Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Birthdate
October 8, 1949 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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Birthdate
October 8, 1949 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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 (175)

Dust Bunny
2031
Avatar 5 as Kiri
2029
Avatar 4 as Kiri
2026
The Mandalorian & Grogu
2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash as Kiri
2025
The Gorge
2024
Aliens Expanded as Self
2024
Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone as Self
2023
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart as June Hart (7 episodes)
2023
Master Gardener as Norma Haverhill
2023
Inside Pandora's Box as Self
2022
Avatar: The Way of Water as Kiri
2022
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
2022
Bonnie as Self
2022
Call Jane as Virginia
2022
The Good House as Hildy Good
2022
Mostra, Venise as Self - "Tapis Rouge" Guest (1 episode)
2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Dana Barrett
2021
Oats Studios: Volume 1 as Jasper
2021
Secrets of the Whales as Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)
2020
Reunited Apart as Self (1 episode)
2020
Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change as Narrator
2020
My Salinger Year as Margaret
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
2020
La semaine des 4 Julie as Self (1 episode)
2019
The Movies That Made Us as Dana Bennett (archive footage) (1 episode)
2019
The Movies That Made Us as Self (1 episode)
2019
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary as Self
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self (1 episode)
2018
Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii as Georgia O’Keeffe
2017
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist as Dian Fossey (voice) (3 episodes)
2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self
2017
Marvel's The Defenders as Alexandra Reid (6 episodes)
2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self (archive footage)
2017
Rakka as Jasper
2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) as Sigourney Weaver
2016
Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self
2016
A Monster Calls as Grandma
2016
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years as Self
2016
Dream the Future as Narrator (10 episodes)
2016
Ghostbusters as Rebecca Gorin
2016
Finding Dory as Sigourney Weaver (voice)
2016
The Assignment as Dr. Rachel Kay
2016
Ghostheads as Self
2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Sigourney Weaver (1 episode)
2015
Call My Agent! as Self (1 episode)
2015
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
2015
Chappie as Michelle Bradley
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Lady Starblaster (voice) (1 episode)
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings as Tuja
2014
All You Need Is Love as Narrator
2014
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) as Elizabeth Swados (voice)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2012
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Masha
2012
Vamps as Cisserus
2012
Political Animals as Elaine Barrish (6 episodes)
2012
The Cabin in the Woods as The Director
2012
The Cold Light of Day as Jean Carrack
2012
Finding Your Roots as Self (1 episode)
2012
Red Lights as Margaret Matheson
2012
Honest Trailers as Dr. Grace Augustine (archive footage) (1 episode)
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2011
Rampart as Joan Confrey
2011
Abduction as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
2011
Tipping Point: The End of Oil as Narrator (voice)
2011
Saturday Night Live Backstage
2011
Paul as The Big Guy
2011
Cedar Rapids as Macy Vanderhei
2010
Capturing Avatar as Self
2010
You Again as Ramona
2010
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora as Self
2010
Crazy on the Outside as Viki
2009
Avatar as Dr. Grace Augustine
2009
The Jay Leno Show as Self (1 episode)
2009
Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification as Narrator
2009
Annul Victory as Self
2009
Prayers for Bobby as Mary Griffith
2009
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood as Narrator (voice)
2008
The Tale of Despereaux as The Narrator (voice)
2008
Fragile Planet as Narrator
2008
His Highness Hollywood as Self
2008
WALL·E as Ship's Computer (voice)
2008
Baby Mama as Chaffee Bicknell
2008
Vantage Point as Rex Brooks
2008
Eli Stone as Therapist (1 episode)
2008
Be Kind Rewind as Ms. Lawson
2007
The Girl in the Park as Julia Sandburg
2007
Helmut by June as Self
2007
The TV Set as Lenny
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2007
Happily N'Ever After as Frieda (voice)
2006
Infamous as Babe Paley
2006
Snow Cake as Linda
2006
The One Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2006
50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
2006
Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver as Self
2005
Deconstructing 'The Village' as Self
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (1 episode)
2004
Imaginary Heroes as Sandy Travis
2004
Doc Martin as American Tourist (1 episode)
2004
The Village as Alice Hunt
2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self
2003
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self
2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' as Self
2003
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection as Self
2003
Holes as Louise Walker the Warden
2003
National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl as Narrator
2002
The Alien Saga as Self
2002
The Guys as Joan
2002
Tadpole as Eve Grubman
2001
Richard & Judy as Self (1 episode)
2001
Alien Evolution as Self
2001
Big Bad Love as Betti DeLoreo (voice)
2001
Through These Eyes as Narrator
2001
Heartbreakers as Max Conners
2001
The Roman Empire in the First Century as Narrator
2000
Click as Self (1 episode)
2000
Company Man as Daisy Quimp
1999
Galaxy Quest as Gwen DeMarco
1999
The Early Show as Self (1 episode)
1999
Ghostbusters 1999 as Self
1999
A Map of the World as Alice Goodwin
1999
Futurama as Planet Express Ship (voice) (2 episodes)
1999
Mark Twain Prize as Self (1 episode)
1999
Get Bruce! as Self
1999
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry as Narrator
1997
Alien Resurrection as Ripley
1997
The View as Self (6 episodes)
1997
The View as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Lady Claudia Hoffman
1997
The Ice Storm as Janey Carver
1996
The Daily Show as Self (3 episodes)
1995
Copycat as Helen Hudson
1995
Jeffrey as Debra Moorhouse
1995
Lo + plus as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1994
Death and the Maiden as Paulina Escobar
1994
The Wild Swans as Narrator
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1993
Dave as Ellen Mitchell
1993
GMTV as Self (1 episode)
1993
Rabbit Ears - Peachboy as Narrator (voice)
1992
The Snow Queen as Narrator (voice)
1992
1492: Conquest of Paradise as Queen Isabella
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
1992
Alien³ as Ripley
1989
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge as Self
1989
Ghostbusters II as Dana Barrett
1988
Working Girl as Katharine Parker
1988
Gorillas in the Mist as Dian Fossey
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (2 episodes)
1987
Nulle part ailleurs as Self (1 episode)
1986
Half Moon Street as Dr. Lauren Slaughter
1986
Aliens as Ripley
1985
One Woman or Two as Jessica Fitzgerald
1984
Ghostbusters as Dana Barrett
1984
Wilderness: A Country in the Mind
1983
Deal of the Century as Mrs. DeVoto
1982
The Year of Living Dangerously as Jill Bryant
1981
Eyewitness as Tony Sokolow
1979
O Youth and Beauty! as Marcia Lawton
1979
The Sorrows of Gin as Marcia Lawton
1979
Alien as Ripley
1978
Madman as Gale
1977
Annie Hall as Alvy's Date Outside Theatre
1975
Saturday Night Live as Ellen Ripley (1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (2 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self / Various (archive footage) (1 episode)
1974
NOVA as Narrator (1 episode)
1970
Somerset as Avis Ryan (283 episodes)
1966
Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (5 episodes)

Production (3)

2023
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart • Executive Producer (7 episodes)
• Executive Producer (7 episodes)
1997
Alien Resurrection • Co-Producer
• Co-Producer
1992
Alien³ • Co-Producer
• Co-Producer