Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver (born October 8, 1949, height 5' 11" (1,80 m)) is an American actress best known for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series, a role for which she has received worldwide recognition. Other notable roles include the Ghostbusters films, Gorillas in the Mist, The Ice Storm, Working Girl, Death and the Maiden, Prayers for Bobby and Avatar. She is a three-time Academy Award nominee for her performances in Aliens (1986), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), and Working Girl (1988) winning Golden Globe Awards in the latter two films. Weaver has been called "The Sci-Fi Queen" by many on account of her many science fiction and fantasy films.
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- Born:
- Oct 8, 1949 In New York City - New York - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 109
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Academy Awards 1953-03-18
- Latest Project:
- Movie Avatar 4 2025-12-17
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Avatar 4 | 2025-12-17 | |
| Movie | Avatar 3 | 2023-12-20 | |
| Movie | Avatar 2 | Grace Augustine | 2021-12-15 |
| Movie | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Herself | 2019-06-07 |
| Movie | Oats Studios: Volume 1 | Jasper | 2018-06-28 |
| Series | Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist | Dian Fossey (voice) | 2017-12-06 |
| Movie | Laddie | Herself | 2017-10-20 |
| Movie | The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Sigourney Weaver | 2017-10-13 |
| Series | Marvel's The Defenders | Alexandra | 2017-08-18 |
| Movie | Rakka | Jasper | 2017-06-14 |
| Series | The Best of Families | Laura Wheeler | 2017 |
| Movie | Ghostheads | Herself | 2016-04-23 |
| Movie | The Assignment | Dr. Rachel Kay | 2016-04-27 |
| Movie | Ghostbusters | Rebecca Gorin | 2016-07-14 |
| Movie | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Herself | 2016-09-15 |
| Movie | A Monster Calls | Grandma | 2016-10-07 |
| Movie | Finding Dory | Sigourney Weaver (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
| Movie | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Herself | 2015-05-19 |
| Movie | Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' | Herself | 2015-03-17 |
| Movie | Chappie | Michelle Bradley | 2015-03-04 |
| Movie | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Tuja | 2014-12-03 |
| Movie | My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) | Elizabeth Swados (voice) | 2014-04-17 |
| Movie | Vamps | Cisserus | 2012-08-25 |
| Series | Political Animals | Elaine Barrish Hammond | 2012-07-15 |
| Movie | The Cabin in the Woods | The Director | 2012-04-12 |
| Movie | The Cold Light of Day | Jean Carrack | 2012-04-04 |
| Movie | Red Lights | Margaret Matheson | 2012-03-02 |
| Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | 2012-02-04 | |
| Movie | Cedar Rapids | Macy Vanderhei | 2011-02-11 |
| Movie | Rampart | Joan Confrey | 2011-11-23 |
| Movie | Paul | The Big Guy | 2011-02-14 |
| Movie | Abduction | Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett | 2011-09-22 |
| Movie | Capturing Avatar | Herself | 2010-11-16 |
| Movie | You Again | Aunt Ramona | 2010-09-24 |
| Movie | Crazy on the Outside | Viki | 2010-01-08 |
| Movie | Avatar | Dr. Grace Augustine | 2009-12-10 |
| Movie | Prayers for Bobby | Mary Griffith | 2009-02-27 |
| Movie | The Tale of Despereaux | The Narrator (voice) | 2008-12-19 |
| Movie | His Highness Hollywood | Herself | 2008-09-20 |
| Movie | WALL·E | Ship's Computer (voice) | 2008-06-22 |
| Movie | Baby Mama | Chaffee Bicknell | 2008-04-25 |
| Movie | Vantage Point | Rex Brooks | 2008-02-01 |
| Movie | Be Kind Rewind | Ms. Lawson | 2008-01-20 |
| Movie | The TV Set | Lenny | 2007-04-06 |
| Movie | The Girl in the Park | Julia Sandburg | 2007-09-09 |
| Movie | Helmut by June | Herself | 2007-04-30 |
| Movie | Happily N'Ever After | Frieda (voice) | 2006-09-14 |
| Movie | Infamous | Babe Paley | 2006-09-11 |
| Movie | Snow Cake | Linda | 2006-09-08 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Series | Planet Earth | Unknown | 2006-03-05 |
| Movie | Imaginary Heroes | Sandy Travis | 2004-09-14 |
| Series | Doc Martin | American Tourist | 2004-09-02 |
| Movie | The Village | Alice Hunt | 2004-07-30 |
| Movie | One Step Beyond: Making 'Alien: Resurrection' | Herself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Holes | Louise Walker the Warden | 2003-04-18 |
| Movie | The Beast Within: Making 'Alien' | Herself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' | Herself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' | Herself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Tadpole | Eve Grubman | 2002-11-01 |
| Movie | The Guys | Joan | 2002-09-11 |
| Series | Richard & Judy | Unknown | 2001-11-26 |
| Movie | Alien Evolution | Herself | 2001-10-12 |
| Movie | Big Bad Love | Betti DeLoreo (voice) | 2001-10-11 |
| Movie | Heartbreakers | Max Conners | 2001-03-23 |
| Movie | Company Man | Daisy Quimp | 2000-03-09 |
| Series | Futurama | Unknown | 1999-03-28 |
| Movie | The Alien Legacy | Herself | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Get Bruce! | Herself | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | A Map of the World | Alice Goodwin | 1999-09-13 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | Galaxy Quest | Gwen DeMarco | 1999-12-23 |
| Movie | Alien Resurrection | Ripley 8 | 1997-11-12 |
| Movie | The Ice Storm | Janey Carver | 1997-09-27 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lady Claudia Hoffman | 1997-07-18 |
| Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | Copycat | Helen Hudson | 1995-10-27 |
| Movie | Jeffrey | Debra Moorhouse | 1995-08-18 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | Death and the Maiden | Paulina Escobar | 1994-05-04 |
| Movie | The Wild Swans | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Rabbit Ears - Peachboy | Narrator | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Dave | Ellen Mitchell | 1993-05-07 |
| Movie | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Queen Isabella | 1992-10-09 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | Alien³ | Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley | 1992-05-22 |
| Movie | The Snow Queen | Narrator (voice) | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Ghostbusters II | Dana Barrett | 1989-06-16 |
| Movie | Working Girl | Katharine Parker | 1988-12-20 |
| Movie | Gorillas in the Mist | Dian Fossey | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | Half Moon Street | Dr. Lauren Slaughter | 1986-08-13 |
| Movie | Aliens | Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley | 1986-07-18 |
| Movie | One Woman or Two | Jessica Fitzgerald | 1985-02-06 |
| Movie | Ghostbusters | Dana Barrett | 1984-06-08 |
| Movie | Deal of the Century | Catherine DeVoto | 1983-11-04 |
| Series | Live with Regis and Kathie Lee | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
| Movie | The Year of Living Dangerously | Jill Bryant | 1982-12-17 |
| Movie | Eyewitness | Tony Sokolow | 1981-02-13 |
| Movie | O Youth and Beauty! | Marcia Lawton | 1979-10-30 |
| Movie | The Sorrows of Gin | Marcia Lawton | 1979-10-24 |
| Movie | Alien | Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley | 1979-05-25 |
| Movie | Madman | 1978-01-01 | |
| Movie | Annie Hall | Alvy's Date Outside Theatre | 1977-04-19 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
| Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
| Series | Somerset | Avis Ryan | 1970-03-30 |
| Series | The Academy Awards | Sigourney Weaver | 1953-03-18 |