Sigourney Weaver - IMDb IMDb Actress | Soundtrack | Producer Sigourney Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver in Leroy Hospital in Manhattan, New York City. Her father, TV producer Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. , originally wanted to name her Flavia, because of his passion for Roman history (he had already named her elder brother Trajan). Her mother, Elizabeth Inglis (née Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins), was an English... See full bio » Born: a list of 37 people created 06 Jun 2011 a list of 38 people created 23 Jul 2013 a list of 35 people created 13 Nov 2013 a list of 41 people created 06 Jan 2014 a list of 48 people created 12 Jan 2014 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Sigourney Weaver's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 47 nominations.

See more awards » Known For 2015 Doc Martin (TV Series) American Tourist 2008 Eli Stone (TV Series) Therapist 1994 The Wild Swans (Video short) Narrator (voice) 1993 Rabbit Ears: Peachboy (Video short) Narrator (voice) 1992 The Snow Queen (Video short) Narrator (voice) 1979 3 by Cheever (TV Mini-Series) Marcia Lawton 2007 The Girl in the Park (performer: "Ooh Shoo Be Doo Be") 2006 Snow Cake (performer: "Deep in the Heart of Texas") 1993 Dave (performer: "Tomorrow" (1977)) 1986 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Sigourney Weaver/Buster Poindexter (1986) ...

(performer: "Baby, It's Cold Outside" - uncredited) Hide 2016 Years of Living Dangerously (TV Series documentary) Herself 1996-2016 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Herself - Interviewee 1996-2016 Días de cine (TV Series) Herself - Interviewee 2008-2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Herself 2015 Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) Herself 2010-2015 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Herself 2015 Evening Urgant (TV Series) Herself 2007-2015 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series documentary) Herself 2004-2015 Live!

with Kelly (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2009-2015 The Daily Show (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2015 Vivement dimanche prochain (TV Series) Herself 2014 Click (TV Series documentary) Herself 2014 Theater Close-Up (TV Series) Herself - Host 2013 The Broadway.com Show (TV Series) Herself 2013 The 67th Annual Tony Awards (TV Movie documentary) Herself - Presenter: Best Revival of a Play 2013 The Talk (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2013 The Colbert Report (TV Series) Herself - Guest Herself - Short Film Jury President - Episode #2.22 (2011) ...

Herself - Short Film Jury President 2011 Close Up (TV Series) Herself - Interviewee / Actress 2011 ES.TV HD (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2011 Alex Zane's GuestList (TV Series) Herself 2011 The One Show (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2010 A Message from Pandora (Video documentary short) Herself 2010 Capturing Avatar (Video documentary) Herself 2010 Alien: Enhancement Pods (Video documentary) Herself 2010 Aliens: Enhancement Pods (Video documentary) Herself 2010 Scream Awards 2010 (TV Special) Herself 2010 Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(TV Series) Herself - Guest 2004-2010 The View (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2010 14th Annual PRISM Awards (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2000-2010 La nuit des Césars (TV Series documentary) Herself 1986-2010 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) Herself - Host / Ripley / Various / ... - Episode #1.66 (2009) ...

Herself - Guest 2009 Xposé (TV Series) 2009 Access Hollywood (TV Series) Herself 2009 Slimer Mode (Video documentary) Herself / Dana Barret 2008 Fragile Planet (Documentary short) Narrator 2008 His Highness Hollywood (Video documentary) Herself 2008 Vantage Point: An Inside Perspective (Video documentary short) Herself 2008 Vantage Point: Plotting an Assassination (Video documentary short) Herself 2008 Pioneers of Television (TV Mini-Series documentary) Herself 1995-2007 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2007 Snow Cake: Autism Awareness (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2007 Snow Cake: Behind the Scenes (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2007 Jour de fête (TV Series) Herself (segment 'La rencontre') 2006 Planet Earth (TV Mini-Series documentary) Narrator - US Version - Ocean Deep (2006) ...

Narrator - US Version (voice) - Seasonal Forests (2006) ... Narrator - US Version (voice) - Shallow Seas (2006) ... Narrator - US Version (voice) - Jungles (2006) ... Narrator - US Version (voice) - Great Plains (2006) ... Narrator - US Version (voice) 2006 Richard & Judy (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2006 Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2006 This Week (TV Series) Herself 2005 Deconstructing 'The Village' (Video documentary short) Herself 2004 E!

