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Sigourney Weaver is a Actor and Producer American born on 8 october 1949 at New York City (USA)

Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver
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Birth name Susan Alexandra Weaver
Nationality USA
Birth 8 october 1949 (74 years) at New York City (USA)

Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver; October 8, 1949) is an American actress and film producer. Following her film debut as a minor character in Annie Hall (1977), she quickly came to prominence in 1979 with her first lead role as Ellen Ripley in Alien. She reprised the role in three sequels: Aliens (1986), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award Best Actress; Alien 3 (1992), and Alien: Resurrection (1997). She is also known for her starring roles in the box-office hits Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), and Avatar (2009).
Weaver was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for the 1980 Off-Broadway play Das Lusitania Songspiel, and received a Tony Award nomination for the 1984 Broadway play Hurlyburly. A seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won both Best Actress in Drama and Best Supporting Actress for her work in the 1988 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 1997 film The Ice Storm, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Additionally, she has received three Emmy Award nominations and won two Saturn Awards.

Weaver acquired the nickname of "The Sci-Fi Queen" for her numerous contributions to science-fiction film history, including minor roles in successful works such as Futurama (2002), WALL-E (2008), Paul (2011) and The Cabin in the Woods (2012). Her other films include The Year of Living Dangerously (1983), Dave (1993), Death and the Maiden (1994), Copycat (1995), A Map of the World (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999) and Prayers for Bobby (2009). In 2013, she returned to Broadway to star in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.

Biography

Weaver has been married to the stage director Jim Simpson since October 1, 1984. They have one daughter, Charlotte Simpson, who was born on April 13, 1990.

After making Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, she became a supporter of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and is now its honorary chairwoman. She was honored by the Explorers Club for this work. Weaver is considered to be an environmentalist. In October 2006, she drew international attention through a news conference at the start of a United Nations General Assembly policy deliberation. She outlined the widespread threat to ocean habitats posed by deep-sea trawling, an industrial method for harvesting fish.

On April 8, 2008, she hosted the annual gala of the Trickle Up Program, a non-profit organization focusing on those in extreme poverty, mainly women and the disabled, in the Rainbow Room.

She is a longtime friend of Jamie Lee Curtis. In their 2015 interview together, Curtis admitted to Weaver she never saw Alien entirely, because she was too scared.

She's fluent in French.

Best films

Ghostbusters (1984)
(Actress)
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
(Actress)
The Village (2004)
(Actress)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
(Actress)
Aliens (1986)
(Actress)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
(Actress)

Usually with

James Cameron
James Cameron
(4 films)
Walter Hill
Walter Hill
(5 films)
Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd
(4 films)
Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman
(5 films)
David Giler
David Giler
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sigourney Weaver (68 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2022Avatar: The Way of WaterActressKiri
2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeActressDana Barrett
2020My Salinger YearActressMargaret
2017The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)ActressSigourney Weaver
2016Finding DoryActressSigourney Weaver (voice)
2016A Monster CallsActressGrandma
2016GhostbustersActressRebecca Gorin
2016The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring YearsActressSelf
2016The AssignmentActressDr. Rachel Kay
2015ChappieActressMichelle Bradley
2015Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own WordsActressSelf
2014Exodus: Gods and KingsActressTuja
2012VampsActressCisserus
2012The Cabin in the WoodsActressThe Director
2012RampartActressJoan Confrey
2012Red LightsActressMargaret Matheson
2012The Cold Light of DayActressJean Carrack
2011PaulActressThe Big Guy
2011AbductionActressDr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
2011Cedar RapidsActressMacy Vanderhei
2010You AgainActressRamona
2010Crazy on the OutsideActressViki
2009AvatarActressDr. Grace Augustine
2009Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to HollywoodActressNarrator (voice)
2009Prayers for BobbyActressMary Griffith
2008Baby MamaActressChaffee Bicknell
2008Be Kind RewindActressMs. Lawson
2008WALL·EActressShip's Computer (voice)
2008The Tale of DespereauxActressThe Narrator (voice)
2008Vantage PointActressRex Brooks
2007Happily N'Ever AfterActressFrieda (voice)
2007The Girl in the ParkActressJulia Sandburg
2006InfamousActressBabe Paley
2006Snow CakeActressLinda
2006The TV SetActressLenny
2004The VillageActressAlice Hunt
2004Imaginary HeroesActressSandy Travis
2003TadpoleActressEve Grubman
2003HolesActressLouise Walker the Warden
2001HeartbreakersActressMax Conners
2001Big Bad LoveActressBetti DeLoreo (voice)
2000Company ManActressDaisy Quimp
1999Galaxy QuestActressGwen DeMarco
1999Get Bruce!ActressSelf
1999A Map of the WorldActressAlice Goodwin
1997Alien ResurrectionActress, Co-ProducerRipley 8
1997Snow White: A Tale of TerrorActressLady Claudia Hoffman
1997The Ice StormActressJaney Carver
1995CopycatActressHelen Hudson
1995JeffreyActressDebra Moorhouse
1994Death and the MaidenActressPaulina Escobar
1993DaveActressEllen Mitchell
19921492: Conquest of ParadiseActressQueen Isabella
1992Alien³Actress, Co-ProducerRipley
1989Ghostbusters IIActressDana Barrett
1988Working GirlActressKatharine Parker
1988Gorillas in the MistActressDian Fossey
1986AliensActressLt. Ellen Louise Ripley
1986Half Moon StreetActressDr. Lauren Slaughter
1985One Woman or TwoActressJessica Fitzgerald
1984GhostbustersActressDana Barrett
1984Terror in the AislesActress
1983Deal of the CenturyActressCatherine DeVoto
1982The Year of Living DangerouslyActressJill Bryant
1981EyewitnessActressTony Sokolow
1979AlienActressRipley
1977Annie HallActressAlvy's Date Outside Theatre
ActressGrace Augustine