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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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Filmography
all 182
Movies 134
self 70
TV Shows 48
Narrator 16
Voice 4
Director 1
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
Aliens Expanded (2024)
Master Gardener (2023)
Call Jane (2022)
The Good House (2022)
Mostra, Venise (2022)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Oats Studios (2021)
Secrets of the Whales (2021)
My Salinger Year (2020)
The Movies That Made Us (2019)
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (2017)
The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
Marvel's The Defenders (2017)
Rakka (2017)
Ghostbusters (2016)
Finding Dory (2016)
The Assignment (2016)
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2016)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Chappie (2015)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014)
All You Need Is Love (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Vamps (2012)
Political Animals (2012)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Red Lights (2012)
Honest Trailers (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Rampart (2011)
Abduction (2011)
Paul (2011)
Cedar Rapids (2011)
A Message from Pandora (2010)
Avatar (2009)
Prayers for Bobby (2009)
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
Fragile Planet (2008)
WALL·E (2008)
Baby Mama (2008)
Vantage Point (2008)
Eli Stone (2008)
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
The Dame Edna Treatment (2007)
Infamous (2006)
Snow Cake (2006)
The One Show (2006)
Planet Earth (2006)
Retrosexual: The '80s (2004)
Imaginary Heroes (2004)
Doc Martin (2004)
The Village (2004)
Holes (2003)
The Alien Saga (2002)
Tadpole (2002)
Big Bad Love (2001)
Through These Eyes (2001)
Heartbreakers (2001)
Company Man (2000)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Ghostbusters 1999 (1999)
A Map of the World (1999)
Futurama (1999)
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry (1999)
The View (1997)
Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Copycat (1995)
Jeffrey (1995)
Lo + plus (1995)
Death and the Maiden (1994)
The Wild Swans (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Dave (1993)
GMTV (1993)
The Snow Queen (1992)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Alien³ (1992)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Working Girl (1988)
Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Half Moon Street (1986)
Aliens (1986)
One Woman or Two (1985)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Deal of the Century (1983)
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
Eyewitness (1981)
O Youth and Beauty! (1979)
The Sorrows of Gin (1979)
Alien (1979)
Annie Hall (1977)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
NOVA (1974)
Somerset (1970)
Click
Avatar 5
Dust Bunny
The Gorge
Avatar 4
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1949-10-08 (75 years old)
Birth NameSusan Alexandra Weaver
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States
Height
SpouseJim Simpson
FatherSylvester Weaver
MotherElizabeth Inglis
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesSanta Barbara, United States of America
Also Known AsSusan 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
AwardsInternational Goya Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Rachel Carson Award, Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, Jupiter Awards, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, Saturn Award for Best Actress, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
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