True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) Herself 2004 CNN Presents (TV Series documentary) Narrator 2003 The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2003 The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2003 Nova (TV Series documentary) Narrator 2003 Search for the Afghan Girl (TV Movie documentary) Narrator (voice) 2003 Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) Herself / Narrator 2003 National Geographic Specials (TV Series documentary) Herself - Narrator 2002 The 'Alien' Saga (TV Movie documentary) Herself (uncredited) 2002 Hollywood History (TV Series documentary) Herself 2001 The 100 Greatest Films (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2001 Alien Evolution (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2001 Heartbreakers: Laffs & Gaffes (Video short) Herself 2000 E!

Mysteries & Scandals (TV Series documentary) Herself 2000 Comme au cinéma (TV Series documentary) Herself 1999 Why Dogs Smile & Chimpanzees Cry (TV Movie documentary) Herself - Narrator (voice) 1998 Hollywood Aids (TV Movie documentary) Herself 1998 Bravo Profiles: The Entertainment Business (TV Mini-Series documentary) Herself 1998 Ôsama no buranchi (TV Series) Herself 1998 Mundo VIP (TV Series) Herself 1997 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Herself 1997 The Making of 'Alien: Resurrection' (Video documentary short) Herself 1996 Very Important Pennis (TV Series) Herself 1996 Corazón, corazón (TV Series) Herself 1996 Lo + plus (TV Series) Herself - Guest 1995 The Universal Story (TV Movie documentary) Herself 1992 The Making of 'Alien 3' (TV Movie documentary) Herself 1992 Omnibus (TV Series documentary) Herself

 - Name That Tuna (1992) ...

Herself - Guest 1992 Filmreview (TV Series) 1989 Aspel & Company (TV Series) Herself - Guest 1989 Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters (TV Movie documentary) Herself 1982 Waratte iitomo! (TV Series) Herself 1966 The Beatles at Shea Stadium (TV Movie documentary) Herself - In Audience (uncredited) 2014-2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Herself 2012 Vivement dimanche (TV Series) Herself 2012 Chelsea Lately (TV Series) Elaine Barrish on 'Political Animals' - Episode #6.109 (2012) ...

Elaine Barrish on 'Political Animals' 2011 Nostalgia Critic (TV Series) Ripley 2011 Saturday Night Live Backstage (TV Special documentary) Herself / Various 2010 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) Herself 2010 Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2007 Vinte na Galega (TV Series) Herself 2006 El camino de Antonio Banderas (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2005 Cinema mil (TV Series) Herself 2002 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) Herself 1999 The Alien Legacy (Video documentary) Herself 1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV Special documentary) Herself (uncredited) Personal Details Other Works: Played Elizabeth Caulder in "Lone Star" by James McClure - Travel Light Theatre, Chicago (1980). See more » Publicity Listings: 24 Interviews | 12 Articles | 21 Pictorials | 34 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Height: Did You Know?

Personal Quote: [1992: on the possibility of performing in a fourth Alien movie] I am sure there will eventually be an Alien 4, it just won't have me in it. See more » Trivia: Her character, Ellen Ripley, from the Alien series inspired the "Metroid" video game heroine, Samus Aran. See more » Trademark: Often plays fiercely independent, driven characters See more » Nickname: The Sci-Fi Queen See more » Star Sign: ‘Avatar’ star Sigourney Weaver as queen of sci-fi: ‘Outer space has been good to me’ [UPDATED] | Hero Complex – movies, comics, pop culture – Los Angeles Times ‘Avatar’ star Sigourney Weaver as queen of sci-fi: ‘Outer space has been good to me’ [UPDATED] Dec. 10, 2009 | 4:58 a.m. “AVATAR” COUNTDOWN: 10 DAYS You may have heard about a little film called “Avatar” that opens Dec. 18. We’re counting down the days here at Hero Complex and today we bring you a conversation with Sigourney Weaver, arguably the greatest female star in the history of fanboy films.

Sigourney Weaver, with a chuckle, says she will never grow tired of space travel. “I’m always up for going to another planet,” the three-time Oscar nominee said. “Outer space has been good to me.” This is the 30th anniversary of Weaver’s career breakthrough with her role as Ellen Ripley in the first “Alien” film. But far from resting on her laurels, the 60-year-old actress is again on extraterrestrial active duty with “Avatar,” the James Cameron sci-fi epic that opens Dec. 18. Weaver plays botanist Grace Augustine, who is mentoring a brash young marine named Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) in the beautiful but treacherous jungles of Pandora, an inhabited moon that humans hope to conquer for its natural resources. Weaver is the biggest name in the cast and was thrilled to reunite with Cameron, who directed her in “Aliens,” her 1986 reprise of the Ripley role.

