 69
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2017 David Stratton: A Cinematic Life Actor Self 58
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2017 The Polka King Actor Barb 57
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2016 Sister Cities Actor Mary Baxter 59
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2016 Goldstone Actor Maureen 59
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2015 Blunt Talk Actor Rosalie Winter 68
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2015 Last Cab to Darwin Actor Dr. Farmer 60
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2015 Equals Actor Bess 60
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2014 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks Actor Irene Mossbecker 58
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2014 Reclaim Actor Reigert 57
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2014 Magic in the Moonlight Actor Grace 63
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2014 Haunt Actor Janet Morello 56
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2014 The Voices Actor Dr. Warren 61
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2014 Florence Has Left the Building Actor Florence 59
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2013 Parkland Actor Marguerite Oswald 60
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2013 Stoker Actor Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker 65
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2012 Silver Linings Playbook Actor Dolores Solatano 70
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2012 Lois Actor N/A
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2012 The Five-Year Engagement Actor Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes 58
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2010 Summer Coda Actor Jen 58
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2010 Animal Kingdom Actor Janine 'Smurf' Cody 64
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2008 Three Blind Mice Actor Bernie 59
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1997 The Two-Wheeled Time Machine Actor Older Alice 59
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1996 Cosi Actor Cherry 59
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1986 The Challenge Actor Rasa Bertrand 58
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1985 The Perfectionist Actor Barbara Gunn N/A
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1983 Abra Cadabra Actor Primrose Buttercup 59
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1982 Squizzy Taylor Actor Dolly 58
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1980 Water Under the Bridge Actor Maggie McGhee N/A
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1976 Do I Have to Kill My Child? Actor Dianne N/A
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1976 Caddie Actor Josie 59
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1975 The Removalists Actor 58
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1975 Picnic at Hanging Rock Actor Minnie 66
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1975 Polly My Love Actor Polly N/A
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1975 A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 Actor Self (archive photos) 59
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1974 Petersen Actor Susie Petersen 59
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1973 Alvin Purple Actor Second Sugar Girl 58
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1971 Stork Actor Anna 59
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1970 The Naked Bunyip Actor Herself 58
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Larrikins Actor Doris (voice) 59
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Frank or Francis Actor 63
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The Wonder Yard Actor Dinah N/A
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Holy Days Actor N/A
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