Jacki Weaver

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Jacqueline Ruth Weaver (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film, and television actress. Weaver emerged in the 1970s 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, miniseries, and Australian productions of plays such as ''Death of a Salesman'' and ''A Streetcar Named Desire''.

Weaver garnered acclaim and nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for starring in the crime film ''Animal Kingdom'' (2010) and the comedy-drama film ''Silver Linings Playbook'' (2012), the former also winning her the National Board of Review Award. In following years, Weaver appeared in the films ''The Five-Year 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'' (2015–2016), Fox Showcase political thriller ''Secret City'' (2016–2019), Epix thriller ''Perpetual Grace, LTD'' (2019), and the Stan science fiction series ''Bloom'' (2019–2020). In 2021, she had a recurring role as Caroline Warner in the Paramount Network neo-Western series ''Yellowstone''.