Early life and education

Weaver was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Her mother, Edith (née Simpson), was a migrant from northern England, and her father, Arthur Weaver, was a Sydney solicitor. She attended Hornsby Girls' High School, and won a scholarship to study sociology at university, but instead embarked upon an acting career.

Career

Weaver has been working in Australian film, stage and television since the 1960s. 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 series Wandjina!.

Singing

In 1964 at the Palace Theatre in Sydney, Weaver and a number of other Australian singers such as The Delltones and her then-boyfriend Bryan Davies performed a satire on the Gidget movies, in which Weaver performed as "Gadget."

In the mid-1960s, she appeared on the Australian music show Bandstand. In one appearance, she sang a 1920s-style pastiche, the novelty song "I Love Onions."

Film

Weaver's film debut came with 1971's Stork for which she won her first Australian Film Institute Award. In the 1970s, Weaver gained a sex-symbol reputation thanks to her performances in the likes of Alvin Purple (1973). Other notable films during this time include a small role in Peter Weir's critically acclaimed film version of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), and a more substantive appearance in Caddie (1976) for which she won her second Australian Film Institute Award.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, Weaver found it increasingly hard to find roles on screen or television and devoted much of her energy to the Australian stage, starring in plays including A Streetcar Named Desire, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Death of a Salesman, Reg Cribb's Last Cab to Darwin, and Chekhov's Uncle Vanya alongside Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh in 2010-11.

In 2010, Weaver also starred in the Melbourne-set crime thriller Animal Kingdom playing a gang family matriarch. Her performance was praised and earned her an Academy Award nomination as well as winning the Australian Film Institute Award, the National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award and a Satellite Award.

Weaver made her Hollywood debut with the comedy The Five-Year Engagement, alongside Emily Blunt and Jason Segel, and starred in Park Chan-Wook's English-language debut, Stoker, alongside fellow Australian actors Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska, and British actor Matthew Goode.

On 10 January 2013, Weaver was again nominated for an Academy Award for her role opposite Robert De Niro in the film Silver Linings Playbook. In April the same year, she was cast in the adaptation of Richard Alfieri's play 6 Dance Lessons in 6 Weeks opposite Gena Rowlands.

In August 2013, Australians in Film announced that Weaver would be honored with the organization's Breakthrough Award at an exclusive Benefit Dinner held 24 October 2013 in Los Angeles. She also portrayed Dr. Warren in the 2014 comedy crime horror film The Voices.

Personal life

Weaver was married to David Price from 1966 to 1970 before divorcing and marrying Max Hensser in 1975. She married radio and television presenter Derryn Hinch in 1983; they divorced in 1996, remarried in 1997, and divorced again in 1998. She had a son, Dylan (b. 1969) with partner at the time John Walters. She is currently married to actor Sean Taylor.

Weaver is a supporter of the Australian Labor Party, and recorded a radio advertisement in support of them for the 1996 federal election.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1971	Stork	Anna
1973	Alvin Purple	Second Sugar Girl
1974	Petersen	Susie Petersen
1975	Picnic at Hanging Rock	Minnie
	Removalists, TheThe Removalists	Marilyn Carter
1976	Caddie	Josie
1982	Squizzy Taylor	Dolly
1983	Abra Cadabra	Primrose Buttercup	Voice
1987	Perfectionist, TheThe Perfectionist	Barbara Gunn
1996	Cosi	Cherry
1997	Two-Wheeled Time Machine, TheThe Two-Wheeled Time Machine	Old Alice	Short film
2008	Three Blind Mice	Bernie Fisher
2009	Early Checkout	Cleaner	Short
2010	Animal Kingdom	Janine 'Smurf' Cody
	Summer Coda	Jen
2011	Lois	Lois	Short
2012	The Five-Year Engagement	Sylvia Dickerson-Barnes
	Silver Linings Playbook	Dolores Solitano
2013	Stoker	Aunt Gwendolyn 'Gin' Stoker
	Parkland	Marguerite Oswald
	Haunt	Janet Morello
	Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks	Irene Mossbecker	Post-production
2014	Reclaim	Reigert
	The Voices	Dr. Warren
	Maya the Bee	Buzzlina Von Beena (voice)
	Magic in the Moonlight	Grace
2015	Last Cab to Darwin	Dr. Farmer	Post-production
	Equals	Bess	Post-production
2016	The Masterpiece	Carolyn Minnott	Filming

