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
Animal Kingdom (2010)
as Janine 'Smurf' Cody
The Grudge (2019)
as Lorna Moody
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
as Dolores Solatano
Memoir of a Snail (2024)
as Pinky (voice)
Widows (2018)
as Agnieska
Stoker (2013)
as Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker
Wildflower (2023)
as Loretta
Father Stu (2022)
as Kathleen Long
Back to the Outback (2021)
as Jackie (voice)
Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
as Grace
The Disaster Artist (2017)
as Carolyn / 'Claudette'
Equals (2015)
as Bess
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
as Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes
Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
as Buzzlina Von Beena (voice)
Life of the Party (2018)
as Sandy Cook
Elsewhere (2020)
as Mom
Zeroville (2019)
as Dotty Langer
Penguin Bloom (2021)
as Jan
The Voices (2014)
as Dr. Warren
Sister Cities (2016)
as Mary Baxter
Parkland (2013)
as Marguerite Oswald
Poms (2019)
as Sheryl
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
as Minnie
Goldstone (2016)
as Maureen
Salvation Creek (—)
as Esther
American Murderer (2022)
as Jeanne
The Polka King (2017)
as Barb
Never Too Late (2020)
as Norma McCarthy
Small Crimes (2017)
as Irma Denton
Haunt (2014)
as Janet Morello
Larrikins (—)
as Doris (voice)
Abra Cadabra (1983)
as Primrose Buttercup
Pendulum (2026)
as Ella-Rose
Irreplaceable You (2018)
as Estelle
Holy Days (2026)
as Sister Mary Clare
Reclaim (2014)
as Reigert
Out of Blue (2019)
as Miriam Rockwell
Stage Mother (2020)
as Maybelline Metcalf
Cosi (1996)
as Cherry
The Naked Bunyip (1970)
as Herself
Last Cab to Darwin (2015)
as Dr. Farmer
The Removalists (1975)
as Marilyn Carter
A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 (1975)
as Self (archive photos)
Trash Mountain (2026)
as Helen
The Girl from Moonooloo (1983)
as Jacki
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine (1997)
as Older Alice
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017)
as Self
Caddie (1976)
as Josie
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster (2018)
as Self
Polly My Love (1975)
as Polly
Florence Has Left the Building (2014)
as Florence
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014)
as Irene Mossbecker
Petersen (1974)
as Susie Petersen
Stork (1971)
as Anna
Alvin Purple (1973)
as Second Sugar Girl
Squizzy Taylor (1982)
as Dolly
Do I Have to Kill My Child? (1976)
as Dianne
The Perfectionist (1985)
as Barbara Gunn
Summer Coda (2010)
as Jen
Three Blind Mice (2009)
as Bernie
The Wonder Yard (—)
as Dinah
Lois (2012)
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