Sigourney Weaver
Acting • Born 1949-10-08
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.
Filmography
189 credits
Snow Cake
Movie • 2006
Linda
Alien
Movie • 1979
Ripley
Galaxy Quest
Movie • 1999
Gwen DeMarco
Gorillas in the Mist
Movie • 1988
Dian Fossey
Ghostbusters
Movie • 1984
Dana Barrett
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Movie • 1992
Queen Isabella
Aliens
Movie • 1986
Ripley
Annie Hall
Movie • 1977
Alvy's Date Outside Theatre
The Tale of Despereaux
Movie • 2008
The Narrator (voice)
Death and the Maiden
Movie • 1994
Paulina Escobar
Copycat
Movie • 1995
Helen Hudson
Working Girl
Movie • 1988
Katharine Parker
Ghostbusters II
Movie • 1989
Dana Barrett
Heartbreakers
Movie • 2001
Max Conners
Happily N'Ever After
Movie • 2007
Frieda (voice)
Be Kind Rewind
Movie • 2008
Ms. Lawson
Deal of the Century
Movie • 1983
Mrs. DeVoto
Bonnie
Movie • 2022
Self
The Year of Living Dangerously
Movie • 1982
Jill Bryant
The Cabin in the Woods
Movie • 2012
The Director
Dave
Movie • 1993
Ellen Mitchell
Prayers for Bobby
Movie • 2009
Mary Griffith
Vantage Point
Movie • 2008
Rex Brooks
The Village
Movie • 2004
Alice Hunt
Alien³
Movie • 1992
Ripley
Alien Resurrection
Movie • 1997
Ripley
Eyewitness
Movie • 1981
Tony Sokolow
Holes
Movie • 2003
Louise Walker the Warden
Baby Mama
Movie • 2008
Chaffee Bicknell
Imaginary Heroes
Movie • 2004
Sandy Travis
The Gorge
Movie • 2025
Bartholomew
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Movie • 1997
Lady Claudia Hoffman
Infamous
Movie • 2006
Babe Paley
Crazy on the Outside
Movie • 2010
Viki
Half Moon Street
Movie • 1986
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
Inside Pandora's Box
Movie • 2023
Self
Company Man
Movie • 2000
Daisy Quimp
50 Films to See Before You Die
Movie • 2006
Self
The Girl in the Park
Movie • 2007
Julia Sandburg
You Again
Movie • 2010
Ramona
Paul
Movie • 2011
The Big Guy
Jeffrey
Movie • 1995
Debra Moorhouse
Tadpole
Movie • 2002
Eve Grubman
The Guys
Movie • 2002
Joan
The TV Set
Movie • 2007
Lenny
Get Bruce!
Movie • 1999
Self
The Ice Storm
Movie • 1997
Janey Carver
Avatar
Movie • 2009
Dr. Grace Augustine
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Movie • 2003
Self
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Movie • 2003
Self
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Movie • 2003
Self
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Movie • 2003
Self
Cedar Rapids
Movie • 2011
Macy Vanderhei
Vamps
Movie • 2012
Cisserus
A Map of the World
Movie • 1999
Alice Goodwin
Wilderness: A Country in the Mind
Movie • 1984
Rampart
Movie • 2011
Joan Confrey
Red Lights
Movie • 2012
Margaret Matheson
Avatar: The Way of Water
Movie • 2022
Kiri
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
The Snow Queen
Movie • 1992
Narrator (voice)
Dust Bunny
Movie • 2025
Laverne
Abduction
Movie • 2011
Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
The Cold Light of Day
Movie • 2012
Jean Carrack
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Movie • 2014
Tuja
The Wild Swans
Movie • 1994
Narrator
Madman
Movie • 1978
Gale
One Woman or Two
Movie • 1985
Jessica Fitzgerald
Capturing Avatar
Movie • 2010
Self
Alien Evolution
Movie • 2001
Self
Chappie
Movie • 2015
Michelle Bradley
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Movie • 2020
Self
Big Bad Love
Movie • 2001
Betti DeLoreo (voice)
Ghostbusters 1999
Movie • 1999
Self
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Movie • 2017
Self
A Monster Calls
Movie • 2016
Grandma
Rabbit Ears - Peachboy
Movie • 1993
Narrator (voice)
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Movie • 2015
Self
Through These Eyes
Movie • 2001
Narrator
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
Movie • 2014
Elizabeth Swados (voice)
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Movie • 2022
Self
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Movie • 2015
Self
His Highness Hollywood
Movie • 2008
Self
Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone
Movie • 2024
Self
Ghostheads
Movie • 2016
Self
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Movie • 2009
Narrator (voice)
The Assignment
Movie • 2016
Dr. Rachel Kay
Ghostbusters
Movie • 2016
Rebecca Gorin
Aliens Expanded
Movie • 2024
Self
Helmut by June
Movie • 2007
Self
The Sorrows of Gin
Movie • 1979
Marcia Lawton
O Youth and Beauty!