With four “Alien” films, two hit “Ghostbusters” movies and her work in the ingenious spoof film “Galaxy Quest,” Weaver came into “Avatar” as royalty among the Comic-Con crowd that now hold so much sway over Hollywood. It was no coincidence that the makers of the film “Wall-E” got Weaver to voice the computer aboard the Axiom starship – she’s been the voice in the ear of fanboys for three decades. “It’s absolutely my favorite fan base,” Weaver said. “I love those guys.” Weaver’s first film role in 1977 was a fleeting one – in “Annie Hall” she played Woody Allen’s date outside the theater – but two years later she became a star with “Alien,” and stepped into a franchise role that would earn her one of the very few Oscar acting nominations given for a pure sci-fi movie (“Aliens” in 1986). More than that, the flinty and always believable Ripley became an icon in genre films and routinely tops the list when fans discuss the top female characters in science fiction. Still, Weaver came out of the first “Alien” film with a focus on finding varied roles and unexpected projects.

She said actors who revisit the same ground too often quickly undermine their ability to surprise audiences and themselves. “I certainly didn’t want to play Ripley for the rest of my life,” said Weaver, who stands at a willowy 5-foot-11. “I always wanted to jump around a lot. I wanted to boomerang as far as possible and as much as possible from one genre to another. But I love being in science fiction because anything is possible, especially I think for women.” In “Avatar,” one of the things that possible was for Weaver to inhabit the body of a giant blue biological entity that was created from the mix of human DNA and the genetic material of the Na’vi, the indigenous tribe of Pandora that is the target of human aggression. The film as a whole is being framed as a “game-changer” in Hollywood history because of its innovations in 3-D technology, motion-capture technique and real-time imaging on the set; it also happens to be the most expensive film ever made, with a budget that will end up somewhere north of $300 million.

While Weaver said the thrill of the new may bring audiences to see the film, their lasting memory of it is likely to be the very traditional use of archetype and romance that give the sweeping alien epic its very human heart. “I think it’s an astonishing movie to look at, but what I love about it is the fact that it is a great, old-fashioned story,” Weaver said. “It has the amazing, seamless technology that takes you to another world but the story is told in a classic way. I hope people are prepared. This is the movie that Jim [Cameron] said he wanted to see when he was 14 and, really, I think there’s enough 14 in all of us to make this movie something special. That’s a shared feeling.” The actress said her character is “exasperated and impatient, sort of fed-up with a wry view,” but finds a sense of abandon while running through the otherworldly wilderness of Pandora. Weaver said she was impressed with costar Worthington, whose career may take off with this film. “He has such a good sense of the arc of his character and he’s really there as an actor, he’s very present,” Weaver said.

Most of all, though, she said it was Cameron’s mastery of storytelling that keeps “Avatar” grounded even as it flies off to other worlds. It would be very easy to lose sight of the soul of the movie with all the massive moving parts, but Weaver said Cameron was all the more intense on his cast and script because of the special effects. “He was so aware of that,” Weaver said. “He was so passionately committed to that fact and I think that’s one reason this cast is pretty small, just so he could make sure that each character is followed and developed. He is so good, too, at giving us wonderful women characters. There are more than one of those great woman characters in this movie, too.” Weaver won’t name names, but she said she realized how bad most sci-fi and action movies are these days when she watched one of the top movies in recent seasons and found it be an unpleasant alien experience. “It was a very popular and recently distributed science-fiction movie and I had to turn it off,” Weaver said. “It was so lacking in story and lacking in charm and lacking in humanity. And it happened that ‘Aliens’ came on and I hadn’t seen it in years. I watched just the beginning.

Every single little scene was a kernel of wonderful humor and each character was so winning in their own way. There was a perspective, too, to what it would be like to be a human in space. Jim writes in these archetypes but they really hold up in the big picture. He has such a good sense of character and story and, again, the female characters.” Weaver is well aware of the harsh realities that face an actress of a certain age in Hollywood, but she approaches them with a certain carefree attitude and also a sense of longtime familiarity – even when she was in her 30s her height and patrician features made it a challenge to get roles, so she became accustomed to shrugging off the industry setbacks that were beyond her control. Weaver accomplished her goal of a far-reaching filmography with work in films such as “Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey,” “Working Girl,” “The Year of Living Dangerously,” “Dave,” “The Ice Storm,” “Baby Mama” and “The Village.” It’s those roles in the “Alien” films and “Ghostbusters,” though, that people mention when they ask for her autograph.

