Sigourney Weaver
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 8, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
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Tomb Raider
TV · as Evelyn Wallis · 1 ep
Avatar 5
Movie · as Kiri
Avatar 4
Movie · as Kiri
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Movie · as Colonel Ward
Igniting the Flame: The Making of “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
Movie · as Self
The Twelfth Night Reunion
Movie · as Self - Audience Member
The Gorge
Movie · as Bartholomew
Dust Bunny
Movie · as Laverne
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Movie · as Kiri
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self / Ripley (archive footage)
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
TV · as Self - Actress · 1 ep
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
TV · as Self - "Kiri" · 2 eps
Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone
Movie · as Self
Aliens Expanded
Movie · as Self
Fateful Planet
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Inside Pandora's Box
Movie · as Self
Master Gardener
Movie · as Norma Haverhill
Disney 100: Remember That
Movie · as Self
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
TV · as June Hart · 7 eps
Bonnie
Movie · as Self
Avatar: The Way of Water
Movie · as Kiri
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self
Call Jane
Movie · as Virginia
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie · as Self - (archive footage)
Mostra, Venise
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Movie · as Jasper
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movie · as Dana Barrett
The Good House
Movie · as Hildy Good
Secrets of the Whales
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
OATS Studios
TV · as 贾斯珀 · 10 eps
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Movie · as Self
My Salinger Year
Movie · as Margaret
Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change
Movie · as Narrator
Reunited Apart
TV · as Self · 1 ep
La semaine des 4 Julie
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
Movie · as Self
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
Movie · as Self
The Movies That Made Us
TV · as Self, Dana Bennett (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TV · as The Myth-Speaker (voice) · 1 ep
Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii
Movie · as Georgia O’Keeffe
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Movie · as Self
The Assignment
Movie · as Dr. Rachel Kay
Rakka
Movie · as Jasper
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Movie · as Sigourney Weaver
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
TV · as Dian Fossey (voice) · 3 eps
Marvel's The Defenders
TV · as Alexandra Reid · 6 eps
A Monster Calls
Movie · as Grandma
Ghostheads
Movie · as Self
Ghostbusters
Movie · as Rebecca Gorin
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Movie · as Self
Finding Dory
Movie · as Sigourney Weaver (voice)
Asteroid: Mission Extreme
Movie · as Narrator
Dream the Future
TV · as Narrator · 10 eps
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
TV · as Sigourney Weaver · 1 ep
Chappie
Movie · as Michelle Bradley
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Movie · as Self
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Movie · as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Call My Agent!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Movie · as Tuja
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
Movie · as Elizabeth Swados (voice)
All You Need Is Love
Movie · as Narrator
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV · as Lady Starblaster (voice) · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Cabin in the Woods
Movie · as The Director
Vamps
Movie · as Cisserus
Red Lights
Movie · as Margaret Matheson
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Cold Light of Day
Movie · as Jean Carrack
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Movie · as Masha
Finding Your Roots
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Political Animals
TV · as Elaine Barrish · 6 eps
Paul
Movie · as The Big Guy
Cedar Rapids
Movie · as Macy Vanderhei
Rampart
Movie · as Joan Confrey
Abduction
Movie · as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
Tipping Point: The End of Oil
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Crazy on the Outside
Movie · as Viki
You Again
Movie · as Ramona
Capturing Avatar
Movie · as Self
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Movie · as Self
Prayers for Bobby
Movie · as Mary Griffith
Avatar
Movie · as Dr. Grace Augustine
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
Movie · as Narrator
Annul Victory
Movie · as Self
The Jay Leno Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
C à vous
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Tale of Despereaux
Movie · as The Narrator (voice)
Be Kind Rewind
Movie · as Ms. Lawson
Vantage Point
Movie · as Rex Brooks
Baby Mama
Movie · as Chaffee Bicknell
His Highness Hollywood
Movie · as Self
WALL·E
Movie · as Ship's Computer (voice)
Fragile Planet
Movie · as Narrator
Eli Stone
TV · as Therapist · 1 ep
Happily N'Ever After
Movie · as Frieda (voice)
The Girl in the Park
Movie · as Julia Sandburg
The TV Set
Movie · as Lenny
Helmut by June
Movie · as Self
DNA: Secret of Photo 51
Movie · as Narrator
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Snow Cake
Movie · as Linda
Infamous
Movie · as Babe Paley
50 Films to See Before You Die
Movie · as Self
Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver
Movie · as Self
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Movie · as Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Village
Movie · as Alice Hunt
Imaginary Heroes
Movie · as Sandy Travis
Doc Martin
TV · as American Tourist, Beth Traywick · 1 ep
Holes
Movie · as Warden
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Movie · as Self
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Movie · as Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Movie · as Self
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Movie · as Self
National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl
Movie · as Narrator
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Tadpole
Movie · as Eve Grubman
The Guys
Movie · as Joan
The Alien Saga
Movie · as Self
Sundance 20
Movie · as Self
Heart of the Festival
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Film of Dian Fossey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Heartbreakers
Movie · as Max Conners
Alien Evolution
Movie · as Self
Big Bad Love
Movie · as Betti DeLoreo (voice)
Through These Eyes
Movie · as Narrator
The Roman Empire in the First Century
Movie · as Narrator
Richard & Judy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Company Man
Movie · as Daisy Quimp
Click
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Galaxy Quest
Movie · as Gwen DeMarco
Get Bruce!
Movie · as Self
A Map of the World
Movie · as Alice Goodwin
Ghostbusters 1999
Movie · as Self
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry
Movie · as Narrator
Futurama
TV · as Planet Express Ship (voice) · 1 ep
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mark Twain Prize
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Entertainment Biz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Alien Resurrection
Movie · as Ripley
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Movie · as Lady Claudia Hoffman
The Ice Storm
Movie · as Janey Carver
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 7 eps
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Copycat
Movie · as Helen Hudson
Jeffrey
Movie · as Debra Moorhouse
Lo + plus
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Death and the Maiden
Movie · as Paulina Escobar
The Wild Swans
Movie · as Narrator
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dave
Movie · as Ellen Mitchell
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Movie · as Queen Isabella
Alien³
Movie · as Ripley
The Snow Queen
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott
Movie
The Making of 'Alien³'
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Peachboy
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Ghostbusters II
Movie · as Dana Barrett
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
Movie · as Self
Gorillas in the Mist
Movie · as Dian Fossey
Working Girl
Movie · as Katharine Parker
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Nulle part ailleurs
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Aliens
Movie · as Ripley
Half Moon Street
Movie · as Dr. Lauren Slaughter
One Woman or Two
Movie · as Jessica Fitzgerald
Ghostbusters
Movie · as Dana Barrett
Wilderness: A Country in the Mind
Movie
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
Movie
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Deal of the Century
Movie · as Mrs. DeVoto
The Year of Living Dangerously
Movie · as Jill Bryant
Eyewitness
Movie · as Tony Sokolow
Alien
Movie · as Ripley
The Sorrows of Gin
Movie · as Marcia Lawton
O Youth and Beauty!
Movie · as Marcia Lawton
Madman
Movie · as Gale
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Annie Hall
Movie · as Alvy's Date Outside Theatre
Cérémonie des César
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
NOVA
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self, Self - Presenter · 5 eps