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Key facts
- Born
- Jacqueline Ruth Weaver , ( 1947-05-25 ) 25 May 1947 (age 79) , Hurstville, New South Wales , Australia
- Education
- Hornsby Girls' High School
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1962–present
- Partner s
- John Walters, ( espoused</span>"}]]}'>esp. 1969; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 1970), Richard Wherrett , ( espoused</span>"}]]}'>esp. 1971; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 1974), Phil Davis, ( espoused</span>"}]]}'>esp. 1977; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 1981)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Weaver
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Sydney
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Jacki Weaver - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer (1).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Work location
- Australia
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- Commons category
- Jacki Weaver
- date of birth
- 1947-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- birth name
- Jacqueline Ruth Weaver
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Encyclopedic overview
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver AO (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film, and television actor. She 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 a number of 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).
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