{"id":36388,"date":"2026-07-13T05:12:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jacki-weaver"},"modified":"2026-07-13T05:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:12:50","slug":"jacki-weaver","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=jacki-weaver","title":{"rendered":"Jacki Weaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jacqueline Ruth Weaver\u00a0AO\u00a0(born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film, and television actress.\u00a0Her accolades\u00a0include five\u00a0AACTA Awards(including the\u00a0Longford Lyell Award), a\u00a0National Board of Review Award, and nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards\u00a0and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award.<\/p>\n<p>Weaver emerged in the 1970s during the\u00a0Australian New Wave\u00a0through her work in\u00a0Ozploitation\u00a0films such as\u00a0Stork\u00a0(1971),\u00a0Alvin Purple\u00a0(1973), and\u00a0Petersen\u00a0(1974). She later starred in\u00a0Picnic at Hanging Rock\u00a0(1975),\u00a0Caddie (1976),\u00a0Squizzy Taylor\u00a0(1982), and several television films and miniseries. She also starred in Australian productions of plays such as\u00a0Death of a Salesman\u00a0and\u00a0A Streetcar Named Desire.<\/p>\n<p>Weaver received international attention and nominations for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress\u00a0for her performances in the crime film\u00a0Animal Kingdom\u00a0(2010) and the comedy-drama film\u00a0Silver Linings Playbook\u00a0(2012), the former of which also earned her the\u00a0National Board of Review Award. This attention led her to receive roles in further\u00a0Hollywood\u00a0projects, including the films\u00a0The Five-Year Engagement\u00a0(2012),\u00a0Parkland (2013),\u00a0Magic in the Moonlight\u00a0(2014),\u00a0The Disaster Artist\u00a0(2017),\u00a0Bird Box,\u00a0Widows\u00a0(both 2018),\u00a0Poms\u00a0(2019),\u00a0Stage Mother\u00a0(2020), and\u00a0Father Stu\u00a0(2022).<\/p>\n<p>On television, Weaver starred in the\u00a0Starz\u00a0comedy series\u00a0Blunt Talk\u00a0(2015\u20132016), the\u00a0Fox Showcasepolitical thriller\u00a0Secret City\u00a0(2016\u20132019), the\u00a0Epix thriller\u00a0Perpetual Grace, LTD\u00a0(2019), and the\u00a0Stanscience fiction series\u00a0Bloom\u00a0(2019\u20132020). 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