Dan Aykroyd, one of the stars of “Ghostbusters” and the co-creator of the paranormal comedy characters with writing partner Harold Ramis, has been pushing to revive that franchise. He told the Hero Complex earlier this year that all the original cast members would be back with a “new generation” of spook-chasers. The interest in the third film appears to be ramping up, but Weaver said that after talking to Ivan Reitman, director of the previous “Ghostbusters” films in 1984 and 1989, she says she doesn’t expect to be part of the franchise’s new afterlife. “As far as I know, I think Bill [Murray] is actually the only one in it,” Weaver said. “That may be wrong — the last time I talked to Ivan was a couple of months ago. It’s not meant at this point to be a reunion of our particular group of ‘Ghostbusters’ at this point, it’s a younger group.

My only wish is that Oscar, my [on-screen] baby in ‘Ghostbusters II,’ has grown up to be a Ghostbuster, too.” Her next film, “Crazy on the Outside,” hits theaters next month with Tim Allen, J.K. Simmons, Kelsey Grammer and Ray Liotta. Allen (who is also making his feature-film directorial debut) portrays the fresh-from-prison brother who comes to live with his loving sister, played by Weaver (which reunites the “Galaxy Quest” costars). In the meantime, Weaver has been living in the future by promoting “Avatar” and getting ready to revisit her past – she will be sitting down in the weeks to come to watch all of “Alien” films as part of the process of recording commentary for the upcoming Blu-ray release of the four-film franchise. “I’ve never done that, watched all of them in a row,” Weaver said. “I just recently made my [19-year-old] daughter watch them. She had never seen them before, believe it or not.

I think she just prefers to think of me as good ol’ mom, you know, not some person running around a spaceship with a flamethrower.” — Geoff Boucher Sigourney Weaver Movies | Movies.com Sigourney Weaver Movies Died: Jan 1, 0001 Birth Name: Susan Alexandre Weaver Biography: Though she is a classically trained dramatic actress and has played a variety of roles, Sigourney Weaver is still best known for her portrayal of the steel-jawed, alien-butt-kicking space crusader Ellen Ripley from the four... Continued Sigourney Weaver - Biography - IMDb Sigourney Weaver Biography Showing all 84 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (42) | Personal Quotes (24) | Salary (7) Overview (4) 5' 11" (1.8 m) Mini Bio (1) Sigourney Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver in Leroy Hospital in Manhattan, New York City. Her father, TV producer Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.

, originally wanted to name her Flavia, because of his passion for Roman history (he had already named her elder brother Trajan). Her mother, Elizabeth Inglis (née Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins), was an English actress who had sacrificed her career for a family. Sigourney grew up in a virtual bubble of guiltless bliss, being taken care of by nannies and maids. By 1959, the Weavers had resided in 30 different households. In 1961, Sigourney began attending the Brearley Girls Academy, but her mother moved her to another New York private school, Chapin. Sigourney was quite a bit taller than most of her other classmates (at the age of 13, she was already 5' 10"), resulting in her constantly being laughed at and picked on; in order to gain their acceptance, she took on the role of class clown. In 1962, her family moved to San Francisco briefly, an unpleasant experience for her. Later, they moved back east to Connecticut, where she became a student at the Ethel Walker School, facing the same problems as before.

In 1963, she changed her name to "Sigourney", after the character "Sigourney Howard" in F. Scott Fitzgerald 's "The Great Gatsby" (her own birth name, Susan, was in honor of her mother's best friend, explorer Susan Pretzlik). Sigourney had already starred in a school drama production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and, in 1965, she worked during the summer with a stock troupe, performing in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "You Can't Take It With You" (she didn't star in the latter because she was taller than the lead actor!). After graduating from school in 1967, she spent some months in a kibbutz in Israel. At that time, she became engaged to reporter Aaron Latham , but they soon broke up. In 1969, Sigourney enrolled in Stanford University, majoring in English Literature. She also participated in school plays, especially Japanese Noh plays. By that time she was living in a tree house, alongside a male friend, dressed in elf-like clothes!

