Jacki Weaver

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
May 25, 1947 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Romance
Career Span
– 2024

Jacki Weaver

2 wins
561 nominations
1 Oscar
60 credits

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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Personal Info

Born
May 25, 1947
From
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Known For
Acting
Career
– 2024

Award Recognition

2
Wins
561
Nominations
1
Oscar

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Bird Box
The Disaster Artist
Memoir of a Snail
Silver Linings Playbook
Widows
The Five-Year Engagement
Back to the Outback
The Grudge
Father Stu
Life of the Party

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