Jacki Weaver was born on May 25, 1947 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as Jacqueline Ruth Weaver. She is an actress, known for Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Animal Kingdom (2010) and Stoker (2013). She has been married to Sean Taylor since 2003. She was previously married to Derryn Hinch, Max Hensser and David Price.

Sean Taylor (2003 - present)

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Publicly stated in interviews that her idol growing up and as a young actress in Australia was Esther Williams. Her manager got a phone call saying that Esther Williams was about to turn 90 and she'd love to meet Jacki.
Has a son, Dylan Walters (b.1969), with her ex-boyfriend John Walters.
Made her American stage debut in 2011 as apart of the Sydney Theater Company's production of "Uncle Vanya" at the Eisenhower Theater, Washington D.C. (and later at the Lincoln Centre Festival in 2012 in New York City).
Stated in her memoir "Much Love, Jac" that she was sexually molested as a child from the age 7-11 by a family friend.
Has been a vocal supporter of the LGBT community throughout her career.
Won her Oscar nominated role of Dolores Solitano in Silver Linings Playbook (2012) after Emma Thompson turned it down.
Attended Hornsby Girls' High School.
Since her Oscar nomination, projects that have fallen through include the 2013 CBS pilot The McCarthys (2014), which wasn't picked up but was a year later when it was re shot with Laurie Metcalf in the role. Additionally she was long attached to the Shirley MacLaine starring vehicle Wild Oats (2016) however she was replaced with Jessica Lange. Finally she was cast in a supporting role in the all-star film 'Frank or Francis', directed by 'Charlie Kauffman', however funding fell through.
She had a vacation home in Kauai, Hawaii for ten years.
She was awarded the AO (Officer of the Order of Australia) in the 2014 Queen's Honours List for her services and contributions to the performing arts.
Has two grandchildren; Taketora (b. 2007) and Luli (b. 2010).
Daughter of Edith (Simpson) and Arthur Weaver. Her father was from Sydney and her mother was English.

[on playing the matriarch of a Melbourne crime family in Animal Kingdom (2010)] I found some of my scenes intense and emotionally draining, but that's the nature of the beast. I enjoy that.
[re her Oscar nomination for Animal Kingdom (2010)] I remember being like a stunned mullet. A mullet is a fish, and when they catch them, they [makes cross-eyed face]. The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America.
I remember I was a little girl when Elizabeth Taylor stole Eddie Fisher from America's Sweetheart, Debbie Reynolds, and the reaction back then was enormous! And Angelina Jolie was in trouble, too, for taking a husband away from another America's Sweetheart. Don't take husbands from America's Sweethearts.
'Promiscuous' implies that I'm not choosy. In fact I'm very choosy. I just happen to have had a lot of choices.
The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies.
I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do.
I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.
I do have friends in Australia who now refer to me as 'Hollywood Jack.'
I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman.
I'm a nice middle-class girl in real life, and I'm a mom and a grandma, and I usually play sweet characters.
A lot of directors want to storyboard you, whereas the best way to get a performance out of an actor is a collaborative process where you listen to the actor's input.
In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.' So we are sort of saturated with American culture from the day we're born, and to those of those who do have an ear for it, it's second nature.