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Jacki Weaver
ActorBorn May 25, 1947 (77 years)
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.
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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.
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 Sue Ryan |