Sigourney Weaver
Acting
- Born:
- 1949-10-08
- Place of birth:
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Avatar 5
Avatar 4
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Igniting the Flame: The Making of “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
The Twelfth Night Reunion
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Dust Bunny
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
The Gorge
Aliens Expanded
Fateful Planet
Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone
Disney 100: Remember That
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Master Gardener
Inside Pandora's Box
Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Bonnie
Call Jane
Mostra, Venise
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Oats Studios: Volume 1
OATS Studios
The Good House
Secrets of the Whales
Reunited Apart
Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change
My Salinger Year
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
La semaine des 4 Julie
The Movies That Made Us
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Marvel's The Defenders
Rakka
The Assignment
A Monster Calls
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Dream the Future
Ghostbusters
Finding Dory
Ghostheads
Asteroid: Mission Extreme
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Call My Agent!
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Chappie
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Exodus: Gods and Kings
All You Need Is Love
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Vamps
Political Animals
The Cabin in the Woods
The Cold Light of Day
Finding Your Roots
Red Lights
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Rampart
Abduction
Tipping Point: The End of Oil
Paul
Cedar Rapids
Capturing Avatar
You Again
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Crazy on the Outside
Avatar
The Jay Leno Show
C à vous
Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
Annul Victory
Prayers for Bobby
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
The Tale of Despereaux
Fragile Planet
His Highness Hollywood
WALL·E
Baby Mama
Be Kind Rewind
Vantage Point
Eli Stone
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
The Girl in the Park
Helmut by June
DNA: Secret of Photo 51
The TV Set
The Graham Norton Show
Happily N'Ever After
Infamous
Snow Cake
50 Films to See Before You Die
Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver
Deconstructing 'The Village'
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Imaginary Heroes
Doc Martin
The Village
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Holes
National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Alien Saga
The Guys
Tadpole
The Lost Film of Dian Fossey
Heart of the Festival
Sundance 20
Richard & Judy
Through These Eyes
Alien Evolution
Big Bad Love
Heartbreakers
The Roman Empire in the First Century
Click
Company Man
Galaxy Quest
The Early Show
Ghostbusters 1999
A Map of the World
Futurama
Mark Twain Prize
Get Bruce!
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry
The Entertainment Biz
Alien Resurrection
The Ice Storm
The View
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
The Daily Show
Copycat
Jeffrey
Lo + plus
Inside the Actors Studio
Death and the Maiden
The Wild Swans
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Dave
GMTV
The Snow Queen
Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott
1492: Conquest of Paradise
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Alien³
The Making of 'Alien³'
Peachboy
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
Ghostbusters II
Working Girl
Gorillas in the Mist
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Nulle part ailleurs
Half Moon Street
Aliens
One Woman or Two
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
Goldene Kamera
Wilderness: A Country in the Mind
Deal of the Century
The Year of Living Dangerously
Eyewitness
O Youth and Beauty!
The Sorrows of Gin
Alien
Ciné regards
Madman
Annie Hall
Cérémonie des César
Saturday Night Live
NOVA
The Oscars
Useful Idiots
Tomb Raider