Jacki Weaver | |
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.jpg) Weaver in December 2012 | |
| Born | Jacqueline Ruth Weaver (1947-05-25)25 May 1947 (age 78)[1] Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education | Hornsby Girls' High School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1962–present |
| Spouses | |
| Partner(s) | John Walters (esp. 1969;sep. 1970) Richard Wherrett (esp. 1971;sep. 1974) Phil Davis (esp. 1977;sep. 1981) |
| Children | 1 |
Jacqueline Ruth WeaverAO (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film, and television actor. She emerged in the 1970s during theAustralian New Wave through her work inOzploitation films such asStork (1971),Alvin Purple (1973), andPetersen (1974). She later starred inPicnic at Hanging Rock (1975),Caddie (1976),Squizzy Taylor (1982), and a number of television films and miniseries. She also starred in Australian productions of plays such asDeath of a Salesman andA Streetcar Named Desire.
Weaver received international attention and nominations for theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the crime filmAnimal Kingdom (2010) and the comedy drama filmSilver Linings Playbook (2012), the former of which also earned her theNational Board of Review Award. This attention led her to receive roles in furtherHollywood projects, including the filmsThe 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), andFather Stu (2022).
On television, Weaver starred in theStarz comedy seriesBlunt Talk (2015–2016), theFox Showcase political thrillerSecret City (2016–2019), theEpix thrillerPerpetual Grace, LTD (2019), and theStan science fiction seriesBloom (2019–2020). Since 2021, she has played a recurring role as Caroline Warner in theParamount Network neo-Western seriesYellowstone.
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver was born inHurstville, a suburb ofSydney,New South Wales.[2][3] Her mother, Edith (née Simpson), was a migrant from England, and her father, Arthur Weaver, was a Sydneysolicitor.[4] She attendedHornsby Girls' High School and wasDux of her school. She won a scholarship to study sociology at university, but instead embarked upon an acting career.[5][6]
Weaver has been working in Australian film, stage, and television since the 1960s. In 1963, at the age of 16, Weaver mimed the role of Gretel to the soprano Janet Rutledge in an ABC production ofEngelbert Humperdinck'sHansel and Gretel, conducted by SirCharles Mackerras.[7] In 1964 at thePalace Theatre inSydney, Weaver and a number of other Australian singers such asThe Delltones and her then-boyfriendBryan Davies performed asatire on theGidget movies, in which Weaver performed as "Gadget". In the mid-1960s, she appeared on the Australian music showBandstand. In one appearance, she sang a 1920s-stylepastiche, thenovelty song "I Love Onions". The turning point in her career came in 1965 just before she was about to go to university and was cast in the Australian TV seriesWandjina![8]
In 1971, Weaver made her big screen debut playing the female leading role in the comedy film,Stork directed byTim Burstall, for which she won her firstAustralian Film Institute Award. She later starred in the comedy filmsAlvin Purple (1973), andPetersen (1974). She played supporting role inPeter Weir's critically acclaimed mystery film version ofPicnic at Hanging Rock (1975), and a more substantial appearance inCaddie (1976) for which she won her secondAustralian Film Institute Award. In the following years, Weaver appeared in TV series, miniseries, and made-for-television movies, playing leading and supporting roles. Her notable television movies includingPolly Me Love (1976), andDo I Have to Kill My Child? (1976), for which she receivedLogie Award for Best Individual Performance By An Actress.[3]
Weaver starred in the miniseriesWater Under the Bridge (1980) andThe Challenge (1986), and 1982 drama filmSquizzy Taylor. Also in the 1980s she appeared alongsideSir Les Patterson and politicianBarry Jones onParkinson[9] Contrary to popular belief, Weaver has never appeared in asoap opera.[10] She starred in the 1988 ABC drama series,House Rules about a Melbourne house-wife who becomes a member of parliament.[11] After years off-screen, Weaver returned to film starring in the comedy-dramaCosi.[12]
In the 1990s and early 2000s, Weaver found it increasingly difficult to gain roles on screen or television and she devoted much of her energy to the Australian stage, starring in plays includingA Streetcar Named Desire,Last of the Red Hot Lovers,Death of a Salesman,Reg Cribb'sLast Cab to Darwin, andChekhov'sUncle Vanya alongsideCate Blanchett andRichard Roxburgh in 2010–11. Weaver has performed in more than 80 plays.[1] Her stage abilities were recognised with a "Mo" award. In 2005, she released her autobiography,Much Love, Jac.[13]
In 2010, Weaver starred in the Melbourne-set crime thrillerAnimal Kingdom playing a gang family matriarch. Her performance received praise from film critics and earned herCritics' Choice,Golden Globe Award, andAcademy Award nominations as well as winning theAustralian Film Institute Award, theNational Board of Review, theLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and aSatellite Award.
