Sigourney Weaver

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1949-10-08 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Susan Alexandra Weaver, 西格妮·韦弗, سيغورني ويفر, Σιγκούρνι Γουίβερ, சிகர்னி வேவர், სიგურნი უივერი, सिगोर्नी वीवर, 시고니 위버, 雪歌妮·薇佛, Сігурні Вівер

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sigourney Weaver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2031
Avatar 5

as Kiri

2029
Avatar 4

as Kiri

2024
2023
Master Gardener

as Norma Haverhill

2022
Bonnie

as Self

2022
Call Jane

as Virginia

2022
The Good House

as Hildy Good

2022
Mostra, Venise

as Self - "Tapis Rouge" Guest

2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as Dana Barrett

2021
Secrets of the Whales

as Narrator (voice)

2020
My Salinger Year

as Margaret

2020
2019
The Movies That Made Us

as Dana Bennett (archive footage)

2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Rakka

as Jasper

2017
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

as Dian Fossey (voice)

2017
Marvel's The Defenders

as Alexandra Reid

2016
A Monster Calls

as Grandma

2016
Ghostbusters

as Rebecca Gorin

2016
Finding Dory

as Sigourney Weaver (voice)

2016
The Assignment

as Dr. Rachel Kay

2016
Ghostheads

as Self

2016
Dream the Future

as Narrator

2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

as Sigourney Weaver

2015
Chappie

as Michelle Bradley

2015
2014
2014
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Lady Starblaster (voice)

2012
Vamps

as Cisserus

2012
The Cabin in the Woods

as The Director

2012
The Cold Light of Day

as Jean Carrack

2012
Red Lights

as Margaret Matheson

2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

as (archive footage)

2012
Political Animals

as Elaine Barrish

2012
2012
Honest Trailers

as Dr. Grace Augustine (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
Paul

as The Big Guy

2011
Cedar Rapids

as Macy Vanderhei

2010
2010
You Again

as Ramona

2009
Avatar

as Dr. Grace Augustine

2009
2009
Prayers for Bobby

as Mary Griffith

2009
2008
The Tale of Despereaux

as The Narrator (voice)

2008
Fragile Planet

as Narrator

2008
WALL·E

as Ship's Computer (voice)

2008
Baby Mama

as Chaffee Bicknell

2008
Vantage Point

as Rex Brooks

2008
Be Kind Rewind

as Ms. Lawson

2008
Eli Stone

as Therapist

2007
The Girl in the Park

as Julia Sandburg

2007
2007
The TV Set

as Lenny

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

2004
Imaginary Heroes

as Sandy Travis

2004
The Village

as Alice Hunt

2004
Doc Martin

as American Tourist

2003
Holes

as Louise Walker the Warden

2002
2002
The Guys

as Joan

2002
Tadpole

as Eve Grubman

2001
2001
Big Bad Love

as Betti DeLoreo (voice)

2001
Through These Eyes

as Narrator

2001
Heartbreakers

as Max Conners

2001
2000
Company Man

as Daisy Quimp

2000
Click

as Self

1999
Galaxy Quest

as Gwen DeMarco

1999
1999
A Map of the World

as Alice Goodwin

1999
Get Bruce!

as Self

1999
1999
Futurama

as Planet Express Ship (voice)

1999
1997
1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror

as Lady Claudia Hoffman

1997
The Ice Storm

as Janey Carver

1997
The View

as Self

1997
The View

as Self - Guest

1996
1995
Copycat

as Helen Hudson

1995
Jeffrey

as Debra Moorhouse

1995
Lo + plus

as Self - Guest

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)

1993
1993
GMTV

as Self

1992
The Snow Queen

as Narrator (voice)

1992
1492: Conquest of Paradise

as Queen Isabella

1992
Alien³

as Ripley

1992
1989
Ghostbusters II

as Dana Barrett

1988
Working Girl

as Katharine Parker

1988
Gorillas in the Mist

as Dian Fossey

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

1983
Deal of the Century

as Mrs. DeVoto

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

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self / Various (archive footage)

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1974
NOVA

as Narrator

1970
Somerset

as Avis Ryan

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

2023
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

as Executive Producer

1997
Alien Resurrection

as Co-Producer

1992
Alien³

as Co-Producer