Jacki Weaver

Jacqueline Ruth Weaver AO born 25 May 1947 is an Australian actress Weaver emerged in the 1970s as a symbol of the Australian New Wave through her work in Ozploitation films such as Stork 1971 Alvin Purple 1973 and Petersen 1974 She later she starred in Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975 Caddie 1976 Squizzy Taylor 1982 and well as number of madefortelevision movies miniseries and Australian productions of some of the most revered plays including Death of a Salesman and Streetcar Named Desire In 2010 Weaver has garnered critical acclaim and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination and won National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the matriarch of a criminal family in the crime film Animal Kingdom She received another Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for performance in the romantic comedydrama film Silver Linings Playbook 2012 The following years Weaver appeared in films The FiveYear Engagement 2012 Parkland 2013 Magic in the Moonlight 2014 The Disaster Artist 2017 Bird Box 2018 Widows 2018 Poms 2019 Stage Mother 2020 and Father Stu 2022 On television Weaver starred in the Starz comedy series Blunt Talk 20152016 Fox Showcase political thriller Secret City 201619 Stan science fiction series Bloom 201920 and Epix thriller Perpetual Grace LTD 2019 In 2021 she began appearing in the recurring role as Caroline Warner in the Paramount Network neoWestern series Yellowstone Description above from the Wikipedia article Jacki Weaver licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia