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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sigourney Weaver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2031 · Avatar 5 as Kiri
- 2029 · Avatar 4 as Kiri
- 2026 · The Mandalorian & Grogu as
- 2025 · Avatar: Fire and Ash as Kiri
- 2025 · The Gorge as Bartholomew
- 2024 · Aliens Expanded as Self
- 2024 · Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone as Self
- 2023 · The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart as June Hart
- 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
- 2021 · Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Dana Barrett
- 2021 · Oats Studios: Volume 1 as Jasper
- 2021 · Secrets of the Whales as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 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
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Self
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Dana Bennett (archive footage)
- 2019 · Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary as Self
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- 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)
- 2017 · Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self
- 2017 · Marvel's The Defenders as Alexandra Reid
- 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
- 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
- 2015 · Call My Agent! as Self
- 2015 · Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 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)
- 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 - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2012 · Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Masha
- 2012 · Vamps as Cisserus
- 2012 · Political Animals as Elaine Barrish
- 2012 · The Cabin in the Woods as The Director
- 2012 · The Cold Light of Day as Jean Carrack
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2012 · Red Lights as Margaret Matheson
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Dr. Grace Augustine (archive footage)
- 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 · 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 2004 · Imaginary Heroes as Sandy Travis
- 2004 · Doc Martin as American Tourist
- 2004 · The Village as Alice Hunt
- 2003 · Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self
- 2003 · Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' as Self
- 2003 · The Beast Within: Making Alien 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
- 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
- 2000 · Company Man as Daisy Quimp
- 1999 · Galaxy Quest as Gwen DeMarco
- 1999 · The Early Show as Self
- 1999 · Ghostbusters 1999 as Self
- 1999 · A Map of the World as Alice Goodwin
- 1999 · Futurama as Planet Express Ship (voice)
- 1999 · Mark Twain Prize as Self
- 1999 · Get Bruce! as Self
- 1999 · Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry as Narrator
- 1997 · Alien Resurrection as Ripley
- 1997 · The Ice Storm as Janey Carver
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Lady Claudia Hoffman
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · Copycat as Helen Hudson
- 1995 · Jeffrey as Debra Moorhouse
- 1995 · Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Death and the Maiden as Paulina Escobar
- 1994 · The Wild Swans as Narrator
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Dave as Ellen Mitchell
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 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
- 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 as
- 1987 · Nulle part ailleurs as Self
- 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
- 1979 · O Youth and Beauty! as Marcia Lawton
- 1978 · Madman as Gale
- Future · Dust Bunny as
- 1984 · Wilderness: A Country in the Mind as
- 1983 · Deal of the Century as Mrs. DeVoto
- 1982 · The Year of Living Dangerously as Jill Bryant
- 1981 · Eyewitness as Tony Sokolow
- 1979 · The Sorrows of Gin as Marcia Lawton
- 1979 · Alien as Ripley
- 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
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self