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Jacki Weaver
ActorBorn May 25, 1947 (77 years)
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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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
Filmography
| 2024 | Memoir of a Snail · as Pinky (voice) |
| 2024 | Clipped (2024) (TV Series) · as Shelly Sterling |
| 2023 | Hello Tomorrow! (TV Series) · as Barbara Billings |
| 2022 | Wildflower · as Loretta |
| 2022 | American Murderer · as Jeanne |
| 2022 | Father Stu · as Kathleen Long |
| 2021 | Back to the Outback · as Jackie (voice) |
| 2020 | Penguin Bloom · as Jan |
| 2020 | Stage Mother · as Maybelline Metcalf |
| 2020 | Never Too Late · as Norma Mccarthy |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | The Grudge · as Lorna Moody |
| 2019 | Zeroville · as Dotty Langer |
| 2019 | Perpetual Grace LTD (TV Series) · as Lillian 'ma' Brown |
| 2019 | Poms · as Sheryl |
| 2019 | Bloom (2019) (TV Series) · as Gwen Reed |
| 2018 | Out of Blue · as Miriam Rockwell |
| 2018 | Bird Box · as Cheryl |
| 2018 | Widows · as Agnieska |
| 2018 | Yellowstone (2018) (TV Series) · as Caroline Warner |
| 2018 | Life of the Party · as Sandy Cook |
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You · as Estelle |
| 2018 | Squinters (TV Series) · as Audrey |
| 2017 | The Disaster Artist · as Carolyn / "claudette" |
| 2017 | Small Crimes · as Irma Denton |
| 2017 | The Polka King · as Barb |
| 2016 | Sister Cities · as Mary Baxter |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Secret City (TV Series) · as Catriona Bailey |
| 2015 | Last Cab to Darwin · as Dr. Farmer |
| 2015 | Blunt Talk (TV Series) · as Rosalie Winter |
| 2015 | Equals · as Bess |
| 2014 | Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks · as Irene Mossbecker |
| 2014 | The McCarthys (TV Series) · as Marjorie Mccarthy |
| 2014 | Gracepoint (TV Series) · as Susan Wright |
| 2014 | Reclaim · as Reigert |
| 2014 | Maya the Bee Movie · as Buzzlina Von Beena (english Version) |
| 2014 | Magic in the Moonlight · as Grace |
| 2014 | The Voices · as Dr. Warren |
| 2013 | Haunt · as Janet Morello |
| 2013 | Parkland · as Marguerite Oswald |
| 2013 | Super Fun Night (TV Series) · as Pamela Boubier |
| 2013 | Stoker · as Aunt Gwendolyn 'gin' Stoker |
| 2012 | Silver Linings Playbook · as Dolores Solatano |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement · as Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes |
| 2010 | Summer Coda · as Jen |
| 2010 | Animal Kingdom · as Janine 'smurf' Cody |
| 2008 | Three Blind Mice · as Bernie |
| 2007 | Satisfaction (TV Series) · as Gillian |
| 1996 | |
| 1986 | The Challenge · as Rasa Bertrand |
| 1986 | The Challenge (1986) (TV Series) · as Rasa Bertrand |
| 1985 | The Perfectionist · as Barbara Gunn |
| 1983 | Abra Cadabra · as Primrose Buttercup |
| 1982 | Squizzy Taylor · as Dolly |
| 1980 | Water Under the Bridge (TV Series) · as Maggie Mcghee |
| 1977 | Cop Shop (TV Series) · as Lynne Bennett |
| 1976 | Do I Have to Kill My Child? · as Dianne |
| 1976 | Alvin Purple (TV Series) · as Emily |
| 1976 | Caddie · as Josie |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Picnic at Hanging Rock · as Minnie |
| 1975 | The Last of the Australians (TV Series) · as Gillie |
| 1974 | Rush (1974) (TV Series) · as Yvette Precot |
| 1974 | Petersen · as Susie Petersen |
| 1973 | Alvin Purple · as Second Sugar Girl |
| 1971 | Stork · as Anna |
| 1971 | Spyforce (TV Series) · as Elaine Harrison |
| 1971 | Matlock Police (TV Series) · as Gail Hemming |
| 1969 | Division 4 (TV Series) · as Thea Kemp |
| 1969 | S.O.S. Charterboot (TV Series) · as Liz |
| 1966 | They're a Weird Mob · as Girl On Beach |
| 1964 | Homicide (TV Series) · as Petra Kendrix |