Sigourney Weaver
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1949-10-08 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Sigourney Weaver
Biography
Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. Weaver is considered to be a pioneer of action heroines in science fiction films. She is known for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, which earned her an Academy Award nomination in 1986 and is often regarded as one of the most significant female protagonists in cinema history.
A seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Weaver won both Best Actress in Drama and Best Supporting Actress in 1988 for her work in the films Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl, becoming the first person to win two acting Golden Globes in the same year. She also received Academy Award nominations for both films. For her role in the film The Ice Storm (1997), she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress ina Supporting Role. She also received a Tony Award nomination for her work in the 1984 Broadway play Hurlyburly.
Weaver's other film roles include Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Dave (1993), Galaxy Quest (1999), Holes (2003), WALL-E (2008), Avatar (2009), Prayers for Bobby (2009), Paul (2011), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), and A Monster Calls (2016); and the television miniseries Political Animals (2012) and The Defenders (2017).
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Acting
(2031)
Avatar 5
as Kiri
(2029)
Avatar 4
as Kiri
(2026)
(2025)
The Gorge
as Bartholomew
(2025)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Kiri
(2025)
Alien, Terror in Space
as Self (archive footage)
(2024)
Aliens Expanded
as Self
(2024)
(2023)
Master Gardener
as Norma Haverhill
(2023)
Inside Pandora's Box
as Self
(2022)
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Kiri
(2022)
(2022)
Call Jane
as Virginia
(2022)
The Good House
as Hildy Good
(2022)
Bonnie
as Self
(2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Dana Barrett
(2021)
Oats Studios: Volume 1
as Jasper
(2020)
My Salinger Year
as Margaret
(2020)
(2020)
Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change
as Narrator
(2019)
(2018)
Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii
as Georgia O’Keeffe
(2017)
Rakka
as Jasper
(2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Sigourney Weaver
(2017)
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2016)
Finding Dory
as Sigourney Weaver (voice)
(2016)
Ghostbusters
as Rebecca Gorin
(2016)
A Monster Calls
as Grandma
(2016)
The Assignment
as Dr. Rachel Kay
(2016)
(2016)
Ghostheads
as Self
(2015)
Chappie
as Michelle Bradley
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Tuja
(2014)
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
as Elizabeth Swados (voice)
(2014)
All You Need Is Love
as Narrator
(2012)
The Cabin in the Woods
as The Director
(2012)
Red Lights
as Margaret Matheson
(2012)
The Cold Light of Day
as Jean Carrack
(2012)
Vamps
as Cisserus
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
(2011)
Paul
as The Big Guy
(2011)
Abduction
as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
(2011)
Rampart
as Joan Confrey
(2011)
Cedar Rapids
as Macy Vanderhei
(2011)
Tipping Point: The End of Oil
as Narrator (voice)
(2010)
(2010)
You Again
as Ramona
(2010)
Capturing Avatar
as Self
(2010)
Crazy on the Outside
as Viki
(2009)
Avatar
as Dr. Grace Augustine
(2009)
Prayers for Bobby
as Mary Griffith
(2009)
Annul Victory
as Self
(2009)
(2009)
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
WALL·E
as Ship's Computer (voice)
(2008)
Vantage Point
as Rex Brooks
(2008)
The Tale of Despereaux
as The Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Baby Mama
as Chaffee Bicknell
(2008)
Be Kind Rewind
as Ms. Lawson
(2008)
His Highness Hollywood
as Self
(2008)
Fragile Planet
as Narrator
(2007)
Happily N'Ever After
as Frieda (voice)
(2007)
The Girl in the Park
as Julia Sandburg
(2007)
The TV Set
as Lenny
(2007)
Helmut by June
as Self
(2007)
DNA: Secret of Photo 51
as Narrator
(2006)
Infamous
as Babe Paley
(2006)
Snow Cake
as Linda
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
(2004)
The Village
as Alice Hunt
(2004)
Imaginary Heroes
as Sandy Travis
(2003)
Holes
as Louise Walker the Warden
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
(2003)
(2002)
Tadpole
as Eve Grubman
(2002)
The Alien Saga
as Self
(2002)
The Guys
as Joan
(2001)
Heartbreakers
as Max Conners
(2001)
Alien Evolution
as Self
(2001)
Through These Eyes
as Narrator
(2001)
Big Bad Love
as Betti DeLoreo (voice)
(2001)
The Roman Empire in the First Century
as Narrator
(2000)
Company Man
as Daisy Quimp
(1999)
Galaxy Quest
as Gwen DeMarco
(1999)
A Map of the World
as Alice Goodwin
(1999)
Get Bruce!
as Self
(1999)
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry
as Narrator
(1999)
Ghostbusters 1999
as Self
(1997)
Alien Resurrection
as Ripley
(1997)
The Ice Storm
as Janey Carver
(1997)
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
as Lady Claudia Hoffman
(1995)
Copycat
as Helen Hudson
(1995)
Jeffrey
as Debra Moorhouse
(1994)
Death and the Maiden
as Paulina Escobar
(1994)
The Wild Swans
as Narrator
(1993)
Dave
as Ellen Mitchell
(1993)
Rabbit Ears - Peachboy
as Narrator (voice)
(1992)
Alien³
as Ripley
(1992)
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Queen Isabella
(1992)
The Snow Queen
as Narrator (voice)
(1989)
Ghostbusters II
as Dana Barrett
(1989)
(1988)
Working Girl
as Katharine Parker
(1988)
Gorillas in the Mist
as Dian Fossey
(1986)
Aliens
as Ripley
(1986)
Half Moon Street
as Dr. Lauren Slaughter
(1985)
One Woman or Two
as Jessica Fitzgerald
(1984)
Ghostbusters
as Dana Barrett
(1984)
(1983)
Deal of the Century
as Mrs. DeVoto
(1982)
The Year of Living Dangerously
as Jill Bryant
(1981)
Eyewitness
as Tony Sokolow
(1979)
Alien
as Ripley
(1979)
The Sorrows of Gin
as Marcia Lawton
(1979)
O Youth and Beauty!
as Marcia Lawton
(1978)
Madman
as Gale
(1977)
Annie Hall
as Alvy's Date Outside Theatre
Crew
(1997)
Alien Resurrection
Co-Producer
(1992)
Alien³
Co-Producer