Jacki Weaver
Australian stage and screen actor, Jacki Weaver gained popularity from her critically-acclaimed roles in the films "Animal Kingdom" (2010), "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012), and "Bird Box" (2018). Born and raised in the cosmopolitan city of Sydney, Weaver began acting on Australian television when she was still in her teens. She briefly entertained the idea of studying sociology in college after winning a scholarship, but decided to pursue acting instead. After nabbing small roles on Australian TV throughout the 60s, Weaver made her feature film debut in the 1971 comedy "Stork." From there, Weaver's career really began picking up steam, which allowed her steadily throughout the 70s and 80s. During this period Weaver appeared in films like "Petersen" (1974) and "Caddie" (1976), as well as recurring roles on "Water Under the Bridge" (1980) and "The Challenge" (1986-87), both of which were mini-series made in Australia. Throughout the 90s and early 2000s, Weaver had difficulty finding screen acting work, so she turned her attention to the stage. She began appearing in Australian productions of some of the most revered plays of the 20th century, including "Death of a Salesman" and "Streetcar Named Desire." By the early 2010s, however, Weaver began appearing in films and on television once again. She earned an Oscar nod in 2010 for her role as the matriarch of a criminal family in Melbourne in "Animal Kingdom," and followed that up with her second Oscar nomination for playing the doting mother of an emotionally exhausted man, played by Bradley Cooper, in 2012's "Silver Linings Playbook." Weaver also returned to TV with roles on Starz's "Blunt Talk" (2015-16) as well as the Epix thriller series "Our Lady, LTD" (Epix, 2019- ). Furthermore, Weaver appeared in two of the most talked about movies of 2018: "Bird Box" and "Widows."
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Filmography
Movies
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94% |
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Memoir of a Snail | Pinky (Voice) | $144.0K | 2024 |
62% |
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Wildflower | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
76% |
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American Murderer | Jeanne (Character) | - | 2022 |
42% |
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Father Stu | Kathleen Long (Character) | $21.0M | 2022 |
81% |
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Back to the Outback | Jackie (Voice) | - | 2021 |
66% |
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Penguin Bloom | Jan (Character) | - | 2020 |
62% |
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Stage Mother | Maybelline (Character) | - | 2020 |
48% |
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Never Too Late | Norma McCarthy (Character) | - | 2020 |
20% |
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The Grudge | Lorna Moody (Character) | $21.2M | 2020 |
20% |
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Elsewhere | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
23% |
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Zeroville | Dottie (Character) | $8.0K | 2019 |
36% |
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Poms | Sheryl (Character) | $13.6M | 2019 |
37% |
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Out of Blue | Miriam Rockwell (Character) | $11.7K | 2018 |
64% |
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Bird Box | Sheryl (Character) | - | 2018 |
91% |
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Widows | Agnieska (Character) | $42.4M | 2018 |
38% |
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Life of the Party | Sandy (Character) | $52.8M | 2018 |
33% |
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Irreplaceable You | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
66% |
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The Polka King | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
91% |
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The Disaster Artist | Carolyn Minnott (Character) | $21.1M | 2017 |
65% |
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Small Crimes | Irma Denton (Character) | - | 2017 |
76% |
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Goldstone | The Mayor (Character) | $78.8K | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Sister Cities | Mary Baxter (Character) | - | 2016 |
36% |
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Equals | Bess (Character) | $32.1K | 2015 |
88% |
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Last Cab to Darwin | Dr. Farmer (Character) | $32.8K | 2015 |
60% |
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Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | Irene Mossbecker (Character) | $12.5K | 2014 |
50% |
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Maya the Bee Movie | Buzzlina Von Beena (Voice) | - | 2014 |
74% |
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The Voices | Dr. Warren (Character) | - | 2014 |
0% |
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Reclaim | Reigert (Character) | - | 2014 |
52% |
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Magic in the Moonlight | Grace (Character) | $10.5M | 2014 |
39% |
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Haunt | Janet Morello (Character) | - | 2014 |
51% |
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Parkland | Marguerite Oswald (Character) | $652.4K | 2013 |
70% |
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Stoker | Gwendolyn Stoker (Character) | $1.7M | 2013 |
92% |
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Silver Linings Playbook | Dolores (Character) | $132.1M | 2012 |
64% |
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The Five-Year Engagement | Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes (Character) | $28.6M | 2012 |
94% |
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Animal Kingdom | Janine 'Smurf' Cody (Character) | $1.0M | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Cosi | Cherry (Character) | $33.8K | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Perfectionist | Barbara Gunn (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Squizzy Taylor | Dolly (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Abracadabra | Primrose Buttercup (Voice) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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Caddie | Josie (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Polly Me Love | Polly (Character) | - | 1976 |
91% |
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Picnic at Hanging Rock | Minnie (Character) | $224.1K | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jock Petersen | Susie Petersen (Character) | - | 1975 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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88% | 60% | Clipped | Shelly Sterling (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bloom | Gwen Reed (Character) | 2018 2020 |
88% | 88% | Perpetual Grace LTD |
Lillian Brown/ |
2019 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Secret City | Catriona Bailey (Character) | 2016 2019 |
54% | 94% | Blunt Talk | Rosalie Winter (Character) | 2015-2016 |
65% | 74% | Gracepoint | Susan Wright (Character) | 2014 |
32% | 61% | Super Fun Night | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2013 |