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Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

ActingBorn October 8, 1949 (age 76)Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

2031
Avatar 5

as Kiri

Movie
2029
Avatar 4

as Kiri

Movie
2026Movie
2025Movie
2025
Dust Bunny

as Laverne

Movie
2025TV
2025
The Gorge

as Bartholomew

Movie
2024Movie
2024TV
2023
Master Gardener

as Norma Haverhill

Movie
2023Movie
2022Movie
2022
Bonnie

as Self

Movie
2022
Call Jane

as Virginia

Movie
2022TV
2021Movie
2021Movie
2021
OATS Studios

as 贾斯珀

TV
2021
The Good House

as Hildy Good

Movie
2021
The Newsreader

as Sigourney Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)

TV
2021
Secrets of the Whales

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2020TV
2020
My Salinger Year

as Margaret

Movie
2019
The Movies That Made Us

as Dana Bennett (archive footage)

TV
2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

as The Myth-Speaker (voice)

TV
2017
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

as Dian Fossey (voice)

TV
2017Movie
2017
Marvel's The Defenders

as Alexandra Reid

TV
2017
Rakka

as Jasper

Movie
2016
A Monster Calls

as Grandma

Movie
2016
Dream the Future

as Narrator

TV
2016
Ghostbusters

as Rebecca Gorin

Movie
2016
Finding Dory

as Sigourney Weaver (voice)

Movie
2016
The Assignment

as Dr. Rachel Kay

Movie
2016
Ghostheads

as Self

Movie
2016TV
2015TV
2015
Chappie

as Michelle Bradley

Movie
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Lady Starblaster (voice)

TV
2014Movie
2014Movie
2014Movie
2012
Vamps

as Cisserus

Movie
2012
Political Animals

as Elaine Barrish

TV
2012
The Cabin in the Woods

as The Director

Movie
2012
The Cold Light of Day

as Jean Carrack

Movie
2012TV
2012
Red Lights

as Margaret Matheson

Movie
2012Movie
2011
Rampart

as Joan Confrey

Movie
2011
Abduction

as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Paul

as The Big Guy

Movie
2011
Cedar Rapids

as Macy Vanderhei

Movie
2010Movie
2010
You Again

as Ramona

Movie
2010Movie
2009
Avatar

as Dr. Grace Augustine

Movie
2009TV
2009
C à vous

as Self - Guest

TV
2009Movie
2009
Prayers for Bobby

as Mary Griffith

Movie
2009Movie
2008
The Tale of Despereaux

as The Narrator (voice)

Movie
2008
Fragile Planet

as Narrator

Movie
2008Movie
2008
WALL·E

as Ship's Computer (voice)

Movie
2008
Baby Mama

as Chaffee Bicknell

Movie
2008
Be Kind Rewind

as Ms. Lawson

Movie
2008
Vantage Point

as Rex Brooks

Movie
2008
Eli Stone

as Therapist

TV
2007
The Girl in the Park

as Julia Sandburg

Movie
2007Movie
2007Movie
2007
The TV Set

as Lenny

Movie
2007
Happily N'Ever After

as Frieda (voice)

Movie
2006
Infamous

as Babe Paley

Movie
2006
Snow Cake

as Linda

Movie
2004
Imaginary Heroes

as Sandy Travis

Movie
2004
Doc Martin

as American Tourist

TV
2004
Doc Martin

as Beth Traywick

TV
2004
The Village

as Alice Hunt

Movie
2003
Holes

as Louise Walker the Warden

Movie
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2003TV
2002Movie
2002
The Guys

as Joan

Movie
2002
Tadpole

as Eve Grubman

Movie
2002
The Lost Film of Dian Fossey

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2002
Heart of the Festival

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2002
Sundance 20

as Herself

Movie
2001TV
2001Movie
2001Movie
2001
Big Bad Love

as Betti DeLoreo (voice)

Movie
2001
Heartbreakers

as Max Conners

Movie
2000
Click

as Self

TV
2000
Company Man

as Daisy Quimp

Movie
1999
Galaxy Quest

as Gwen DeMarco

Movie
1999TV
1999Movie
1999
A Map of the World

as Alice Goodwin

Movie
1999TV
1999
Futurama

as Planet Express Ship (voice)

TV
1999TV
1999
Get Bruce!

as Self

Movie
1997Movie
1997
The Ice Storm

as Janey Carver

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

TV
1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror

as Lady Claudia Hoffman

Movie
1996TV
1995
Copycat

as Helen Hudson

Movie
1995
Jeffrey

as Debra Moorhouse

Movie
1995
Lo + plus

as Self - Guest

TV
1994
Death and the Maiden

as Paulina Escobar

Movie
1994
The Wild Swans

as Narrator

Movie
1993TV
1993
Dave

as Ellen Mitchell

Movie
1993
GMTV

as Self

TV
1992
The Snow Queen

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1992Movie
1992TV
1992
Alien³

as Ripley

Movie
1991
Peachboy

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1989
Ghostbusters II

as Dana Barrett

Movie
1988
Working Girl

as Katharine Parker

Movie
1988
Gorillas in the Mist

as Dian Fossey

Movie
1987TV
1986
Half Moon Street

as Dr. Lauren Slaughter

Movie
1986
Aliens

as Ripley

Movie
1985
One Woman or Two

as Jessica Fitzgerald

Movie
1984
Ghostbusters

as Dana Barrett

Movie
1984TV
1983
Deal of the Century

as Mrs. DeVoto

Movie
1982Movie
1981
Eyewitness

as Tony Sokolow

Movie
1979
O Youth and Beauty!

as Marcia Lawton

Movie
1979
The Sorrows of Gin

as Marcia Lawton

Movie
1979
Alien

as Ripley

Movie
1978
Madman

as Gale

Movie
1977
Annie Hall

as Alvy's Date Outside Theatre

Movie
1976
Cérémonie des César

as Self - Presenter

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1974
NOVA

as Narrator

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self - Presenter

TV
Tomb Raider

as Evelyn Wallis

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 8, 1949
Place of BirthManhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity3.7