After completing her studies in 1971, she applied for the Yale School of Drama in New Haven. Despite appearing at the audition reading a Bertolt Brecht speech and wearing a rope-like belt, she was accepted by the school but her professors rejected her, because of her height, and kept typecasting her as prostitutes and old women (whereas classmate Meryl Streep was treated almost reverently). However, in 1973, while making her theatrical debut with "Watergate Classics", she met up with a team of playwrights and actors and began hanging around with them, resulting in long-term friendships with Christopher Durang , Kate McGregor-Stewart and Albert Innaurato . In 1974, she starred in such plays as Aristophanes ' "Frogs" and Durang's "The Nature and Purpose of the Universe" and "Daryl and Carol and Kenny and Jenny", as "Jenny". After finishing her studies that year, she began seriously pursuing a stage career, but her height kept being a hindrance.

However, she continued working on stage with Durang (in "Titanic" [1975]) and Innaurato (in "Gemini" [1976]). Other 1970s stage works included "Marco Polo Sing a Song", "The Animal Kingdom", "A Flea in Her Ear", "The Constant Husband", "Conjuring an Event" and others. However, the one that really got her noticed was "Das Lusitania Songspiel", a play she co-wrote with Durang and in which she starred for two seasons, from 1979 to 1981. She was also up for a Drama Desk Award for it. During the mid-70s, she appeared in several TV spots and even starred as "Avis Ryan" in the soap opera Somerset (1970). In 1977, she was cast in the role Shelley Duvall finally played in Annie Hall (1977), after rejecting the part due to prior stage commitments. In the end, however, Woody Allen offered her a part in the film that, while short (she was on-screen for six seconds), made many people sit up and take notice.

She later appeared in Madman (1978) and, of course, Alien (1979). The role of the tough, uncompromising "Ripley" made Sigourney an "overnight" star and brought her a British Award Nomination. She next appeared in Eyewitness (1981) and The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), the latter being a great success in Australia that won an Oscar and brought Sigourney and co-star Mel Gibson to Cannes in 1983. The same year she delivered an honorary Emmy award to her father, a few months before her uncle, actor Doodles Weaver , committed suicide. That year also brought her a romance with Jim Simpson , her first since having broken up two years previously with James M. McClure . She and Simpson were married on 1 October 1984. Sigourney had, meanwhile, played in the poorly received Deal of the Century (1983) and the mega-hit Ghostbusters (1984). She was also nominated for a Tony Award for her tour-de-force performance in the play "Hurly Burly".

Then followed One Woman or Two (1985), Half Moon Street (1986) and Aliens (1986). The latter was a huge success, and Sigourney was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Oscar. She then entered her most productive career period and snatched Academy Award nominations, in both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories, for her intense portrayal of Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist (1988) and her delicious performance as a double-crossing, power-hungry corporate executive in Working Girl (1988). She ended up losing in both, but made up for it to a degree by winning both Golden Globes. After appearing in a documentary about fashion photographer Helmut Newton , Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge (1989), and reprising her role in the sequel Ghostbusters II (1989), she discovered she was pregnant and retired from public life for a while.

She gave birth to her daughter, Charlotte Simpson , on 13 April 1990, and returned to the movies as a (now skinhead) Ripley in Alien 3 (1992) and a gorgeous "Queen Isabella of Spain" in 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), her second film with director Ridley Scott . She starred in the political comedy Dave (1993) alongside Kevin Kline , and then a Roman Polanski thriller, Death and the Maiden (1994). In 1995, she was seen in Jeffrey (1995) and Copycat (1995). The next year, she "trod the boards" in "Sex and Longing", yet another Durang play. She hadn't performed in the theater in many years before that play, her last stage performances occurring in the 1980s in "As You Like It" (1981), "Beyond Therapy" (1981), "The Marriage of 'Bette and Boo'" (1985) and "The Merchant of Venice" (1986).

In 1997, she was the protagonist in Grimm's Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997), The Ice Storm (1997) and Alien: Resurrection (1997). Her performance in The Ice Storm (1997) got her a BAFTA prize and another Golden Globe nod. She also gave excellent performances in A Map of the World (1999) and the sci-fi spoof Galaxy Quest (1999). Her next comedy, Company Man (2000), wasn't quite so warmly welcomed critically and financially, however. She next played a sexy con artist in Heartbreakers (2001) and had a voice role in Big Bad Love (2001). Her father died at the age of 93. Sigourney herself has recently starred in Tadpole (2000) and is planning a cinematic version of The Guys (2002), the enthralling September 11th one-act drama she played on stage on late 2001. At age 60, she played a crucial role in Avatar (2009), which became the top box-office hit of all time.

