Jacki Weaver

Jacki Weaver

1947-05-25

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jacki Weaver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also appears in

Bird Box

Bird Box

6.8

Zeroville

Zeroville

5.1

Magic in the Moonlight

Magic in the Moonlight

6.5

Memoir of a Snail

Memoir of a Snail

9.0

The Voices

The Voices

6.2

Equals

Equals

6.1

Back to the Outback

Back to the Outback

7.7

Widows

Widows

6.5

Silver Linings Playbook

Silver Linings Playbook

7.1

Stoker

Stoker

6.7

The Five-Year Engagement

The Five-Year Engagement

5.8

Parkland

Parkland

6.2

Father Stu

Father Stu

7.1

Penguin Bloom

Penguin Bloom

6.9

Life of the Party

Life of the Party

6.1

Reclaim

Reclaim

5.2

Goldstone

Goldstone

6.0

The Grudge

The Grudge

5.4

Stage Mother

Stage Mother

6.4

Small Crimes

Small Crimes

5.4