
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.
Awards & recognition
- International Goya Award · 2024
- Rachel Carson Award · 2011
- BAFTA Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 1998
- Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year · 1998
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture · 1988
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- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · 1988
- Saturn Award — Best Actress · 1987
- Jupiter Awards
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Saturn Award — Best Actress · 2000 · nominated
- Saturn Award — Best Actress · 1998 · nominated
- Saturn Award — Best Actress · 1993 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1989 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1989 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1987 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1985 · nominated
- Saturn Award — Best Actress · 1980 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

Aliens Expanded

Futurama

Doc Martin

The Beast Within: Making Alien

Alien

Prayers for Bobby

WALL·E

Aliens

Secrets of the Whales

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Call My Agent!

SpongeBob SquarePants

Annie Hall

The Gorge

Avatar: Fire and Ash

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar

The Newsreader

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Ghostbusters

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Movies That Made Us

A Monster Calls

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

The Graham Norton Show

The Defenders

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Political Animals

Snow Cake

Galaxy Quest

Death and the Maiden

Finding Dory

Gorillas in the Mist

NOVA

Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Holes

The Ice Storm

The Snow Queen

Saturday Night Live

Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Chappie

Dust Bunny

The Cabin in the Woods

Paul