The film reunited her with her Aliens (1986) director James Cameron . Her beauty, talent, and hard-work keeps the ageless actress going, and she has continued to win respect from her fans and directors. - IMDb Mini Biography By: morphtzikas@netscape.net Spouse (1) ( 1 October 1984 - present) (1 child) Trade Mark (5) Often plays women of enormous strength and stature Often plays fiercely independent, driven characters Deep husky yet smooth voice Delicate high cheekbones Statuesque, model-like figure Trivia (42) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#81) (1995). Attended the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Conneticut. Her father Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. ("Pat" Weaver), NBC-TV president (1953-55), pioneered the desk-and-couch talk show format that still survives on two programs he created - NBC's shows Today (1952) and Tonight! (1953) (aka "The Tonight Show").

Ranked #71 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Changed her name after reading "The Great Gatsby". Made her debut in Woody Allen 's Annie Hall (1977), duration: 6 seconds. Family: Daughter of NBC-TV executive Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. ("Pat" Weaver) and actress Elizabeth Inglis , older brother, Trajan Weaver. Uncle, actor Doodles Weaver . Afraid to travel in elevators. Ranked #13 of Sci-Fi's Sexy 50, by Femme Fatales magazine (1997). Speaks French and German fluently. Received her Bachelor's degree in English from Stanford University (1972). Received her Master's degree in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama (1974). Gave birth to her only child at age 40, a daughter Charlotte Simpson on April 13, 1990. Child's father is her husband Jim Simpson .

Along with Fay Bainter , Teresa Wright , Barry Fitzgerald , Jessica Lange , Al Pacino , Holly Hunter , Emma Thompson , Julianne Moore , Jamie Foxx and Cate Blanchett , she is one of only eleven actors to receive Academy Award nominations in two acting categories in the same year. She was nominated for Best Actress for Gorillas in the Mist (1988) and Best Supporting Actress for Working Girl (1988) at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989. Her salary for Alien: Resurrection (1997) was more than the entire cost of Alien (1979). Suffered nightmares for two weeks after reading the script for The Village (2004). Was nominated for Broadway's 1985 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for David Rabe 's "Hurlyburly", but lost to a co-star, Judith Ivey . Before working together on You Again (2010) she has co-starred with nine actors who have also co-starred with Jamie Lee Curtis : Ray Liotta , Dan Aykroyd , Kevin Kline , Tim Allen , J.E.

Freeman , Mel Gibson , Elijah Wood , Philip Bosco and Bill Paxton . Both have co-starred with Michelle Williams . They have also both worked with composer John Ottman and director James Cameron . In many of her roles, her character has had to deal with artificially intelligent spaceships. In the "Alien" movies, she battles them. In Galaxy Quest (1999), much to her character's chagrin, she repeated whatever the spaceship said. In addition, on an episode of Futurama (1999), and in the film WALL·E (2008), she had the chance to voice a spaceship. Was a member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998. Received her Master's degree in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama in 1974. Remains in contact with her former Aliens (1986) co-star Carrie Henn . In Alien: Resurrection (1997), Sigourney actually managed to sink the basketball into the hoop backwards on the first take, even though she was not supposed to or intended to. The shot was almost ruined because Ron Perlman broke character because he was so amazed.

Her performance as Ellen Ripley in Aliens (1986) is ranked #58 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006). Her performance as Ellen Ripley in the "Alien" quadrilogy is ranked #8 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. Injured her knee during the shooting of Snow Cake (2006) and has been forced to stop exercising for a year. Friends with Selina Cadell . Ranked #20 on E4's 100 Greatest Movie Stars. She was the second highest female on the list behind #13 Audrey Hepburn . Along with Sissy Spacek , Piper Laurie , Janet Leigh , Jodie Foster , Glenn Close , Kathy Bates , Eileen Heckart , Ruth Gordon , Patty McCormack , Nancy Kelly , Toni Collette , Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair , she is one of the few actresses to have been nominated for an Oscar for a performance in a horror movie. Singer/songwriter Mike Garrigan wrote a song entitled "Sigourney Weaver" that pays tribute to the actress.

Dana Barrett, her character in the Ghostbusters films, is the only character among the leads who did not appear in the animated adaptation, The Real Ghostbusters (1986). Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#74) (2007). Studied acting with Michael Howard in New York City. Resides in New York City and Santa Barbara, California. Her character, Ellen Ripley, from the Alien series inspired the "Metroid" video game heroine, Samus Aran. Although she never worked with Alfred Hitchcock , she has worked with many other actresses who, like her, have family members who did. Her mother, Elizabeth Inglis appeared in The 39 Steps (1935), and her uncle, Doodles Weaver , appeared in The Birds (1963). Also appearing in that film were Veronica Cartwright , with whom Sigourney would later appear in Alien (1979), and Tippi Hedren , whose daughter Melanie Griffith appeared in Working Girl (1988). In You Again (2010), she appears with Jamie Lee Curtis , whose mother Janet Leigh appeared in Psycho (1960).

