Sigourney Weaver
- Acting
- October 8, 1949 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Avatar 5 · Kiri
- Avatar 4 · Kiri
- The Mandalorian and Grogu · Colonel Ward
- Igniting the Flame: The Making of “Avatar: Fire and Ash” · Self
- The Twelfth Night Reunion · Self
- Avatar: Fire and Ash · Kiri
- Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20 · Self / Ripley (archive footage)
- Dust Bunny · Laverne
- Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films · Self
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney · Self
- The Gorge · Bartholomew
- Aliens Expanded · Self
- Fateful Planet · Self
- Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone · Self
- Disney 100: Remember That · Self
- The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart · June Hart, Executive producer
- Master Gardener · Norma Haverhill
- Inside Pandora's Box · Self
- Avatar: The Way of Water · Kiri
- Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- Bonnie · Self
- Call Jane · Virginia
- Mostra, Venise · Self
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies · Self
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife · Dana Barrett
- Oats Studios: Volume 1 · Jasper
- OATS Studios · 贾斯珀
- The Good House · Hildy Good
- The Newsreader · Sigourney Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Secrets of the Whales · Self
- Reunited Apart · Self
- Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change · Narrator
- My Salinger Year · Margaret
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters · Self
- La semaine des 4 Julie · Self
- The Movies That Made Us · Self, Dana Bennett (archive footage)
- Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary · Self
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance · The Myth-Speaker (Voice)
- SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout · Self
- James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction · Self
- Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii · Georgia O’Keeffe
- Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist · Dian Fossey (Voice)
- Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies · Self
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) · Sigourney Weaver
- Marvel's The Defenders · Alexandra Reid
- Rakka · Jasper
- A Monster Calls · Grandma
- The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years · Self
- Dream the Future · Narrator
- Ghostbusters · Rebecca Gorin
- Finding Dory · Sigourney Weaver (Voice)
- The Assignment · Dr. Rachel Kay
- Ghostheads · Self
- Asteroid: Mission Extreme · Narrator
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee · Sigourney Weaver
- Call My Agent! · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' · Self
- Chappie · Michelle Bradley
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero · Lady Starblaster (Voice)
- Exodus: Gods and Kings · Tuja
- All You Need Is Love · Narrator
- My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) · Elizabeth Swados (Voice)
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike · Masha
- Vamps · Cisserus
- Political Animals · Elaine Barrish
- The Cabin in the Woods · The Director
- The Cold Light of Day · Jean Carrack
- Finding Your Roots · Self
- Red Lights · Margaret Matheson
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · (archive footage)
- Rampart · Joan Confrey
- Abduction · Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
- Tipping Point: The End of Oil · Narrator (Voice)
- Paul · The Big Guy
- Cedar Rapids · Macy Vanderhei
- Capturing Avatar · Self