Sigourney Weaver
101 movies · 14 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 8, 1949 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Susan Alexandra Weaver
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.
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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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Sigourney Weaver: movies and TV shows
Acting (115)
- Upcoming Avatar 4
as Kiri
- Upcoming Avatar 5
as Kiri
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026 The Mandalorian and Grogu
as Colonel Ward
- 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Kiri
- 2025 Dust Bunny
as Laverne
- 2025 The Gorge
as Bartholomew
- 2023
- 2023 Master Gardener
as Norma Haverhill
- 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water
as Kiri
- 2022 Call Jane
as Virginia
- 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Dana Barrett
- 2021 Oats Studios: Volume 1
as Jasper
- 2021
- 2021 The Good House
as Hildy Good
- 2021
- 2020 Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change
as Narrator
- 2020 My Salinger Year
as Margaret
- 2019
- 2018 Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii
as Georgia O’Keeffe
- 2017
- 2017 The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Sigourney Weaver
- 2017
- 2017 Rakka
as Jasper
- 2016 A Monster Calls
as Grandma
- 2016
- 2016 Ghostbusters
as Rebecca Gorin
- 2016 Finding Dory
as Sigourney Weaver (voice)
- 2016 The Assignment
as Dr. Rachel Kay
- 2016 Asteroid: Mission Extreme
as Narrator
- 2015 Chappie
as Michelle Bradley
- 2014
- 2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Tuja
- 2014 All You Need Is Love
as Narrator
- 2014 My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
as Elizabeth Swados (voice)
- 2012 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
as Masha
- 2012 Vamps
as Cisserus
- 2012
- 2012 The Cabin in the Woods
as The Director
- 2012 The Cold Light of Day
as Jean Carrack
- 2012 Red Lights
as Margaret Matheson
- 2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
- 2011 Rampart
as Joan Confrey
- 2011 Abduction
as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
- 2011 Tipping Point: The End of Oil
as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 Paul
as The Big Guy
- 2011 Cedar Rapids
as Macy Vanderhei
- 2010 You Again
as Ramona
- 2010 Crazy on the Outside
as Viki
- 2009 Avatar
as Dr. Grace Augustine
- 2009
- 2009 Prayers for Bobby
as Mary Griffith
- 2009 Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 The Tale of Despereaux
as The Narrator (voice)
- 2008 Fragile Planet
as Narrator
- 2008 WALL·E
as Ship's Computer (voice)
- 2008 Baby Mama
as Chaffee Bicknell
- 2008 Be Kind Rewind
as Ms. Lawson
- 2008 Vantage Point
as Rex Brooks
- 2008
- 2007 The Girl in the Park
as Julia Sandburg
- 2007 DNA: Secret of Photo 51
as Narrator
- 2007 The TV Set
as Lenny
- 2007 Happily N'Ever After
as Frieda (voice)
- 2006 Infamous
as Babe Paley
- 2006 Snow Cake
as Linda
- 2004 Imaginary Heroes
as Sandy Travis
- 2004
- 2004 The Village
as Alice Hunt
- 2003 Holes
as Warden
- 2003 National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl
as Narrator
- 2002 The Guys
as Joan
- 2002 Tadpole
as Eve Grubman
- 2002 The Lost Film of Dian Fossey
as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 Through These Eyes
as Narrator
- 2001 Big Bad Love
as Betti DeLoreo (voice)
- 2001 Heartbreakers
as Max Conners
- 2001 The Roman Empire in the First Century
as Narrator
- 2000 Company Man
as Daisy Quimp
- 1999 Galaxy Quest
as Gwen DeMarco
- 1999 A Map of the World
as Alice Goodwin
- 1999
- 1999 Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry
as Narrator
- 1997 Alien Resurrection
as Ripley
- 1997 The Ice Storm
as Janey Carver
- 1997 Snow White: A Tale of Terror
as Lady Claudia Hoffman
- 1995 Copycat
as Helen Hudson
- 1995 Jeffrey
as Debra Moorhouse
- 1994 Death and the Maiden
as Paulina Escobar
- 1994 The Wild Swans
as Narrator
- 1993 Dave
as Ellen Mitchell
- 1992 The Snow Queen
as Narrator (voice)
- 1992
- 1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Queen Isabella
- 1992 Alien³
as Ripley
- 1991 Peachboy
as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 Ghostbusters II
as Dana Barrett
- 1988 Working Girl
as Katharine Parker
- 1988 Gorillas in the Mist
as Dian Fossey
- 1986 Half Moon Street
as Dr. Lauren Slaughter
- 1986 Aliens
as Ripley
- 1985 One Woman or Two
as Jessica Fitzgerald
- 1984
- 1984 Ghostbusters
as Dana Barrett
- 1984
- 1983 Deal of the Century
as Mrs. DeVoto
- 1982 The Year of Living Dangerously
as Jill Bryant
- 1981 Eyewitness
as Tony Sokolow
- 1979 O Youth and Beauty!
as Marcia Lawton
- 1979 The Sorrows of Gin
as Marcia Lawton
- 1979 Alien
as Ripley
- 1978 Madman
as Gale
- 1977 Annie Hall
as Alvy's Date Outside Theatre
- 1974
Behind the camera (3)
- 2023
- 1997 Alien Resurrection
Co-Producer
- 1992 Alien³
Co-Producer
Talk shows and appearances (76)
- 2025
- 2025 Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
2 episodes
- 2025 Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
1 episode
- 2024
- 2024 Fateful Planet
1 episode
- 2024
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022 Mostra, Venise
1 episode
- 2022
- 2021 Secrets of the Whales
4 episodes
- 2020 Reunited Apart
1 episode
- 2020
- 2020 La semaine des 4 Julie
1 episode
- 2019 The Movies That Made Us
2 episodes
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018 James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
1 episode
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016 Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
1 episode
- 2015 Call My Agent!
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2 episodes
- 2015
- 2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden
1 episode
- 2015
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
3 episodes
- 2012 Finding Your Roots
1 episode
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 The Jay Leno Show
1 episode
- 2009 C à vous
1 episode
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
2 episodes
- 2006
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
1 episode
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2 episodes
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Richard & Judy
1 episode
- 2001
- 2000 Click
1 episode
- 1999 The Early Show
1 episode
- 1999
- 1999 Mark Twain Prize
1 episode
- 1999
- 1998 The Entertainment Biz
1 episode
- 1997 The View
8 episodes
- 1996 The Daily Show
3 episodes
- 1995 Lo + plus
1 episode
- 1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1993 GMTV
1 episode
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2 episodes
- 1992
- 1989
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark
3 episodes
- 1987 Nulle part ailleurs
1 episode
- 1984 Goldene Kamera
1 episode
- 1978 Ciné regards
1 episode
- 1976 Cérémonie des César
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
2 episodes
- 1953 The Oscars
6 episodes