Complex Simplicity - Jacki Weaver

Jacki Weaver is one of Australia’s most well know actors and has been working in Australian film, stage and television since the 1960s. In 2011 she was nominated for an Academy Award for best-supporting actress in ‘Animal Kingdom’, and then again in 2013 for ‘Silver Linings Playbook’. My immediate impression of Jacki Weaver when she sat for me was that she is sincere and open. But there is an edge to her that gives depth. I wanted to capture her edginess from a full, and often difficult life led, and also her directness.