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