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 16, 1999. Her first job was as understudy in Sir John Gielgud 's production of "The Constant Wife" starring Ingrid Bergman . Her American father had English, as well as Dutch and Scottish, ancestry. Her mother was English. As of 2014, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Annie Hall (1977), Working Girl (1988) and Avatar (2009). Annie Hall (1977) won in the category. As of the 6th edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (edited by Steven Jay Schneider), Sigourney Weaver appears in seven films, Annie Hall (1977), Alien (1979), Ghostbusters (1984), Aliens (1986), The Ice Storm (1997), Avatar (2009) and The Cabin in the Woods (2012).

Personal Quotes (24) I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about. Well, I've always admired Margaret Rutherford . Like her, I'd like to play Miss Marple when I'm eighty. I'm having a wonderful time producing. There are good producers and bad producers. I've learned the hard way what not to do. The ultimate aim is to produce things I'm not actually in. I'm not looking for vehicles for myself. It's not a vanity company. Some of the most intense affairs are between actors and characters. There's a fire in the human heart and we jump into it with the same obsession as we have with our lovers. I'd rather work with a first-time director who's passionate about the material. I've done enough movies with old and jaded people who are just like "Let's get this over with.". I've always regretted having such a serious career because I'm really more of an idiot. In Hollywood, if you are a man and speak your mind openly, you're considered a man in full. But, if you are a woman and do the same, you're nothing but an annoying bitch.

Usually, all Hollywood wants you to do is what you just did. After The Ice Storm (1997), I was offered a thousand "Ice Storms" and so on. You always get offered the same thing again and again, if you're not very careful. It's up to you to swing back and forth. I think I get sent the roles Meryl's [ Meryl Streep ] not doing. These deep sea trawlers are operating beyond the reach of the law. It's up to all of us to change that. Most people think somebody, somewhere is looking out for the deep oceans, but they aren't. I've lost a lot of roles because of my height. I'm 6 feet 3 inches in heels. Producers are short and I was never their sexual fantasy. As for actors, if I enter a room and an actor stands up then immediately gets self-conscious and sits back down, I hear myself saying, "This job isn't for me." I once offered to paint my shoes on my bare feet to get one part because it made me appear shorter. I don't have ambitions, I believe in taking what comes. I have that philosophy about life in general.

I go in and try to transform it into the best it can be. It took me a while to let my hair down in the business because I was kind of a shy person. I was from New York and never really felt at ease in Hollywood. I don't really now either but I don't care, it's not important that I do. Filmmakers find me or I find them. [1992: on the possibility of performing in a fourth Alien movie] I am sure there will eventually be an Alien 4, it just won't have me in it. [1992: working on Alien 3 (1992)] Okay, the crew have not enjoyed being here until ten o'clock at night, but, you know, that's the way it is. [1992: on Alien 3 (1992)] Fincher is very dry. He is the only director I can think of who can come up with so many jokes, considering the pressure he has been under. [on hoping to do another Alien movie] I could definitely kick that alien's ass again.

And while I can't speak for them, I think Fox, once you're 60, you're not going to be starring in an action movie. I think it's too bad that that's the case. I would have liked to do one last story where we go back to the planet, where Ripley's history is resolved. But I do feel like her story is unfinished. [on The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)] It was a happy experience. Mel Gibson was quite happy for me to wear four-inch heels if I wanted and Peter Weir gave me a sense of film I hadn't had before. [on her role as a student activist] Napalm was invented at Stanford University, so one of the reasons we were protesting was to make sure that didn't continue. I think we stopped the university and we helped stop that war. [on her television series Political Animals (2012)] I was offered this show just as I was realizing that TV was a cool place to work. A series can really take the time to build and layer and tell a different kind of story. It's delicious. It's like a stew instead of a little vegan meal.

[on Political Animals (2012)] When I finally got to this material, to my great surprise, I felt I had been eating salad for a number of years and was finally offered a big, juicy hamburger. Because it's so different from what's going on in movies, which are dominated by effects and action and comic-book characters. To sink my teeth into these relationships has been just fantastic. I changed my name when I was twelve because I didn't like being called Sue or Susie. I felt I needed a longer name because I was so tall. So what happened? Now everyone calls me Sig or Siggy. I had such great teachers in high school who made me feel like I could do anything. Then to go to Yale, where these drama teachers made me feel like shit--if I had any advice for young people, it would be "Don't listen to teachers who say, 'You're really not good enough'." Just teach me. Don't tell me if you think I'm good enough or not. I didn't ask you. Teachers who do that should be fired.

