Sigourney Weaver

Acting · 5.5 popularity

Age

Movies

138

Born: October 8, 1949
From: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Works

138 films

The Mandalorian and Grogu

20267.5

Avatar: Fire and Ash

20257.6

Avatar

20097.6

WALL·E

20088.1

The Gorge

20257.7

Avatar: The Way of Water

20227.6

Alien

19798.2

Aliens

19868.0

Alien Resurrection

19976.2

Alien³

19926.4

Dust Bunny

20256.7

Finding Dory

20167.0

Ghostbusters

19847.5

Chappie

20156.8

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

20217.3

The Village

20046.5

Galaxy Quest

19997.1

Ghostbusters II

19896.6

Exodus: Gods and Kings

20145.9

Ghostbusters

20165.3

The Cabin in the Woods

20126.7

Paul

20116.7

Annie Hall

19777.7

Vantage Point

20086.4

You Again

20106.3

Working Girl

19886.6

Holes

20036.9

A Monster Calls

20167.3

Red Lights

20126.2

The Tale of Despereaux

20086.2

The Ice Storm

19976.9

Abduction

20115.8

1492: Conquest of Paradise

19926.3

Avatar 4

2029

Copycat

19956.5

The Assignment

20165.5

Call Jane

20226.5

Heartbreakers

20016.1

Vamps

20125.3

The Cold Light of Day

20125.4

Be Kind Rewind

20086.3

Dave

19936.7

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

19976.1

Happily N'Ever After

20075.1

Get Bruce!

19996.5

Cedar Rapids

20115.9

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

20176.5

Gorillas in the Mist

19887.0

Baby Mama

20086.0

Prayers for Bobby

20098.1

Avatar 5

2031

Rampart

20115.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

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

20227.2

Bonnie

20225.3

The Year of Living Dangerously

19826.7

Master Gardener

20236.0

Deconstructing 'The Village'

20054.7

Death and the Maiden

19947.1

Infamous

20066.5

My Salinger Year

20206.3

The Good House

20216.2

Half Moon Street

19865.1

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

20167.5

Snow Cake

20067.1

50 Films to See Before You Die

20068.4

Crazy on the Outside

20105.3

Capturing Avatar

20107.0

The TV Set

20076.0

The Alien Saga

20026.3

Deal of the Century

19834.7

Eyewitness

19815.6

Tadpole

20025.7

Oats Studios: Volume 1

20216.3

Useful Idiots

2026

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

20175.4

Jeffrey

19956.3

Rakka

20177.0

Sundance 20

200210.0

Heart of the Festival

20026.5

Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge

19896.0

Company Man

20005.1

Imaginary Heroes

20046.5

Disney 100: Remember That

202310.0

Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20

20256.3

The Girl in the Park

20076.0

Aliens Expanded

20248.9

Ghostheads

20166.0

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

20197.4

Ghostbusters 1999

19996.7

Big Bad Love

20015.5

SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout

2019

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

20106.5

A Map of the World

19996.0

The Guys

20025.8

The Beast Within: Making Alien

20038.2

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

20206.9

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

20222.0

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

20037.8

Peachboy

19916.0

His Highness Hollywood

20087.0

One Woman or Two

19855.5

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

20037.5

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

20157.1

National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl

20035.5

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

2012

Tipping Point: The End of Oil

20118.0

One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection

20036.3

Wilderness: A Country in the Mind

19845.0

Inside Pandora's Box

20235.6

The Lost Film of Dian Fossey

2002

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

20155.8

Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation

2009

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

20147.4

Alien Evolution

20015.9

Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry

19999.0

The Snow Queen

19926.9

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

19849.5

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

20096.0

Fragile Planet

2008

Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm

2007

Helmut by June

20076.3

O Youth and Beauty!

19799.0

Madman

19788.0

Annul Victory

2009

The Wild Swans

19946.0

The Sorrows of Gin

197910.0

The Roman Empire in the First Century

20016.3

Through These Eyes

2001

Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott

1992

Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver

200610.0

All You Need Is Love

2014

DNA: Secret of Photo 51

2007

Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone

20247.8

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

2018

Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change

2020

Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

2009

Asteroid: Mission Extreme

2016