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Sigourney Weaver

Artist / Voice Actress / Television Actress / Actress / Film Producer | * 10/08/1949 (74) | Manhattan, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. A figure in science fiction and popular culture, she has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2003, she was voted Number 20 in Channel 4's countdown of the 100 greatest movie stars of all time. Weaver rose to fame for starring as Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's science fiction film Alien (1979). She reprised her role in James Cameron's Aliens (1986), for which she received her first Academy Award nomination, and again in Alien 3 (1992) and Alien Resurrection (1997). The character is regarded as a significant female protagonist in cinema history. She reunited with Cameron in Avatar (2009) and ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Documentaries | Drama

Known for these Movies & Shows

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs ...

Alien

R

1979 | 4.1/5 | 1h 57min
Horror, Science Fiction
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In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization. ...

Avatar

PG-13

2009 | 3.8/5 | 2h 42min
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them. ...

Gorillas in the Mist

PG-13

1988 | 3.5/5 | 2h 9min
Drama, History
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Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with ...

Alien Resurrection

R

1997 | 3.1/5 | 1h 49min
Science Fiction, Horror, Action
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Awards & Nominations for Sigourney Weaver

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Saturn Award for Best Actress Rachel Carson Award Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year International Goya Award Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x Academy Award for Best Actress 4x Saturn Award for Best Actress Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Movies with Sigourney Weaver as Actress(114)

as Kiri2031 Avatar 5
as Kiri2029 Avatar 4
as Kiri2025 Avatar 3
2023 The Gorge
as Norma Haverhill2023 Master Gardener
as herself2022 Bonnie
as Virginia2022 Call Jane
as Hildy Good2022 The Good House
as herself2022 Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
as Kiri / Dr. Grace Augustine2022 Avatar: The Way of Water
as Dana Barrett2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Masha2021 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
as Margaret2021 My Salinger Year
as herself2020 Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Narrator2020 Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change
as herself2019 Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
as Jasper2017 Rakka
as herself2017 Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
as Self (archive footage)2017 John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as herself2017 The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Grandma2016 A Monster Calls
as herself2016 The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
as Rebecca Gorin2016 Ghostbusters
as herself2016 Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
as herself2016 Ghostheads
as Dr. Rachel Kay2016 The Assignment
as Sigourney Weaver (voice)2016 Finding Dory
as herself2015 Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
as herself2015 Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
as Michelle Bradley2015 Chappie
as Narrator2014 All You Need Is Love
as Tuja2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Elizabeth Swados (voice)2014 My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
as Cisserus2012 Vamps
as Jean Carrack2012 The Cold Light of Day
as The Director2012 The Cabin in the Woods
as Margaret Matheson2012 Red Lights
as The Big Guy2011 Paul
2011 Saturday Night Live Backstage
as Narrator2011 Tipping Point: the End of Oil
as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett2011 Abduction
as Joan Confrey2011 Rampart
as Macy Vanderhei2011 Cedar Rapids
as herself2010 Capturing Avatar
as herself2010 Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
as Viki2010 Crazy on the Outside
as Aunt Ramona2010 You Again
as Narrator2009 Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
as Mary Griffith2009 Prayers for Bobby
as herself2009 Annul Victory
as Dr. Grace Augustine2009 Avatar
as Narrator2009 Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
as Rex Brooks2008 Vantage Point
as Ms. Lawson2008 Be Kind Rewind
as herself2008 His Highness Hollywood
as Narrator2008 Fragile Planet
as Ship's Computer (voice)2008 WALL·E
as Chaffee Bicknell2008 Baby Mama
as The Narrator (voice)2008 The Tale of Despereaux
as herself2007 Helmut by June
as Lenny2007 The TV Set
as Julia Sandburg2007 The Girl in the Park
as Frieda (voice)2007 Happily N'Ever After
as herself2006 Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver
as Babe Paley2006 Infamous
as Linda2006 Snow Cake
as herself2005 Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Alice Hunt2004 The Village
as Sandy Travis2004 Imaginary Heroes
as Louise Walker the Warden2003 Holes
as herself2003 One Step Beyond: Making 'Alien: Resurrection'
as Narrator2003 National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl
as herself2003 Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as herself2003 The Beast Within: Making 'Alien'
as herself2003 Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
as Joan2002 The Guys
as Eve Grubman2002 Tadpole
as Narrator2001 The Roman Empire in the First Century
as herself2001 Alien Evolution
as Max Conners2001 Heartbreakers
as Betti DeLoreo (voice)2001 Big Bad Love
as Daisy Quimp2000 Company Man
as Gwen DeMarco1999 Galaxy Quest
as Alice Goodwin1999 A Map of the World
as Narrator1999 Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry
as herself1999 Get Bruce!
as Lady Claudia Hoffman1997 Snow White: A Tale of Terror
as Janey Carver1997 The Ice Storm
as Ripley 81997 Alien Resurrection
as Debra Moorhouse1995 Jeffrey
as Helen Hudson1995 Copycat
as Narrator1994 The Wild Swans
as Paulina Escobar1994 Death and the Maiden
as Ellen Mitchell1993 Dave
as Narrator1993 Rabbit Ears - Peachboy
as Queen Isabella1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Ripley1992 Alien³
as Narrator (voice)1992 The Snow Queen
as herself1989 Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
as Dana Barrett1989 Ghostbusters II
as Katharine Parker1988 Working Girl
as Dian Fossey1988 Gorillas in the Mist
as Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley1986 Aliens
as Dr. Lauren Slaughter1986 Half Moon Street
as Jessica Fitzgerald1985 One Woman or Two
as Dana Barrett1984 Ghostbusters
as Catherine DeVoto1983 Deal of the Century
as Jill Bryant1982 The Year of Living Dangerously
as Tony Sokolow1981 Eyewitness
as Marcia Lawton1979 O Youth and Beauty!
as Marcia Lawton1979 The Sorrows of Gin
as Ripley1979 Alien
as Gale1978 Madman
as Alvy's Date Outside Theatre1977 Annie Hall

