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