Weaver made her Hollywood debut with the 2012 comedyThe Five-Year Engagement, alongsideEmily Blunt andJason Segel, and starred inPark Chan-Wook's English-language debut,Stoker, alongside fellow Australian actorsNicole Kidman andMia Wasikowska, and British actorMatthew Goode.[14] In 2012, Weaver receivedActor Award,Critics' Choice, andAcademy Award nominations for her role as a supportive mother in the comedy-drama filmSilver Linings Playbook.[1]
Weaver playedMarguerite Oswald in the 2013 historical drama filmParkland and same year starred in the supernatural horror filmHaunt. She made her American television debut guest-starring as aRebel Wilson' character mother in her short-lived comedy seriesSuper Fun Night. In 2014, she starred in the adaptation ofRichard Alfieri's playSix Dance Lessons in Six Weeks oppositeGena Rowlands,[15]Marjane Satrapi's comedy-horrorThe Voices, and the romantic comedyMagic in the Moonlight written and directed byWoody Allen. She returned to Australia appearing inLast Cab to Darwin (2015) andGoldstone (2016) receivingAustralian Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable film credits includingEquals (2015),The Polka King (2017),Life of the Party (2018),Bird Box (2018) andWidows (2018). She starred alongsideDiane Keaton,Pam Grier andRhea Perlman in the 2019 comedy filmPoms (2019).[16] The following year, she played the leading role in the comedy-drama filmStage Mother.[17] Also that year, she starred inThe Grudge, a remake of the 2004 supernatural horror film, and the Australian dramaPenguin Bloom starringNaomi Watts. In 2022, she playedMark Wahlberg' mother in the biographical drama filmFather Stu.[18]
On American television, Weaver starred in the 2015 Fox limited seriesGracepoint and theStarz comedy series,Blunt Talk (2015–16) oppositePatrick Stewart. She returned to Australia with starring role in theFox Showcase political thrillerSecret City (2016–19), andStan science fiction seriesBloom (2019–20). In 2019, she starred in theEpix thrillerPerpetual Grace, LTD (2019) and in 2021 she began appearing in the recurring role as Caroline Warner in theParamount Network neo-Western series,Yellowstone.[19]
In September 1966 Weaver toldTV Week that she would marry the pop singerBryan Davies, adding that 'I'll probably get cold feet again like I've done before'.[20] Shortly afterwards she married TV producer David Price, her director on the television seriesBe Our Guest, after an eight-week courtship.[21] The marriage ended in 1970. She had a son that year with her partner at the time, John Walters.[22] Weaver had a relationship of many years withRichard Wherrett, director of theSydney Theatre Company.[23]
She married Max Hensser in 1975. She lived with Phil Davis, a former Sydney crime reporter, Canberra Press Secretary, and executive producer forMike Willesee, for five years until 1981. She married radio and television presenterDerryn Hinch in 1983. She and Hinch renewed their vows[10] before divorcing in 1998.
She is currently married to actor Sean Taylor.[24]
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | They're a Weird Mob | Girl on beach | Feature film, Australia |
| 1970 | The Naked Bunyip | Herself | Feature film documentary, Australia |
| 1971 | Stork | Anna | Feature film, Australia |
| 1973 | Alvin Purple | Second Sugar Girl | |
| 1974 | Petersen | Susie Petersen | |
| 1975 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Minnie | |
| The Removalists | Marilyn Carter | ||
| 1976 | Caddie | Josie | |
| 1982 | Squizzy Taylor | Dolly | |
| 1983 | Abra Cadabra | Primrose Buttercup (voice) | Animated feature film, Australia |
| 1996 | Cosi | Cherry | Feature film, Australia |
| 1997 | The Two-Wheeled Time Machine | Older Alice | Short film, Australia |
| 1999 | In the Red | Unknown | Feature film, Australia |
| 2008 | Three Blind Mice | Bernie Fisher | |
| 2009 | Early Checkout | Cleaner | Short film, Australia |
| 2010 | Animal Kingdom | Janine "Smurf" Cody | Feature film, Australia |
| Summer Coda | Jen | ||
| 2011 | Lois | Lois | Short film, Australia |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement | Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes | Feature film, US |
| Silver Linings Playbook | Dolores Solitano | ||
| 2013 | Stoker | Aunt Gwendolyn "Gin" Stoker | |
| Parkland | Marguerite Oswald | ||
| Haunt | Janet Morello | ||
