Sigourney Weaver

**Sigourney Weaver** (born as _Susan Alexandra Weaver_ on October 8, 1949, in New York) is an American actress.

Sigourney Weaver played the role of Lieutenant Ellen Ripley in the movie series _Alien_, in the four movies _Alien_, _Aliens_, _Alien³_, and _Alien: Resurrection_. She is also well known for playing Dana Barrett in the movies _Ghostbusters_ and _Ghostbusters II_ or for the role Dian Fossey in the movie _Gorillas in the Mist_.

She was the first person to win two Golden Globe acting awards in the same year.

## Filmography

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Film|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1977|_Annie Hall_|Alvy's Date Outside Theater||||||
|1978|_Madman_|Not Specified||||||
|1979|_Alien_|Ellen Ripley|Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actress|||||
|1981|_Eyewitness_|Tony Sokolow|Crew members & TV equipment From WNYW (then known as WNEW) appeared in the film. Weaver also co-hosted the news on WNYW for the film|||||
|1982|_The Year of Living Dangerously_|Jilly Bryant||||||
|1983|_Deal of the Century_|Catherine DeVoto||||||
|rowspan="2"|1984|_Ghostbusters_|Dana Barrett|||||
|_Terror in the Aisles_||archival footage||||||
|1985|_Une Femme ou Deux_|Jessica Fitzgerald||||||
|rowspan="2"|1986|_Half Moon Street_|Dr. Lauren Slaughter|||||
|_Aliens_|Ellen Ripley|Saturn Award for Best Actress Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama||||||
|rowspan="2"|1988|_Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey_|Dian Fossey|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress||||
|_Working Girl_|Katharine Parker|Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role||||||
|1989|_Ghostbusters II_|Dana Barrett||||||
|rowspan="2"|1992|_Alien 3_|Ellen Ripley|Co-Producer Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress||||
|_1492: Conquest of Paradise_|Queen Isabella|||||||
|1993|_Dave_|Ellen Mitchell||||||
|1994|_Death and the Maiden_|Paulina Escobar||||||
|rowspan="2"|1995|_Copycat_|Helen Hudson|||||
|_Jeffrey_|Debra Moorhouse|||||||
|rowspan="3"|1997|_The Ice Storm_|Janey Carver|BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture||||
|_Snow White: A Tale of Terror_|Lady Claudia Hoffman|Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Nominated - SAG Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film||||||
|_Alien Resurrection_|Ellen Ripley Clone|Co-Producer Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actress||||||
|rowspan="2"|1999|_A Map of the World_|Alice Goodwin|Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama||||
|_Galaxy Quest_|Gwen DeMarco/Lieutenant Tawny Madison|Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actress||||||
|2000|_Company Man_|Daisy Quimp||||||
|2001|_Heartbreakers_|Max Conners/Angela|Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|||||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_Tadpole_|Eve Grubman|||||
|_The Guys_|Joan|Directed by husband Jim Simpson, starring daughter Charlotte Simpson Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama||||||
|2003|_Holes_|Warden Walker||||||
|rowspan="2"|2004|_Imaginary Heroes_|Sandy Travis|Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama||||
|_The Village_|Alice Hunt|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2006|_Snow Cake_|Linda Freeman|Nominated - Genie Award for Best Actress||||
|_The TV Set_|Lenny|||||||
|_Infamous_|Babe Paley|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2007|_Happily N'Ever After_|Frieda|voice only||||
|_The Girl in the Park_|Julia Sandburg|||||||
|rowspan="5"|2008|_Vantage Point_|Rex Brooks|||||
|_Be Kind Rewind_|Ms. Lawson|||||||
|_Baby Mama_|Chaffee Bicknell|||||||
|_WALL•E_|Computer|voice only||||||
|_The Tale of Despereaux_|The Narrator|voice only||||||
|rowspan="3"|2009|_Prayers for Bobby_|Mary Griffith|Nominated - Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie||||
|_Avatar_|Dr. Grace Augustine|||||||
|_ACID TEST_|The Narrator|voice and image||||||
|rowspan="3"|2010|_Paul_|Tara|filming||||
|_Crazy on the Outside_|Vicky|in post-production||||||
|_You Again_|Aunt Ramona|filming||||||
|2012|The Cabin in the Woods|The Director||||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Sigourney Weaver
- **image**: Sigourney Weaver @ 2010 Academy Awards cropped.jpg
- **caption**: Sigourney Weaver in 2010
- **birth place**: Manhattan, New York (state), New York, United States, U.S.
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **education**: Bachelor of Arts
Master of Fine Arts
- **spouse**: Jim Simpson (director), Jim Simpson (1984–present)
- **children**: 1
- **parents**: Sylvester Weaver (executive), Sylvester Weaver, Jr.
Elizabeth Inglis
- **relatives**: Doodles Weaver
(uncle)
- **awards**: **BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress**
1997 _The Ice Storm_
**Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama**
1989 _Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey_
**Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture**
1989 _Working Girl_
**Saturn Award for Best Actress (film)**
1986 _Aliens (film), Aliens_
- **birthname**: Susan Alexandra Weaver
- **alma mater**: Stanford University
Yale School of Drama
- **occupation**: Celebrity