Sigourney Weaver
Born: 1949-10-08 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2031
- Avatar 5 as Kiri
2029
- Avatar 4 as Kiri
2026
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu as Colonel Ward
2025
- Avatar: Fire and Ash as Kiri
- The Gorge as Bartholomew
- Dust Bunny as Laverne
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Actress
- Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films as Self - "Kiri"
2024
- Aliens Expanded as Self
- Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone as Self
2023
- Inside Pandora's Box as Self
- The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart as June Hart
- Master Gardener as Norma Haverhill
2022
- Avatar: The Way of Water as Kiri
- Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- Bonnie as Self
- Mostra, Venise as Self
- Call Jane as Virginia
2021
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Dana Barrett
- The Good House as Hildy Good
- The Newsreader as Sigourney Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)
- OATS Studios as 贾斯珀
- Secrets of the Whales as Narrator (voice)
- Oats Studios: Volume 1 as Jasper
2020
- La semaine des 4 Julie as Self
- My Salinger Year as Margaret
- Reunited Apart as Self
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
- Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change as Narrator
2019
- The Movies That Made Us as Self
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as The Myth-Speaker (voice)
- Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary as Self
2018
- James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii as Georgia O’Keeffe
2017
- Marvel's The Defenders as Alexandra Reid
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) as Sigourney Weaver
- Rakka as Jasper
- Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self
- Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist as Dian Fossey (voice)
2016
- Finding Dory as Sigourney Weaver (voice)
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Sigourney Weaver
- Ghostbusters as Rebecca Gorin
- The Assignment as Dr. Rachel Kay
- The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years as Self
- A Monster Calls as Grandma
- Ghostheads as Self
- Dream the Future as Narrator
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Call My Agent! as Self
- Chappie as Michelle Bradley
- Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' as Self
- Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Exodus: Gods and Kings as Tuja
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Lady Starblaster (voice)
- My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) as Elizabeth Swados (voice)
- All You Need Is Love as Narrator
2012
- Finding Your Roots as Self
- Red Lights as Margaret Matheson
- The Cabin in the Woods as The Director
- Vamps as Cisserus
- The Cold Light of Day as Jean Carrack
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Political Animals as Elaine Barrish
- Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Masha
2011
- Paul as The Big Guy
- Abduction as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
- Cedar Rapids as Macy Vanderhei
- Rampart as Joan Confrey
- Tipping Point: The End of Oil as Narrator (voice)
2010
- Capturing Avatar as Self
- Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora as Self
- You Again as Ramona
- Crazy on the Outside as Viki
2009
- Avatar as Dr. Grace Augustine
- Annul Victory as Self
- The Jay Leno Show as Self
- Prayers for Bobby as Mary Griffith
- Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification as Narrator
- Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood as Narrator (voice)
2008
- WALL·E as Ship's Computer (voice)
- Eli Stone as Therapist
- The Tale of Despereaux as The Narrator (voice)
- Vantage Point as Rex Brooks
- Be Kind Rewind as Ms. Lawson
- His Highness Hollywood as Self
- Baby Mama as Chaffee Bicknell
- Fragile Planet as Narrator
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Happily N'Ever After as Frieda (voice)
- The TV Set as Lenny
- The Girl in the Park as Julia Sandburg
- Helmut by June as Self
- DNA: Secret of Photo 51 as Narrator
2006
- Snow Cake as Linda
- Infamous as Babe Paley
- 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver as Self
2005
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- Deconstructing 'The Village' as Self
2004
- Doc Martin as American Tourist
- Imaginary Heroes as Sandy Travis
- The Village as Alice Hunt
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Holes as Louise Walker the Warden
- The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self
- Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' as Self
- One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection as Self
- National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl as Narrator
2002
- Tadpole as Eve Grubman
- The Guys as Joan
- The Alien Saga as Self
2001
- Richard & Judy as Self
- Alien Evolution as Self
- Heartbreakers as Max Conners
- Big Bad Love as Betti DeLoreo (voice)
- The Roman Empire in the First Century as Narrator
- Through These Eyes as Narrator
2000
- Company Man as Daisy Quimp
- Click as Self
1999
- Futurama as Planet Express Ship (voice)
- Galaxy Quest as Gwen DeMarco
- Get Bruce! as Self
- A Map of the World as Alice Goodwin
- Mark Twain Prize as Self
- The Early Show as Self
- Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry as Narrator
- Ghostbusters 1999 as Self
1998
- The Entertainment Biz as Self
1997
- The View as Self
- Alien Resurrection as Ripley
- The Ice Storm as Janey Carver
- Snow White: A Tale of Terror as Lady Claudia Hoffman
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1994
- Death and the Maiden as Paulina Escobar
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- The Wild Swans as Narrator
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- GMTV as Self
- Dave as Ellen Mitchell
- Rabbit Ears - Peachboy as Narrator (voice)
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest
- Alien³ as Ripley
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise as Queen Isabella
- The Snow Queen as Narrator (voice)
1989
- Ghostbusters II as Dana Barrett
- Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge as Self
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
- Working Girl as Katharine Parker
- Gorillas in the Mist as Dian Fossey
1987
- Nulle part ailleurs as Self
1986
- Aliens as Ripley
- Half Moon Street as Dr. Lauren Slaughter
1985
- One Woman or Two as Jessica Fitzgerald
1984
- Ghostbusters as Dana Barrett
- Goldene Kamera as Self
- Wilderness: A Country in the Mind
1983
- Deal of the Century as Mrs. DeVoto
1982
- The Year of Living Dangerously as Jill Bryant
1981
- Eyewitness as Tony Sokolow
1979
- Alien as Ripley
- The Sorrows of Gin as Marcia Lawton
- O Youth and Beauty! as Marcia Lawton
1978
- Madman as Gale
1977
- Annie Hall as Alvy's Date Outside Theatre
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974
- NOVA as Narrator
1953
- The Oscars as Self