Australian actress Jacki Weaver has appeared in numerous films and television shows including the series Matlock Police and Homicide and the films Stork and Caddie, all in the 1970s.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915865/ Both films earned Weaver honors from the Australian Film Institute.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915865/awards Throughout her acting career that spans roughly 50 years, Weaver has also appeared in around 100 stage productions.http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/12/jacki-weaver-totally-over-the-moon-about-globe-nod/1

In 2010, Weaver appeared in the independent crime-drama film Animal Kingdom and she received an award from the National Board of Review as the Best Supporting Actress of 2010 for the role. Additionally, Weaver was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for Animal Kingdom at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915865/awards According to New York Magazine, Weaver is a "strong contender" in the Best Supporting Actress race at the 2011 Academy Awards as well.http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/11/animal_kingdoms_jacki_weaver.html

Born in 1947, in Sidney, Australia, Jacki Weaver made her television acting debut in 1966 when she appeared in Wandjina!http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915865/bio http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915865/filmoyear After another small role on The Schoolmistress in 1967, Weaver took a regular role on the television series Homicide starting in 1967. Her first film came in 1970 when she appeared in the Australian documentary The Naked Bunyip.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915865/

While still appearing on Homicide, Weaver joined the cast of Matlock Police in 1971, a role she kept until 1976. Among other roles, Weaver went on to appear in the films Caddie in 1967, Squizzy Taylor in 1982 and The Perfectionist in 1987, as well as television shows like Trial by Marriage in 1980, Tickled Pink in 1981 and House Rules in 1988. More recently, Weaver appeared in the 2008 film Three Blind Mice, the award-winning 2010 film Animal Kingdom and the 2010 film Summer Coda.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915865/

• 1966: Wandjina!
• 1967: The Schoolmistress
• 1967-77:Homicide
• 1969-73: Division 4
• 1970: The Naked Bunyip
• 1971: Stork
• 1971-76: Matlock Police
• 1971-73: The Comedy Game
• 1973: The Sex Therapist
• 1974: 'Jock' Petersen
• 1975: Picnic at Hanging Rock
• 1975: The Removalists
• 1975-76: The Last of the Australians
• 1976: Do I Have to Kill My Child?
• 1976: Caddie
• 1982: Squizzy Taylor
• 1983: Abra Cadabra
• 1987: The Perfectionist
• 1996: Cosi
• 2008: Three Blind Mice
• 2010: Animal Kingdom
• 2010: Summer Codahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915865/filmoyear

"My main emotion right now is bewilderment. I am thrilled, I am absolutely knocked out."—On her Golden Globe nominationhttp://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=12394313

"[David Michod] says he wrote it for me, which is very flattering. He sent it to me six years ago, and I thought it was such a good script."—On her role in Animal Kingdomhttp://www.cinemablend.com/new/Interview-Animal-Kingdom-s-Fierce-Matriarch-Jacki-Weaver-20096.html

"I'm a bit superstitious and I've been trying to avoid mentioning the 'O' word for fear of jinxing my chances, but that of course would be extraordinary."—On her chances of winning an Oscarhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/16/3094614.htm?section=entertainment