Jacki Weaver! In the upcoming film Stage Mother, the Academy Award nominee, 72, portrays conservative choir singer Maybelline who takes over her estranged son’s drag bar when he suddenly dies.
Although the story is complicated and complex, Weaver was hooked immediately.“When I read the script, it just felt very close to my heart.
I am a member of the LGBTQ community for a straight lady,” the actress exclusively says in the latest issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now. “It spoke to me.”Weaver noted that she’s from Sydney, Australia — “one of the gayest cities in the world” — which actually helped prepare her for the part.“I’ve been Queen of the gay Mardi Gras,” she tells Us.