Jacki Weaver
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 25, 1947 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Credits
- 82
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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Known for
Filmography
Pendulum
2026Movie
Ella-Rose
Trash Mountain
2026Movie
Helen
Holy Days
2026Movie
Sister Mary Clare
Australia: An Unofficial History
2025TV
Self
Memoir of a Snail
2024Movie
Pinky (voice)
Clipped
2024TV
Shelly Sterling
Wildflower
2023Movie
Loretta
Hello Tomorrow!
2023TV
Barbara Billings
American Murderer
2022Movie
Jeanne
Dr. Jackie
2022TV
Jacki Weaver
Father Stu
2022Movie
Kathleen Long
Back to the Outback
2021Movie
Jackie (voice)
Penguin Bloom
2021Movie
Jan
Stage Mother
2020Movie
Maybelline Metcalf
Never Too Late
2020Movie
Norma McCarthy
Elsewhere
2020Movie
Mom
The Grudge
2019Movie
Lorna Moody
Zeroville
2019Movie
Dotty Langer
Perpetual Grace LTD
2019TV
Lillian 'Ma' Brown
Poms
2019Movie
Sheryl
Out of Blue
2019Movie
Miriam Rockwell
Bloom
2019TV
Gwen Reed
Bird Box
2018Movie
Cheryl
Widows
2018Movie
Agnieska
Yellowstone
2018TV
Caroline Warner
Life of the Party
2018Movie
Sandy Cook
Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster
2018Movie
Self
Irreplaceable You
2018Movie
Estelle
Squinters
2018TV
Audrey
Small Crimes
2017Movie
Irma Denton
The Disaster Artist
2017Movie
Carolyn / 'Claudette'
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
2017Movie
Self
The Polka King
2017Movie
Barb
Sister Cities
2016Movie
Mary Baxter
Goldstone
2016Movie
Maureen
Secret City
2016TV
Catriona Bailey
Blunt Talk
2015TV
Rosalie Winter
Last Cab to Darwin
2015Movie
Dr. Farmer
Equals
2015Movie
Bess
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
2014Movie
Irene Mossbecker
Gracepoint
2014TV
Susan Wright
Reclaim
2014Movie
Reigert
Maya the Bee Movie
2014Movie
Buzzlina Von Beena (voice)
Magic in the Moonlight
2014Movie
Grace
Haunt
2014Movie
Janet Morello
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Voices
2014Movie
Dr. Warren
Florence Has Left the Building
2014Movie
Florence
Parkland
2013Movie
Marguerite Oswald
Super Fun Night
2013TV
Pamela Boubier
Stoker
2013Movie
Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker
Silver Linings Playbook
2012Movie
Dolores Solatano
Lois
2012Movie
The Five-Year Engagement
2012Movie
Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes
Summer Coda
2010Movie
Jen
Animal Kingdom
2010Movie
Janine 'Smurf' Cody
Three Blind Mice
2009Movie
Bernie
Satisfaction
2007TV
Gillian
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
1997Movie
Older Alice
Cosi
1996Movie
Cherry
The Challenge
1986TV
Rasa Bertrand
The Perfectionist
1985Movie
Barbara Gunn
Abra Cadabra
1983Movie
Primrose Buttercup
The Girl From Moonooloo
1983Movie
Jacki
Squizzy Taylor
1982Movie
Dolly
Water Under the Bridge
1980TV
Maggie McGhee
Do I Have to Kill My Child?
1976Movie
Dianne
Caddie
1976Movie
Josie
The Removalists
1975Movie
Marilyn Carter
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1975Movie
Minnie
Polly My Love
1975Movie
Polly
A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900
1975Movie
Self (archive photos)
Petersen
1974Movie
Susie Petersen
Alvin Purple
1973Movie
Second Sugar Girl
Stork
1971Movie
Anna
The Naked Bunyip
1970Movie
Herself
Homicide
1964TV
Jill Henderson, Kay Thomas, Petra Kendrix, Annette Bishop, Wilma Steiner, Vicki Gaye, Sue Ryan, Hettie, Anne Johnson
The Rockford Files
TV
Karma
Salvation Creek
Movie
Esther
Larrikins
Movie
Doris (voice)
The Wonder Yard
Movie
Dinah