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:
- 112
- First Appeared:
- In the series The Academy Awards 1953-03-18
- Latest Project:
- Movie Avatar 4 2025-12-18
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Avatar 4 | 2025-12-18 | |
| Movie | Avatar 3 | 2023-12-21 | |
| Movie | Avatar 2 | Grace Augustine | 2021-12-15 |
| Movie | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Herself | 2020-01-07 |
| Movie | SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout | Herself (uncredited) | 2019-07-12 |
| Movie | Oats Studios: Volume 1 | Jasper | 2018-06-28 |
| Movie | Rakka | Jasper | 2017-06-14 |
| Series | Marvel's The Defenders | Alexandra | 2017-08-18 |
| Movie | John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs | Self (archive footage) | 2017-01-01 |
| Series | The Best of Families | Laura Wheeler | 2017 |
| Movie | The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Sigourney Weaver | 2017-10-13 |
| Series | Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist | Dian Fossey (voice) | 2017-12-06 |
| Movie | Laddie | Herself | 2017-10-20 |
| Movie | A Monster Calls | Grandma | 2016-01-01 |
| Movie | The Assignment | Dr. Rachel Kay | 2016-04-27 |
| Movie | Ghostheads | Herself | 2016-04-23 |
| Movie | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Herself | 2016-09-15 |
| Movie | Ghostbusters | Rebecca Gorin | 2016-07-14 |
| Movie | Finding Dory | Sigourney Weaver (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
| Movie | Chappie | Michelle Bradley | 2015-03-04 |
| Movie | Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' | Herself | 2015-03-17 |
| Movie | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Herself | 2015-05-19 |
| Movie | My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) | Elizabeth Swados (voice) | 2014-04-17 |
| Movie | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Tuja | 2014-12-03 |
| Movie | Red Lights | Margaret Matheson | 2012-03-02 |
| Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | 2012-02-04 | |
| Movie | The Cold Light of Day | Jean Carrack | 2012-04-04 |
| Movie | The Cabin in the Woods | The Director | 2012-04-12 |
| Movie | Vamps | Cisserus | 2012-08-25 |
| Series | Political Animals | Elaine Barrish Hammond | 2012-07-15 |
| Movie | Cedar Rapids | Macy Vanderhei | 2011-02-11 |
| Movie | Paul | The Big Guy | 2011-02-14 |
| Movie | Abduction | Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett | 2011-09-22 |
| Movie | Rampart | Joan Confrey | 2011-11-23 |
| Movie | Crazy on the Outside | Viki | 2010-01-08 |
| Movie | Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora | Herself | 2010-02-07 |
| Movie | Capturing Avatar | Herself | 2010-11-16 |
| Movie | You Again | Aunt Ramona | 2010-09-24 |
| Movie | Prayers for Bobby | Mary Griffith | 2009-02-27 |
| Movie | Avatar | Dr. Grace Augustine | 2009-12-10 |
| Movie | Vantage Point | Rex Brooks | 2008-02-01 |
| Movie | Baby Mama | Chaffee Bicknell | 2008-04-25 |
| Movie | Be Kind Rewind | Ms. Lawson | 2008-01-20 |
| Movie | The Tale of Despereaux | The Narrator (voice) | 2008-12-18 |
| Movie | WALL·E | Ship's Computer (voice) | 2008-06-22 |
| Movie | His Highness Hollywood | Herself | 2008-09-20 |
| Movie | The TV Set | Lenny | 2007-04-06 |
| Movie | Helmut by June | Herself | 2007-04-30 |
| Movie | The Girl in the Park | Julia Sandburg | 2007-09-09 |
| Series | Planet Earth | Herself - Narrator (Discovery Channel version) | 2006-03-05 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Happily N'Ever After | Frieda (voice) | 2006-09-14 |
| Movie | Snow Cake | Linda | 2006-09-08 |
| Movie | Infamous | Babe Paley | 2006-09-11 |
| Movie | The Village | Alice Hunt | 2004-07-30 |
| Series | Doc Martin | American Tourist | 2004-09-02 |
| Movie | Imaginary Heroes | Sandy Travis | 2004-09-14 |
| Movie | Holes | Louise Walker the Warden | 2003-04-18 |
| Movie | One Step Beyond: Making 'Alien: Resurrection' | Herself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Superior Firepower : Making 'Aliens' | Herself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | The Beast Within: Making 'Alien' | Herself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' | Herself | 2003-12-02 |
| Movie | The Guys | Joan | 2002-09-11 |
| Movie | Tadpole | Eve Grubman | 2002-11-01 |
| Movie | Big Bad Love | Betti DeLoreo (voice) | 2001-10-11 |
| Movie | Heartbreakers | Max Conners | 2001-03-23 |
| Series | Richard & Judy | Unknown | 2001-11-26 |
| Movie | Alien Evolution | Herself | 2001-10-12 |
| Movie | Company Man | Daisy Quimp | 2000-03-09 |
| Movie | Get Bruce! | Herself | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | The Alien Legacy | Herself | 1999-01-01 |
| Series | Futurama | Unknown | 1999-03-28 |
| Movie | Galaxy Quest | Gwen DeMarco | 1999-12-23 |
| Movie | A Map of the World | Alice Goodwin | 1999-09-13 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | The Ice Storm | Janey Carver | 1997-02-05 |
| Movie | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lady Claudia Hoffman | 1997-07-18 |
| Movie | Alien Resurrection | Ripley 8 | 1997-11-12 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Series | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | Jeffrey | Debra Moorhouse | 1995-08-18 |
| Movie | Copycat | Helen Hudson | 1995-05-03 |
| Movie | The Wild Swans | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | Death and the Maiden | Paulina Escobar | 1994-05-04 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-01 |
| Movie | Rabbit Ears - Peachboy | Narrator | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Dave | Ellen Mitchell | 1993-05-07 |
| Movie | The Snow Queen | Narrator (voice) | 1992-01-01 |
| Movie | Alien³ | Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley | 1992-05-22 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Movie | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Queen Isabella | 1992-10-09 |
| Movie | Ghostbusters II | Dana Barrett | 1989-06-16 |
| Movie | Gorillas in the Mist | Dian Fossey | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | Working Girl | Katharine Parker | 1988-12-20 |
| Movie | Aliens | Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley | 1986-07-18 |
| Movie | Half Moon Street | Dr. Lauren Slaughter | 1986-08-13 |
| Movie | One Woman or Two | Jessica Fitzgerald | 1985-02-06 |
| Movie | Ghostbusters | Dana Barrett | 1984-06-08 |
| Series | Live with Regis and Kathie Lee | Unknown | 1983-04-04 |
| Movie | Deal of the Century | Catherine DeVoto | 1983-11-04 |
| Movie | The Year of Living Dangerously | Jill Bryant | 1982-12-17 |
| Movie | Eyewitness | Tony Sokolow | 1981-02-13 |
| Movie | Alien | Lt. Ellen Louise Ripley | 1979-05-25 |
| Movie | The Sorrows of Gin | Marcia Lawton | 1979-10-24 |
| Movie | O Youth and Beauty! | Marcia Lawton | 1979-10-30 |
| 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 |