Sigourney Weaver
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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 in a 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).
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Known For
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Daily Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Honest Trailers
Finding Your Roots
The Graham Norton Show
The Jay Leno Show
The Movies That Made Us
The Early Show
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Futurama
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Mark Twain Prize
Finding Dory
Ghostbusters
The Meyerowitz Stories
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Marvel's The Defenders
Be Kind Rewind
Paul
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The Cabin in the Woods
Happily N'Ever After
Somerset
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Exodus: Gods and Kings
WALL·E
Chappie
The Tale of Despereaux
The Village
Company Man
Abduction
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Call My Agent!
Avatar 4
Ghostbusters II
Avatar: Fire and Ash
You Again
Working Girl
Avatar 5
Avatar: The Way of Water
Holes
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Avatar
Ghostbusters
Alien
Call Jane
Dave
Planet Earth
The Mandalorian & Grogu
My Salinger Year
One Woman or Two
A Map of the World
Heartbreakers
The Good House
The Girl in the Park
Secrets of the Whales
Alien Resurrection
Aliens
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Alien³
Production Credits
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