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I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman.

Jacki Weaver

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Jacki Weaver
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 25
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Theatre Actress
Sydney
NSW
Jacqueline Ruth Jacki Weaver
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver
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Domineering
Australian
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Woman

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