Movie • 1979
Marcia Lawton
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Movie • 2016
Self
The Alien Saga
Movie • 2002
Self
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Movie • 2025
Kiri
Avatar 4
Movie • 2029
Kiri
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
Movie • 2026
Colonel Ward
The Roman Empire in the First Century
Movie • 2001
Narrator
Avatar 5
Movie • 2031
Kiri
Rakka
Movie • 2017
Jasper
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Movie • 2017
Sigourney Weaver
WALL·E
Movie • 2008
Ship's Computer (voice)
Finding Dory
Movie • 2016
Sigourney Weaver (voice)
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
Movie • 1989
Self
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Movie • 2021
Jasper
Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movie • 2021
Dana Barrett
My Salinger Year
Movie • 2020
Margaret
The Good House
Movie • 2021
Hildy Good
Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii
Movie • 2018
Georgia O’Keeffe
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
Movie • 2019
Self
Tipping Point: The End of Oil
Movie • 2011
Narrator (voice)
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Movie • 2010
Self
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Movie • 2005
Self
National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry
Movie • 1999
Narrator
Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change
Movie • 2020
Narrator
Annul Victory
Movie • 2009
Self
All You Need Is Love
Movie • 2014
Narrator
Fragile Planet
Movie • 2008
Narrator
Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver
Movie • 2006
Self
Call Jane
Movie • 2022
Virginia
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Movie • 2012
Masha
Master Gardener
Movie • 2023
Norma Haverhill
DNA: Secret of Photo 51
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Useful Idiots
Movie
Sundance 20
Movie • 2002
Herself
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
Movie • 1984
Disney 100: Remember That
Movie • 2023
Self
Heart of the Festival
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
Movie • 2007
Self
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Movie • 2025
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Futurama
TV • 1999
Planet Express Ship (voice)
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self - Guest
Richard & Judy
TV • 2001
Self
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
TV • 2023
June Hart
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Political Animals
TV • 2012
Elaine Barrish
Mark Twain Prize
TV • 1999
Self
Nulle part ailleurs
TV • 1987
Self
NOVA
TV • 1974
Narrator
Doc Martin
TV • 2004
American Tourist
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV • 2014
Lady Starblaster (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Dream the Future
TV • 2016
Narrator
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
TV • 2017
Dian Fossey (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
TV • 2018
Self
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Dana Bennett (archive footage)
Eli Stone
TV • 2008
Therapist
Reunited Apart
TV • 2020
Self
Lo + plus
TV • 1995
Self - Guest
La semaine des 4 Julie
TV • 2020
Self
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
TV • 2016
Sigourney Weaver
Call My Agent!
TV • 2015
Self
Secrets of the Whales
TV • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Marvel's The Defenders
TV • 2017
Alexandra Reid
Mostra, Venise
TV • 2022
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Click
TV • 2000
Self
The Newsreader
TV • 2021
Sigourney Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)
OATS Studios
TV • 2021
贾斯珀
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TV • 2019
The Myth-Speaker (voice)
Doc Martin
TV • 2004
Beth Traywick
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
TV • 2025
Self - Actress
The Entertainment Biz
TV • 1998
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
TV • 2025
Self - "Kiri"
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
C à vous
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Tomb Raider
TV
Evelyn Wallis
Fateful Planet
TV • 2024
Self
Cérémonie des César
TV • 1976
Self - Presenter
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Presenter