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

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Homicide

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All Movies (63)

• Pendulum2027 · as Ella-Rose
• Holy Days2026 · as Sister Mary Clare
• Memoir of a Snail2024 · as Pinky (voice)
• Wildflower2023 · as Loretta
• American Murderer2022 · as Jeanne
• Father Stu2022 · as Kathleen Long
• Back to the Outback2021 · as Jackie (voice)
• Penguin Bloom2021 · as Jan
• Stage Mother2020 · as Maybelline Metcalf
• Never Too Late2020 · as Norma McCarthy
• Elsewhere2020 · as Mom
• The Grudge2019 · as Lorna Moody
• Zeroville2019 · as Dotty Langer
• Poms2019 · as Sheryl
• Out of Blue2019 · as Miriam Rockwell
• Bird Box2018 · as Cheryl
• Widows2018 · as Agnieska
• Life of the Party2018 · as Sandy Cook
• Oh, Hi Mark: Making a Disaster2018 · as Self
• Irreplaceable You2018 · as Estelle
• Small Crimes2017 · as Irma Denton
• The Disaster Artist2017 · as Carolyn / 'Claudette'
• David Stratton: A Cinematic Life2017 · as Self
• The Polka King2017 · as Barb
• Sister Cities2016 · as Mary Baxter
• Goldstone2016 · as Maureen
• Last Cab to Darwin2015 · as Dr. Farmer
• Equals2015 · as Bess
• Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks2014 · as Irene Mossbecker
• Reclaim2014 · as Reigert
• Maya the Bee Movie2014 · as Buzzlina Von Beena (voice)
• Magic in the Moonlight2014 · as Grace
• Haunt2014 · as Janet Morello
• The Voices2014 · as Dr. Warren
• Florence Has Left the Building2014 · as Florence
• Parkland2013 · as Marguerite Oswald
• Stoker2013 · as Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker
• Silver Linings Playbook2012 · as Dolores Solatano
• Lois2012
• The Five-Year Engagement2012 · as Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes
• Summer Coda2010 · as Jen
• Animal Kingdom2010 · as Janine 'Smurf' Cody
• Three Blind Mice2008 · as Bernie
• The Two-Wheeled Time Machine1997 · as Older Alice
• Cosi1996 · as Cherry
• The Perfectionist1985 · as Barbara Gunn
• Abra Cadabra1983 · as Primrose Buttercup
• The Girl From Moonooloo1983 · as Jacki
• Squizzy Taylor1982 · as Dolly
• Do I Have to Kill My Child?1976 · as Dianne
• Caddie1976 · as Josie
• The Removalists1975
• Picnic at Hanging Rock1975 · as Minnie
• Polly My Love1975 · as Polly
• A Recollection... Hanging Rock 19001975 · as Self (archive photos)
• Jock Petersen1974 · as Susie Petersen
• Alvin Purple1973 · as Second Sugar Girl
• Stork1971 · as Anna
• The Naked Bunyip1970 · as Herself
• Larrikins— · as Doris (voice)
• The Wonder Yard— · as Dinah
• Trash Mountain— · as Helen
• Salvation Creek— · as Esther

All TV Shows (27)

• Australia: An Unofficial History2025 · as Self
• Clipped2024 · as Shelly Sterling
• Hello Tomorrow!2023 · as Barbara Billings
• Dr. Jackie2022 · as Jacki Weaver
• Perpetual Grace LTD2019 · as Lillian 'Ma' Brown
• Bloom2019 · as Gwen Reed
• Yellowstone2018 · as Caroline Warner
• Squinters2018 · as Audrey
• Secret City2016 · as Catriona Bailey
• Blunt Talk2015 · as Rosalie Winter
• Gracepoint2014 · as Susan Wright
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• Super Fun Night2013 · as Pamela Boubier
• Satisfaction2007 · as Gillian
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The Challenge1986 · as Rasa Bertrand
• Water Under the Bridge1980 · as Maggie McGhee
• Homicide1964 · as Jill Henderson
• Homicide1964 · as Anne Johnson
• Homicide1964 · as Sue Ryan
• Homicide1964 · as Vicki Gaye
• Homicide1964 · as Kay Thomas
• Homicide1964 · as Annette Bishop
• Homicide1964 · as Wilma Steiner
• Homicide1964 · as Petra Kendrix
• Homicide1964 · as Hettie
• The Rockford Files— · as Karma