Jacki Weaver
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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
Credits
Father Stu (2022)
as Kathleen Long
Bird Box (2018)
as Cheryl
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
as Dolores Solatano
The Grudge (2019)
as Lorna Moody
Memoir of a Snail (2024)
as Pinky (voice)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
as Carolyn / 'Claudette'
Back to the Outback (2021)
as Jackie (voice)
Widows (2018)
as Agnieska
Penguin Bloom (2021)
as Jan
Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
as Buzzlina Von Beena (voice)
Life of the Party (2018)
as Sandy Cook
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
as Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes
Stoker (2013)
as Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker
The Voices (2014)
as Dr. Warren
Wildflower (2023)
as Loretta
Parkland (2013)
as Marguerite Oswald
Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
as Grace
Equals (2015)
as Bess
Animal Kingdom (2010)
as Janine 'Smurf' Cody
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
as Minnie
Poms (2019)
as Sheryl
Stage Mother (2020)
as Maybelline Metcalf
American Murderer (2022)
as Jeanne
Irreplaceable You (2018)
as Estelle
Zeroville (2019)
as Dotty Langer
The Polka King (2017)
as Barb
Never Too Late (2020)
as Norma McCarthy
Holy Days (2026)
as Sister Mary Clare
Out of Blue (2019)
as Miriam Rockwell
Sister Cities (2016)
as Mary Baxter
Salvation Creek (—)
as Esther
Small Crimes (2017)
as Irma Denton
Reclaim (2014)
as Reigert
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017)
as Self
Elsewhere (2020)
as Mom
Abra Cadabra (1983)
as Primrose Buttercup
Haunt (2014)
as Janet Morello
Goldstone (2016)
as Maureen
Last Cab to Darwin (2015)
as Dr. Farmer
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster (2018)
as Self
Larrikins (—)
as Doris (voice)
Pendulum (2027)
as Ella-Rose
The Removalists (1975)
as Marilyn Carter
The Naked Bunyip (1970)
as Herself
Cosi (1996)
as Cherry
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014)
as Irene Mossbecker
Summer Coda (2010)
as Jen
Florence Has Left the Building (2014)
as Florence
The Girl From Moonooloo (1983)
as Jacki
A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 (1975)
as Self (archive photos)
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine (1997)
as Older Alice
Do I Have to Kill My Child? (1976)
as Dianne
Three Blind Mice (2008)
as Bernie
Trash Mountain (2026)
as Helen
Polly My Love (1975)
as Polly
The Perfectionist (1985)
as Barbara Gunn
Squizzy Taylor (1982)
as Dolly
Stork (1971)
as Anna
Alvin Purple (1973)
as Second Sugar Girl
Petersen (1974)
as Susie Petersen
Caddie (1976)
as Josie
The Wonder Yard (—)
as Dinah
Lois (2012)
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