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"
- Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
2024
- Aliens Expanded as Self
- Fateful Planet as Self
- Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone as Self
2023
- The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart as June Hart
- Master Gardener as Norma Haverhill
- Inside Pandora's Box as Self
- Disney 100: Remember That as Self
2022
- Avatar: The Way of Water as Kiri
- Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- Call Jane as Virginia
- Mostra, Venise as Self
- Bonnie as Self
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2021
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Dana Barrett
- The Newsreader as Sigourney Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)
- OATS Studios as 贾斯珀
- Secrets of the Whales as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Good House as Hildy Good
- Oats Studios: Volume 1 as Jasper
2020
- La semaine des 4 Julie as Self
- Reunited Apart as Self
- My Salinger Year as Margaret
- 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
- A Monster Calls as Grandma
- The Assignment as Dr. Rachel Kay
- Dream the Future as Narrator
- The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years as Self
- Ghostheads as Self
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Chappie as Michelle Bradley
- Call My Agent! as Self
- 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
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Lady Starblaster (voice)
- Exodus: Gods and Kings as Tuja
- 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
- The Cabin in the Woods as The Director
- Red Lights as Margaret Matheson
- Political Animals as Elaine Barrish
- The Cold Light of Day as Jean Carrack
- Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- Vamps as Cisserus
- Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Masha
2011
- Paul as The Big Guy
- Abduction as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
- Rampart as Joan Confrey
- Cedar Rapids as Macy Vanderhei
- Tipping Point: The End of Oil as Narrator (voice)
2010
- You Again as Ramona
- Capturing Avatar as Self
- Crazy on the Outside as Viki
- Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora as Self
2009
- Avatar as Dr. Grace Augustine
- C à vous as Self - Guest
- The Jay Leno Show as Self
- Prayers for Bobby as Mary Griffith
- Annul Victory as Self
- Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
- Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood as Narrator (voice)
- Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification as Narrator
2008
- WALL·E as Ship's Computer (voice)
- Eli Stone as Therapist
- Vantage Point as Rex Brooks
- The Tale of Despereaux as The Narrator (voice)
- Be Kind Rewind as Ms. Lawson
- Baby Mama as Chaffee Bicknell
- His Highness Hollywood as Self
- Fragile Planet as Narrator
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Happily N'Ever After as Frieda (voice)
- The Girl in the Park as Julia Sandburg
- The TV Set as Lenny
- Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm as Self
- DNA: Secret of Photo 51 as Narrator
- Helmut by June as Self
2006
- Infamous as Babe Paley
- Snow Cake as Linda
- 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
- The Village as Alice Hunt
- Imaginary Heroes as Sandy Travis
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- Holes as Louise Walker the Warden
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' as Self
- Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self
- The Beast Within: Making Alien 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 Alien Saga as Self
- Heart of the Festival as Self (archive footage)
- The Guys as Joan
- Sundance 20 as Herself
2001
- Richard & Judy as Self
- Heartbreakers as Max Conners
- Big Bad Love as Betti DeLoreo (voice)
- Alien Evolution as Self
- The Roman Empire in the First Century as Narrator
- Through These Eyes as Narrator
2000
- Click as Self
- Company Man as Daisy Quimp
1999
- Futurama as Planet Express Ship (voice)
- Galaxy Quest as Gwen DeMarco
- Mark Twain Prize as Self
- The Early Show as Self
- A Map of the World as Alice Goodwin
- Get Bruce! as Self
- Ghostbusters 1999 as Self
- Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry as Narrator
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
- On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
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
1976
- Cérémonie des César as Self - Presenter
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974
- NOVA as Narrator
1953
- The Oscars as Self