Salary (7) Sigourney Weaver on Alien, Ghostbusters and Avatar sequels - YouTube Sigourney Weaver on Alien, Ghostbusters and Avatar sequels Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 4, 2015 The actress talks to Digital Spy about being a sci-fi icon and the movies that established her as one. Follow Digital Spy on Twitter at Like Digital Spy on Facebook at Category Sigourney Weaver back from the dead in all three Avatar sequels | Film | The Guardian Avatar Sigourney Weaver back from the dead in all three Avatar sequels Despite the death of her character in the biggest box-office hit ever, actor will return in new role, says director James Cameron Reunited … Sigourney Weaver and James Cameron.

Photograph: Nelson Almeida/ AFP/Getty Images Close This article is 2 years old James Cameron has confirmed that Sigourney Weaver will return for all three Avatar sequels , despite having been killed off in the 2009 box-office behemoth. However, Cameron said in a statement that Weaver would portray a new character in the trio of follow-up films, which are expected to begin production later this year. "Sigourney and I have a long creative history, dating back to 1985 when we made Aliens," said the Canadian film-maker. "We're good friends who've always worked well together, so it just feels right that she's coming back for the Avatar sequels. "Her character of Grace Augustine, as fans know, died in the first movie, so she's playing a different and in many ways more challenging character in the upcoming films. We're both looking forward to this new creative challenge, the latest chapter in our long and continuing collaboration." Weaver hinted in September 2012 that chain-smoking exobiologist Augustine might be returning for future films. "Jim says no one ever dies in science fiction," she told ComingSoon.net.

"He's told me the stories for the next two movies, and I have to say that they're absolutely wonderful and there's a real treat in store. Now we just have to make them." It won't be the first time Weaver has risen from the dead on film. She returned as an alien-human clone of her character Ellen Ripley in 1997's Alien: Resurrection, and said earlier this month that she would consider further films in the long-running sci-fi/horror saga . The US actor is also expected to reprise her role as musician Dana Barrett in a forthcoming third Ghostbusters movie in which her on-screen son will battle the series' trademark spooky miscreants. Weaver won't be alone in returning to Avatar despite her character's apparent demise. Stephen Lang is also expected to be back as musclebound villain Colonel Quaritch in all three sequels, despite having ended the first movie with two Na'avi arrows through the chest. Avatar 2, 3 and 4 will also feature returning stars Sam Worthington, as disabled soldier turned swashbuckling Na'avi rebel Jake Sully, and Zoe Saldana as his alien paramour Neytiri.

Released in 2009, Avatar has made $2.7bn (£1.6bn) worldwide and is the highest-grossing film of all time. A newly discovered varient of the pterosaur has been named Ikrandraco avatar after the flying dinosaurs from the James Cameron blockbuster Published: 16 Sep 2014 The fourth Ghostbuster on why his part might have been marginalised, how he explained it to his sons – and why he still remembers filming the comedy with fondness Published: 16 Oct 2014 The actor has hinted at the possibility of a final outing as Ellen Ripley after reiterating her view that the Alien story is unresolved Published: 25 Jul 2014 Director James Cameron says the movies will be shot together and released between 2016 and 2018 Published: 15 Dec 2013 "I don't feel like a sci-fi icon" Sigourney Weaver on Alien, Ghostbusters, Avatar "I don't feel like a sci-fi icon" Sigourney Weaver on Alien, Ghostbusters, Avatar Chappie star discusses Alien, Ghostbusters and Avatar.

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Weaver's CV is also full of many more great sci-fi roles, including the villain in Paul, cult comedy Galaxy Quest and this week's robocomedy Chappie. Digital Spy sat down with Weaver to talk through how she feels about being seen as a sci-fi icon, the marathon shoot for Avatar 2, 3 and 4, and the offer she made to Paul Feig to appear in Ghostbusters 3. Chappie opens in cinemas on March 6. Watch Weaver and director Neill Blomkamp discuss their new Alien film below: 1000+ images about Sigourney weaver on Pinterest | Ghostbusters, Aliens and Galaxies Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas Sigourney weaver

Question: Who starred in Alien, Ghostbusters and Avatar?
Answer: Sigourney Weaver