TV Shows/Series with Sigourney Weaver as Actress(39)

as June Hart2023 The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
as Narrator (voice)2021 Secrets of the Whales
as herself2020 La semaine des 4 Julie
as herself2020 Reunited Apart
as herself2019 The Movies That Made Us
2018 James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Alexandra Reid2017 Marvel's The Defenders
as Dian Fossey (voice)2017 Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
as Narrator2016 Dream the Future
as herself2016 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
as herself2015 Call My Agent!
as Lady Starblaster (voice)2014 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as herself2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as herself2012 Finding Your Roots
as herself2009 The Jay Leno Show
as Therapist2008 Eli Stone
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest2006 The One Show
as herself2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as American Tourist2004 Doc Martin
as herself2001 Richard & Judy
as herself1999 The Early Show
as Planet Express Ship (voice)1999 Futurama
as herself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1997 The View
as herself1996 The Daily Show
as herself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
as herself1993 GMTV
as Self - Guest1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as herself1987 Nulle part ailleurs
as Self / Various (archive footage)1975 Saturday Night Live
as Ellen Ripley1975 Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host1975 Saturday Night Live
as Narrator1974 NOVA
as Avis Ryan1970 Somerset
as herself1966 Goldene Kamera Verleihung

Movies with Sigourney Weaver as Crew(2)

Production/Co-Producer1997 Alien Resurrection
Production/Co-Producer1992 Alien³

TV Shows/Series with Sigourney Weaver as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2023 The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

Born: Saturday, 10/08 1949 (October) in Manhattan, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 74 years + 195 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN, native language), French (FR)
Educated at: Stanford University, Sarah Lawrence College, Yale School of Drama, Ethel Walker School, HB Studio
Member of: NBC
Spouses (current/former): Jim Simpson
Other names for Sigourney Weaver (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"시고니 위버"
"Сигурни Уивер"
"Susan Alexandra Weaver"
"Σιγκούρνι Γουίβερ"
"Сіґурні Вівер"
"西格妮·韦弗"
"シガニー・ウィーバー"
"سيغورني ويفر"
"சிகர்னி வேவர்"
"სიგურნი უივერი"
"सिगोर्नी वीवर"
Sigourney Weaver frequently works together with these people:
James Cameron (35x, Crew)
Andy Samberg (35x, Actor)
Bill Hader (26x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (22x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (21x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (21x, Actor)
Julianne Moore (16x, Actress)
Samuel L. Jackson (16x, Actor)
Will Ferrell (16x, Actor)
Amy Poehler (16x, Actress)
Mike Myers (16x, Actor)
Martin Short (16x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:556, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/17/2024