Sigourney Weaver
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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Known For
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Avatar
2009
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WALL·E
2008
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Alien
1979
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Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
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Finding Dory
2016
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Aliens
1986
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Ghostbusters
1984
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The Cabin in the Woods
2012
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Chappie
2015
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Ghostbusters
2016
Acting
2031
Avatar 5
as Kiri
2029
Avatar 4
as Kiri
2025
The Gorge
as Bartholomew
2025
Dust Bunny
as Laverne
2025
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Self - Actress
(1 episode)
2025
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
as Self - "Kiri"
(2 episodes)
2024
Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone
as Self
2024
Aliens Expanded
as Self
2024
Fateful Planet
as Self
(1 episode)
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
as Self
2023
Master Gardener
as Norma Haverhill
2023
Disney 100: Remember That
as Self
2023
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
as June Hart
(7 episodes)
2022
Bonnie
as Self
2022
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Kiri
2022
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
2022
Call Jane
as Virginia
2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2022
Mostra, Venise
as Self
(1 episode)
2021
Oats Studios: Volume 1
as Jasper
2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Dana Barrett
2021
The Good House
as Hildy Good
2021
Secrets of the Whales
as Narrator (voice)
(4 episodes)
2021
The Newsreader
as Sigourney Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1 episode)
2021
OATS Studios
as 贾斯珀
(10 episodes)
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
2020
My Salinger Year
as Margaret
2020
Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change
as Narrator
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
(1 episode)
2020
La semaine des 4 Julie
as Self
(1 episode)
2019
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
as Self
2019
The Movies That Made Us
as Self
(1 episode)
2019
The Movies That Made Us
as Dana Bennett (archive footage)
(1 episode)
2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as The Myth-Speaker (voice)
(1 episode)
2018
Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii
as Georgia O’Keeffe
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
(1 episode)
2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
as Self
2017
Rakka
as Jasper
2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Sigourney Weaver
2017
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
as Dian Fossey (voice)
(3 episodes)
2017
Marvel's The Defenders
as Alexandra Reid
(6 episodes)
2016
A Monster Calls
as Grandma
2016
Ghostheads
as Self
2016
The Assignment
as Dr. Rachel Kay
2016
Ghostbusters
as Rebecca Gorin
2016
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
as Self
2016
Finding Dory
as Sigourney Weaver (voice)
2016
Dream the Future
as Narrator
(10 episodes)
2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
as Sigourney Weaver
(1 episode)
2015
Chappie
as Michelle Bradley
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
as Self
2015
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
2015
Call My Agent!
as Self
(1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
(2 episodes)
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
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Lady Starblaster (voice)
(1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(1 episode)
2012
The Cabin in the Woods
as The Director
2012
Vamps
as Cisserus
2012
Red Lights
as Margaret Matheson
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
The Cold Light of Day
as Jean Carrack
2012
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
as Masha
2012
Finding Your Roots
as Self
(1 episode)
2012
Political Animals
as Elaine Barrish
(6 episodes)
2011
Paul
as The Big Guy
2011
Cedar Rapids
as Macy Vanderhei
2011
Rampart
as Joan Confrey
2011
Abduction
as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
2011
Tipping Point: The End of Oil
as Narrator (voice)
2010
Crazy on the Outside
as Viki
2010
You Again
as Ramona
2010
Capturing Avatar
as Self
2010
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
as Self
2009
Prayers for Bobby
as Mary Griffith
2009
Avatar
as Dr. Grace Augustine
2009
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
as Narrator
2009
Annul Victory
as Self
2009
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
(1 episode)
2009
C à vous
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
2008
The Tale of Despereaux
as The Narrator (voice)
2008
Be Kind Rewind
as Ms. Lawson
2008
Vantage Point
as Rex Brooks
2008
Baby Mama
as Chaffee Bicknell
2008
His Highness Hollywood
as Self
2008
WALL·E
as Ship's Computer (voice)
2008
Fragile Planet
as Narrator
2008
Eli Stone
as Therapist
(1 episode)
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
2007
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(2 episodes)
2006
Snow Cake
as Linda
2006
Infamous
as Babe Paley
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
The Village
as Alice Hunt
2004
Imaginary Heroes
as Sandy Travis
2004
Doc Martin
as American Tourist
(1 episode)
2004
Doc Martin
as Beth Traywick
(1 episode)
2003
Holes
as Louise Walker the Warden
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
National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl
as Narrator
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
2002
Tadpole
as Eve Grubman
2002
The Guys
as Joan
2002
The Alien Saga
as Self
2002
Sundance 20
as Herself
2002
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Heartbreakers
as Max Conners
2001
Alien Evolution
as Self
2001
Big Bad Love
as Betti DeLoreo (voice)
2001
Through These Eyes
as Narrator
2001
The Roman Empire in the First Century
as Narrator
2001
Richard & Judy
as Self
(1 episode)
2000
Company Man
as Daisy Quimp
2000
Click
as Self
(1 episode)
1999
Galaxy Quest
as Gwen DeMarco
1999
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999
A Map of the World
as Alice Goodwin
1999
Ghostbusters 1999
as Self
1999
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry
as Narrator
1999
Futurama
as Planet Express Ship (voice)
(1 episode)
1999
The Early Show
as Self
(1 episode)
1999
Mark Twain Prize
as Self
(1 episode)
1998
The Entertainment Biz
as Self
(1 episode)
1997
Alien Resurrection
as Ripley
1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
as Lady Claudia Hoffman
1997
The Ice Storm
as Janey Carver
1997
The View
as Self
(6 episodes)
1997
The View
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
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
Death and the Maiden
as Paulina Escobar
1994
The Wild Swans
as Narrator
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(1 episode)
1993
Dave
as Ellen Mitchell
1993
Rabbit Ears - Peachboy
as Narrator (voice)
1993
GMTV
as Self
(1 episode)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
1992
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Queen Isabella
1992
Alien³
as Ripley
1992
The Snow Queen
as Narrator (voice)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
(2 episodes)
1989
Ghostbusters II
as Dana Barrett
1989
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
as Self
1988
Gorillas in the Mist
as Dian Fossey
1988
Working Girl
as Katharine Parker
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1987
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
(1 episode)
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
Wilderness: A Country in the Mind
1984
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
Goldene Kamera
as Self
(1 episode)
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
1976
Cérémonie des César
as Self - Presenter
(1 episode)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(2 episodes)
1974
NOVA
as Narrator
(1 episode)
1953
The Oscars
as Self
(5 episodes)
1953
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
(1 episode)
—
Useful Idiots
—
Tomb Raider
as Evelyn Wallis
(1 episode)
Production
2023
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Executive Producer
1997
Alien Resurrection
Co-Producer
1992
Alien³
Co-Producer