Sigourney Weaver

75, from Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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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).

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Timeline

2031Future projects

  • Poster for Avatar 5

    Kiri

2029Future projects

  • Poster for Avatar 4

    Kiri

2026Future projects

  • Poster for The Mandalorian & Grogu

    (Unknown)

2025Aged 76

  • Poster for The Gorge

    Bartholomew

  • Poster for Avatar: Fire and Ash

    Kiri

2024Aged 75

  • Poster for Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone

    Self

  • Poster for Aliens Expanded

    Self

2023Aged 74

  • Poster for Inside Pandora's Box

    Self

  • Poster for Master Gardener

    Norma Haverhill

2022Aged 73

  • Poster for The Good House

    Hildy Good

  • Poster for Call Jane

    Virginia

  • Poster for Bonnie

    Self

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

    Self

  • Poster for Avatar: The Way of Water

    Kiri

2021Aged 72

  • Poster for Oats Studios: Volume 1

    Jasper

  • Poster for Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    Dana Barrett

2020Aged 71

  • Poster for Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

    Self

  • Poster for My Salinger Year

    Margaret

  • Poster for Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change

    Narrator

2019Aged 70

  • Poster for Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

    Self

2018Aged 69

  • Poster for Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii

    Georgia O’Keeffe

2017Aged 68

  • Poster for Rakka

    Jasper

  • Poster for John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

    Sigourney Weaver

  • Poster for Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

    Self

2016Aged 67

  • Poster for Ghostheads

    Self

  • Poster for The Assignment

    Dr. Rachel Kay

  • Poster for Finding Dory

    Sigourney Weaver (voice)

  • Poster for Ghostbusters

    Rebecca Gorin

  • Poster for The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

    Self

  • Poster for A Monster Calls

    Grandma

  • Poster for Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize

    Self

2015Aged 66

  • Poster for Chappie

    Michelle Bradley

  • Poster for Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

    Self

  • Poster for Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

    Self

2014Aged 65

  • Poster for My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

    Elizabeth Swados (voice)

  • Poster for All You Need Is Love

    Narrator

  • Poster for Exodus: Gods and Kings

    Tuja

2012Aged 63

  • Poster for Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    (archive footage)

  • Poster for Red Lights

    Margaret Matheson

  • Poster for The Cold Light of Day

    Jean Carrack

  • Poster for The Cabin in the Woods

    The Director

  • Poster for Vamps

    Cisserus

  • Poster for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

    Masha

2011Aged 62

  • Poster for Cedar Rapids

    Macy Vanderhei

  • Poster for Paul

    The Big Guy

  • Poster for Tipping Point: The End of Oil

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Abduction

    Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett

  • Poster for Rampart

    Joan Confrey

2010Aged 61

  • Poster for Crazy on the Outside

    Viki

  • Poster for Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

    Self

  • Poster for You Again

    Ramona

  • Poster for Capturing Avatar

    Self

2009Aged 60

  • Poster for Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

    Narrator (voice)

  • Poster for Prayers for Bobby

    Mary Griffith

  • Poster for Annul Victory

    Self

  • Poster for Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

    Narrator

  • Poster for Avatar

    Dr. Grace Augustine

2008Aged 59

  • Poster for Be Kind Rewind

    Ms. Lawson

  • Poster for Vantage Point

    Rex Brooks

  • Poster for Baby Mama

    Chaffee Bicknell

  • Poster for WALL·E

    Ship's Computer (voice)

  • Poster for His Highness Hollywood

    Self

  • Poster for Fragile Planet

    Narrator

  • Poster for The Tale of Despereaux

    The Narrator (voice)

2007Aged 58

  • Poster for Happily N'Ever After

    Frieda (voice)

  • Poster for The TV Set

    Lenny

  • Poster for Helmut by June

    Self

  • Poster for The Girl in the Park

    Julia Sandburg

2006Aged 57

2005Aged 56

  • Poster for Deconstructing 'The Village'

    Self

2004Aged 55

  • Poster for The Village

    Alice Hunt

  • Poster for Imaginary Heroes

    Sandy Travis

2003Aged 54

  • Poster for National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl

    Narrator

  • Poster for Holes

    Louise Walker the Warden

  • Poster for Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

    Self

  • Poster for One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection

    Self

  • Poster for The Beast Within: Making Alien

    Self

  • Poster for Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

    Self

2002Aged 53

  • Poster for Tadpole

    Eve Grubman

  • Poster for The Guys

    Joan

  • Poster for The Alien Saga

    Self

2001Aged 52

2000Aged 51

  • Poster for Company Man

    Daisy Quimp

1999Aged 50

  • Poster for Get Bruce!

    Self

  • Poster for Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry

    Narrator

  • Poster for A Map of the World

    Alice Goodwin

  • Poster for Ghostbusters 1999

    Self

  • Poster for Galaxy Quest

    Gwen DeMarco

1997Aged 48

  • Poster for Snow White: A Tale of Terror

    Lady Claudia Hoffman

  • Poster for The Ice Storm

    Janey Carver

  • Poster for Alien Resurrection

    Ripley

1995Aged 46

  • Poster for Jeffrey

    Debra Moorhouse

  • Poster for Copycat

    Helen Hudson

1994Aged 45

  • Poster for The Wild Swans

    Narrator

  • Poster for Death and the Maiden

    Paulina Escobar

1993Aged 44

1992Aged 43

  • Poster for Alien³

    Ripley

  • Poster for 1492: Conquest of Paradise

    Queen Isabella

  • Poster for The Snow Queen

    Narrator (voice)

1989Aged 40

  • Poster for Ghostbusters II

    Dana Barrett

  • Poster for Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge

    Self

1988Aged 39

  • Poster for Gorillas in the Mist

    Dian Fossey

  • Poster for Working Girl

    Katharine Parker

1986Aged 37

  • Poster for Aliens

    Ripley

  • Poster for Half Moon Street

    Dr. Lauren Slaughter

1985Aged 36

  • Poster for One Woman or Two

    Jessica Fitzgerald

1984Aged 35

  • Poster for Wilderness: A Country in the Mind

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ghostbusters

    Dana Barrett

1983Aged 34

  • Poster for Deal of the Century

    Mrs. DeVoto

1982Aged 33

  • Poster for The Year of Living Dangerously

    Jill Bryant

1981Aged 32

  • Poster for Eyewitness

    Tony Sokolow

1979Aged 30

  • Poster for Alien

    Ripley

  • Poster for The Sorrows of Gin

    Marcia Lawton

  • Poster for O Youth and Beauty!

    Marcia Lawton

1978Aged 29

  • Poster for Madman

    Gale

1977Aged 28

  • Poster for Annie Hall

    Alvy's Date Outside Theatre

Year unknown