Sigourney Weaver
American actress (born 1949) · United States · Actors
Sigourney Weaver is read about 6,490 times a day, in 108 languages.
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Something wrong?She turned Ripley into the blueprint for every action heroine who followed, then proved range mattered more than type - two Oscar nominations in one year, one for playing a primatologist in the jungle, the other for corporate comedy.
A life in dates
The Mandalorian and GroguFilm, Colonel Ward2025Avatar: Fire and Ash, a new film, came out on 1 December 2025.1 December 2025, 2024International Goya AwardAward2022
Avatar: The Way of WaterFilm, Kiri2020
La semaine des 4 JulieSeries2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)Film, Sigourney Weaver2015
The Late Late Show with James CordenSeries
ChappieFilm, 2015Michelle Bradley2012“I’d send out an intergalactic invitation to other species. I guarantee they would not be like the aliens in the movies I did. I think if they can get here, they could be charming.”In their wordsStylist, "Queen of everything: Sigourney Weaver", (2012).
Red LightsFilm, 2012Margaret Matheson2011Rachel Carson AwardAward2010
You AgainFilm, Ramona2009
C à vousSeries2008
Be Kind RewindFilm, Ms. Lawson2005
The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSeries2004
The VillageFilm, Alice Hunt2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series2001
HeartbreakersFilm, Max Conners1999
FuturamaSeries, Planet Express Ship (voice)1998BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleAwardHasty Pudding Woman of the YearAward1997“(Ripley is) open, honest and tries to do the right thing. I've always played Ripley as an ordinary person who is in extraordinary circumstances, and doesn't give up.”In their words3 December 1997“Dream Weaver" (Dec 3, 1997)“It was never important to me to display my sexuality. I didn't feel like I had to prove I was a babe to anyone.”In their words3 December 1997“Dream Weaver" (Dec 3, 1997)“Weaver has been struggling with forms of acceptance all her life.”In their words3 December 1997Lewis Beale, “Dream Weaver”, Chicago Tribune, (Dec 3, 1997)
Alien ResurrectionFilm, 1997Ripley1996
The Daily ShowSeries1992“There`s only so much bad luck that a person can have.”In their words16 May 1992“SIGOURNEY WEAVER`S CLOSE SHAVE” (May 16, 1992)“I guess I don`t think of film as an innovative medium. I guess I feel that film kind of caught up to what`s been happening to women for the last 20 years.”In their words16 May 1992“SIGOURNEY WEAVER`S CLOSE SHAVE” (May 16, 1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries, 1992
1492: Conquest of ParadiseFilm, 1992Queen Isabella1988Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaAwardGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureAward
Working GirlFilm, 1988Katharine Parker1987Saturn Award for Best ActressAward1984
GhostbustersFilm, Dana Barrett1977
Annie HallFilm, Alvy's Date Outside Theatre1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries1953
The OscarsSeries1949Born8 October 1949Also in Deutsch
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Weaver and her father Pat at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989, where she received simultaneous nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress
Weaver at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
Weaver at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con
James Cameron with Weaver promoting Avatar: The Way of Water in 2022
Weaver with Ronald Reagan and Fahd of Saudi Arabia in 1985
Weaver at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010In their own words 10
, I’d send out an intergalactic invitation to other species. I guarantee they would not be like the aliens in the movies I did. I think if they can get here, they could be charming.
I changed my name when I was about twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer name because I was so tall. So what happened?
(Ripley is) open, honest and tries to do the right thing. I've always played Ripley as an ordinary person who is in extraordinary circumstances, and doesn't give up.
Filmography 40
TGThe Mandalorian and Grogu
AAAvatar: Fire and Ash
TGThe Gorge
DBDust BunnyAWAvatar: The Way of Water
GAGhostbusters: AfterlifeTSThe Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
FDFinding Dory
GHGhostbusters
ACA Monster Calls
TAThe AssignmentCHChappie
EKExodus: Gods and Kings
TWThe Cabin in the WoodsRLRed Lights
TDThe Cold Light of Day
PAPaul
ABAbductionYAYou Again
AVAvatar
WEWALL·E
VPVantage Point
TDThe Tale of DespereauxBRBe Kind Rewind
HAHappily N'Ever AfterTVThe Village
HOHolesHEHeartbreakers
GQGalaxy QuestARAlien Resurrection
TSThe Ice Storm
COCopycat
ALAlien³CP1492: Conquest of Paradise
GIGhostbusters IIWGWorking Girl
ALAliensGHGhostbusters
ALAlienAHAnnie Hall201 credits on file
Television 24
LJLa semaine des 4 Julie
FBFull Frontal with Samantha Bee
TCThe Late Show with Stephen ColbertTCThe Late Late Show with James Corden
TFThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
FRFinding Your RootsCVC à vous
TSThe Graham Norton ShowTFThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
DMDoc MartinJLJimmy Kimmel Live!
RJRichard & Judy
CLClickFUFuturama
TVThe ViewTSThe Daily Show
LBLate Night with Conan O'Brien
GMGMTVTLThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LMLIVE with Kelly and MarkSLSaturday Night Live
NONOVATOThe OscarsAwards
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Born in New York in 1949 to a television executive and an English actress, Weaver made her screen debut in Annie Hall before Alien in 1979 gave her the role that rewrote what leading women could be in blockbusters. She carried Ripley through three more films while building a second track in Ghostbusters and later the Avatar series, franchises that became some of the highest-grossing ever made. In 1989 she won two Golden Globes in the same year for Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl, the first actor to do it, and collected a BAFTA for The Ice Storm in 1997. Broadway, voice work for Pixar, Emmy nominations for television - the through-line has been a refusal to stay in one lane, and the career adds up to a case study in how to last without repeating yourself.
In common with Sigourney
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Zoe SaldañaAround the same time: Avatar: Fire and Ash released
Kate WinsletAround the same time: Avatar: Fire and Ash released
Jemaine ClementAround the same time: Avatar: Fire and Ash released
Giovanni RibisiAround the same time: Avatar: Fire and Ash released
Idris ElbaAlso in Finding Dory (2016)Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.