Jacki Weaver

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

84

Gender

Female

Birthday

1947-05-25 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jacki Weaver

Biography

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

  • Yellowstone

    Yellowstone

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Memoir of a Snail

    Memoir of a Snail

  • Bird Box

    Bird Box

  • Hello Tomorrow!

    Hello Tomorrow!

  • Wahl Street

    Wahl Street

  • Silver Linings Playbook

    Silver Linings Playbook

  • Back to the Outback

    Back to the Outback

  • Satisfaction

    Satisfaction

  • Never Too Late

    Never Too Late

  • Widows

    Widows

  • Cosi

    Cosi

  • Reclaim

    Reclaim

  • Perpetual Grace LTD

    Perpetual Grace LTD

  • Secret City

    Secret City

  • Stoker

    Stoker

  • Poms

    Poms

  • Three Blind Mice

    Three Blind Mice

  • Picnic at Hanging Rock

    Picnic at Hanging Rock

  • Father Stu

    Father Stu

  • Bloom

    Bloom

  • Pendulum

    Pendulum

  • American Murderer

    American Murderer

  • Alvin Purple

    Alvin Purple

  • Super Fun Night

    Super Fun Night

  • Wildflower

    Wildflower

  • Magic in the Moonlight

    Magic in the Moonlight

  • Zeroville

    Zeroville

  • Last Cab to Darwin

    Last Cab to Darwin

  • Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

    Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

  • Blunt Talk

    Blunt Talk

  • Clipped

    Clipped

  • Lois

    Lois

  • Life of the Party

    Life of the Party

  • The Voices

    The Voices

  • Haunt

    Haunt

  • Summer Coda

    Summer Coda

  • Small Crimes

    Small Crimes

  • Irreplaceable You

    Irreplaceable You

  • The Disaster Artist

    The Disaster Artist

  • The Five-Year Engagement

    The Five-Year Engagement

  • The Perfectionist

    The Perfectionist

  • Out of Blue

    Out of Blue

  • Goldstone

    Goldstone

  • Penguin Bloom

    Penguin Bloom

  • Animal Kingdom

    Animal Kingdom

  • Water Under the Bridge

    Water Under the Bridge

  • The Grudge

    The Grudge

  • Parkland

    Parkland

  • Florence Has Left the Building

    Florence Has Left the Building

  • Stork

    Stork

  • Squinters

    Squinters

  • Jock Petersen

    Jock Petersen

  • Caddie

    Caddie

  • Dr. Jackie

    Dr. Jackie

  • Sister Cities

    Sister Cities

  • Polly My Love

    Polly My Love

  • Abra Cadabra

    Abra Cadabra

  • Elsewhere

    Elsewhere

  • Equals

    Equals

  • The Polka King

    The Polka King

  • The Wonder Yard

    The Wonder Yard

  • Stage Mother

    Stage Mother

  • Larrikins

    Larrikins

  • Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

    Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster

  • Australia: An Unofficial History

    Australia: An Unofficial History

  • David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

    David Stratton: A Cinematic Life

  • Do I Have to Kill My Child?

    Do I Have to Kill My Child?

  • Holy Days

    Holy Days

  • The Removalists

    The Removalists

  • The Naked Bunyip

    The Naked Bunyip

  • The Challenge

    The Challenge

  • The Girl From Moonooloo

    The Girl From Moonooloo

  • Squizzy Taylor

    Squizzy Taylor

  • A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900

    A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900

  • The Two-Wheeled Time Machine

    The Two-Wheeled Time Machine