| 2014 | Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | Irene Mossbecker | Feature film, US/Hungary |
| Reclaim | Reigert | Feature film, US | |
| The Voices | Dr. Warren | ||
| Maya the Bee | Buzzlina Von Beena (voice) | Animated feature film, Australia | |
| Magic in the Moonlight | Grace | Feature film, US | |
| 2015 | Last Cab to Darwin | Dr. Farmer | Feature film, Australia |
| Equals | Bess | Feature film, US | |
| 2016 | Goldstone | The Mayor | Feature film, Australia |
| 2017 | The Polka King | Barb | Feature film, US |
| Small Crimes | Irma Denton | ||
| The Disaster Artist | Carolyn Minnott | ||
| 2018 | Irreplaceable You | Estelle | |
| Life of the Party[25] | Sandy Cook | ||
| Out of Blue | Miriam Rockwell | ||
| Widows | Agnieszka | ||
| Bird Box | Cheryl | ||
| 2019 | Poms | Sheryl | |
| Zeroville | Dotty | ||
| Elsewhere | Mom | ||
| 2020 | The Grudge | Lorna Moody | |
| Stage Mother | Maybelline Metcalf | ||
| Never Too Late | Norma McCarthy | Feature film, Australia | |
| Penguin Bloom | Jan | ||
| 2021 | Back to the Outback | Jackie (voice) | Animated feature film, Australia |
| 2022 | Father Stu | Kathleen Long | Feature film, US |
| American Murderer | Jeanne | ||
| Wildflower | Loretta | ||
| 2024 | Memoir of a Snail | Pinky (voice) | Animated feature film, Australia |
| TBA | Trash Mountain | TBA | Feature film, US |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Hansel and Gretel | Gretel | TV play |
| 1964 | Split Level[26] | Dysfunctional child | |
| 1966 | Wandjina! | Ann MacPherson | |
| 1967 | The Schoolmistress | Dinah | TV play |
| 1967–1976 | Homicide | Guest roles: Hettie / Anne Johnson / Sue Ryan | 5 episodes |
| 1968 | The Unloved | Guest role | 1 episode |
| 1969 | Riptide | Liz | Episode: "Brethren Island" |
| 1969–1973 | Division 4 | Val Smith / Thea Kemp | 2 episodes |
| 1970 | Woobinda, Animal Doctor | Episode: "Chocolate, Cherry or Pistachio" | |
| 1971; 1973 | The Comedy Game | 2 episodes | |
| 1971 | The Godfathers | Matilda Mathews | Episode: "Waltzing Matilda" |
| 1971–1976 | Matlock Police | Kathy Marcus / Trudy Morton / Gail Hemming / Lindy Robinson | 4 episodes |
| 1971 | Spyforce | Guest role: Elaine Harrison | Episode: "The Volunteers: Part 1" |
| 1972 | Catwalk | Rock Wilson | Episode: "A Life in the Day Of" |
| 1972 | The Stirrers | ||
| 1973 | The Engagement | Ditzy virgin | TV play |
| 1974 | Silent Number | Anne | 1 episode |
| 1974 | This Love Affair | Anthology series, 1 episode | |
| 1974; 1975 | The Last of the Australians | Sandy / Gillie | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | The Seven Ages of Man | 1 episode | |
| Polly Me Love | Polly | TV film | |
| 1976 | Alvin Purple | Emily | 1 episode |
| Up The Convicts | Regular role | ||
| Rush | Yvette Precot | Episode: "A Shilling a Day" | |
| 1976 | Do I Have to Kill My Child? | Dianne | TV film |
| 1977 | Death Cell | Terrifying ghost | TV film |
| 1977 | The Faces of Dick Emery | Various characters | |
| 1979 | Cop Shop | Lynne Bennett | 1 episode |
| 1979; 1981 | Tickled Pink | Episode: "Three Blind Mice" | |
| 1979 | Patrol Boat | Journalist | 1 episode |
| 1980 | Water Under the Bridge | Maggie McGhee | Miniseries, 8 episodes |
| 1980–1981 | Trial by Marriage | Joan | |
| 1984 | Cut that Out | TV special | |
| The Girl from Moonooloo | TV film | ||
| 1985 | The Perfectionist | Barbara Gunn | |
| 1986 | The Challenge | Rasa Bertrand | Miniseries |
| 1987 | Dearest Enemy | TV pilot | |
| 1988 | House Rules | Julie Buckley | 24 episodes |
| 1990 | Rafferty's Rules | 1 episode | |
| 2007 | Hammer Bay | Aileen Blakely | TV film |
| 2009 | Satisfaction | Gillian | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | The McCarthys | Marjorie McCarthy | Unaired pilot |
| Super Fun Night | Pamela Boubier | Episode: "Engagement Party" | |
| 2014 | Gracepoint | Susan Wright | 10 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Blunt Talk | Rosalie Winter | 20 episodes |
| 2016 | Sister Cities | Mary Baxter | TV film |
| 2016–2018 | Secret City | Senator Catriona Bailey | 9 episodes |
| 2018 | Mom Sandwich | Video | |
| 2019–2020 | Bloom | Gwendolyn 'Gwen' Reed | |
| 2019 | Perpetual Grace, LTD | Lillian | |
| 2021-2024 | Yellowstone | Caroline Warner | |
| 2023 | Hello Tomorrow! | Barbara Billings | |
| 2024 | Clipped | Shelly Sterling | Miniseries |
