Jacki Weaver
Jacki Weaver
Jacqueline Ruth "Jacki" Weaver, AOis an Australian theatre, film, and television actress. She is known internationally for her performances in Animal Kingdomand Silver Linings Playbook, both of which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth25 May 1947
CitySydney, Australia
CountryAustralia
revealed work
A lot of actors, whatever movie you're working on, you make up a back story just for your own, to work off, even if the audience doesn't have it revealed to them. I think it's important that the audience makes up their own mind.
endlessly incredibly love people unlike
I love pretending to be other people. The more unlike me they are the better - I find other people endlessly fascinating and myself incredibly boring.
david directors everybody exciting love mind russell work
Every director's so different. Everybody has their own modus operandi and I love getting to know different directors in the way they work. David O. Russell is very exciting to be with because he's got a mind like quicksilver.
york yorkers
I've done a lot of plays before where I had to do a New York accent, but never a Philly one before. They do the rhotic 'r' - where you say the 'r' - where most New Yorkers don't.
fairly nasty next played share villains
I've had my share of villains and played some fairly nasty characters. But I've been acting for so long. I started out as the girl next door. Now I'm the grandmother next door.
appalling five nine sounds weddings
I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
festival hollywood meet watch williams
When I was seven, I wanted to be Esther Williams. I was drummed out of Brownies because I snuck off to the cinema to watch an Esther Williams festival - my greatest wish if I get to Hollywood is to meet her.
parent trying married
I was an adventurer, and I got married a few times. I kept trying to find a relationship as good as my parents'.
years stuff roles
I haven't really had a major role in film for about 12 years. But I never stopped working in the theater. I do stuff back to back.
voice toys stories
I'd love to be a voice in 'Toy Story 4.'
feet five
I'm under five feet; I'm very small, 4'11 1/2.
delight function shock
It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight.
awards
I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do.
jobs challenges new-job
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.