Jacki Weaver Net Worth

Jacki Weaver's Quotes

• [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.

Interesting Facts about Jacki Weaver

1. 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.
2. Has a son, Dylan Walters (b.1969), with her ex-boyfriend John Walters.
3. 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).
4. Stated in her memoir "Much Love, Jac" that she was sexually molested as a child from the age 7-11 by a family friend.
5. Has been a vocal supporter of the LGBT community throughout her career.
6. Won her Oscar nominated role of Dolores Solitano in Silver Linings Playbook (2012) after Emma Thompson turned it down.
7. Attended Hornsby Girls' High School.
8. 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.
9. She had a vacation home in Kauai, Hawaii for ten years.
10. 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.
11. Has two grandchildren; Taketora (b. 2007) and Luli (b. 2010).
12. Daughter of Edith (Simpson) and Arthur Weaver. Her father was from Sydney and her mother was English.