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1966	Wandjina!
1967	The Schoolmistress
	Homicide	Hettie / Anne Johnson / Sue Ryan	9 episodes
1969	Riptide (Australian Tv Series)	Liz	Episode: "Brethren Island"
1969-1973	Division 4	Val Smith / Thea Kemp	2 episodes
1970	Woobinda, Animal Doctor		Episode: "Chocolate, Cherry or Pistachio"
1970-74	Would You Believe?	As Self	Panelist on ABC TV Game Show
1971	The Comedy Game		2 episodes
	The Godfathers	Matilda Mathews	Episode: "Waltzing Matilda"
	Spyforce	Elaine Harrison	Episode: "The Volunteers: Part 1"
1972	Catwalk	Rock Wilson	Episode: "A Life in the Day Of"
1975	Polly Me Love	Polly	TV film
1976	Alvin Purple	Emily
	Do I Have to Kill My Child?		TV film
	Up the Convicts
	Rush	Yvette Precot	Episode: "A Shilling a Day"
1977	The Dick Emery Show in Australia	Various Characters
1980	Trial by Marriage	Joan
	Water Under the Bridge	Maggie McGhee	8 episodes
1981	Tickled Pink		2 episodes
1986	The Challenge	Rasa Bertrand	Miniseries
1988	House Rules	Julie Buckley	Episode: "The Honourable Housewife"
1997	The Two-Wheeled Time Machine	Old alice	Short
2007	Hammer Bay	Aileen Blakely	TV film
2009	Satisfaction	Gillian	2 episodes
2013	The McCarthys	Marjorie McCarthy	TV film
	Super Fun Night	Pamela Boubier	Episode: "Engagement Party"
2014	Gracepoint	Susan Wright
2015	Blunt Talk	Rosalie Winter	Series regular

Stage

Year	Film	Role	Venue
1962	A Wish is a Dream		Phillip Theatre, Sydney
1963	Once Upon a Surfie		Palace Theatre, Sydney
1974	Love's Labour's Lost		Drama Theatre, Sydney (6 December 1974 - 18 January 1975)
	The Seagull		Nimrod Upstairs, Surry Hills
1976	A Streetcar Named Desire		Drama Theatre, Sydney
	Bedroom Farce		Theatre Royal (1976-5 October 1978)
1980	They're Playing Our Song	Sonia Walsk	Comedy Theatre, Melbourne (23 August 1980 - January 1981)
1985	The Real Thing		Drama Theatre, Sydney
1986	Blithe Spirit		Playhouse, Melbourne
1987	Emerald City		Playhouse, Melbourne (18 March & 11 November 1987)
1993	Away		Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
1995	Reunion		Comedy Club, Carlton, 13 May - 3 June 1995
1997	After The Ball		Sydney Theatre Company
	Navigating	Katherine Thompson	Queensland and Melbourne Theatre companies
1999	Fred		Sydney Theatre Company
2000	The Falls		Griffin Theatre Company & Stables Theatre, Darlinghurst
	Girl Talk		Australia wide October 2000 - June 2001
2002	The Blonde, The Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead		Stables Theatre, Darlinghurst
	Soulmates		Civic Theatre, Newcastle (13 April - 28 August 2002)
	Three Sisters
2003	Last of the Red Hot Lovers		3 June 2003 - 13 July 2004
	Six Degrees of Separation
2004	Last Cab to Darwin		7 August - 10 November 2004
	The Blonde, The Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead		24 February 2004 - 23 October 2006, 1 June 2007
2006	A Hard God		Sydney Theatre Company
2010	Entertaining Mr Sloane		State Theatre Company of South Australia
	Uncle Vanya	Nana	Sydney Theatre Company
2013	Solomon and Marion	Marion	Arts Centre Melbourne (7 June - 20 July 2013)

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
1971	Stork	Australian Film Institute Award	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Won
1976	Caddie		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Won
2010	Animal Kingdom		Best Actress in a Leading Role	Won
		National Board of Review Award	Best Supporting Actress	Won
		Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award	Best Supporting Actress	Won
		Satellite Award	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	Won
		Utah Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	Won
		Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	2nd Place
		National Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actress	3rd Place
		San Francisco Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress	Won
		Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		Saturn Award	Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	Nominated
		Denver Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		Houston Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		Detroit Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
		Academy Award	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
2012	Silver Linings Playbook			Nominated
		AACTA Awards	Best International Supporting Actress	Won
		Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Nominated

Other awards

• Best Actress Awards for Joy Gresham in Shadowlands and Dr Georgeous in The Sisters Rosensweig
• Variety Club Award for They're Playing Our Song
• 2013 Australians in Film Breakthrough Award
• 2014 AACTA Longford Lyell Award for lifetime achievement

Further reading

• Jane Cadzow, "All or nothing", The Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, 5 December 1998
• Deborah Blashki-Marks, "What I've Learnt: Jacki Weaver", The Age, 8 May 2004

[ Source: Wikipedia ]