Sigourney Weaver
Gender: Female
Born: 8th October 1949 (currently 62 years old)
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Somerset, Eli Stone, "The Best of Families", Futurama
Movies: 1492 Conquest of Paradise, Alien, Alien: Resurrection, Alien³, Aliens, Copycat, Dave, Galaxy Quest, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, Heartbreakers, Holes, Imaginary Heroes, Jeffrey, The Year of Living Dangerously, Working Girl, The Ice Storm, Snow Cake, Vantage Point, Death and the Maiden, Be Kind Rewind, The TV Set, The Girl In The Park, Tadpole, Avatar, One Woman or Two, Snow White: A Tale Of Terror, Half Moon Street, Eyewitness, Happily N'Ever After, Deal of the Century, WALL-E, Baby Mama, Crazy on the Outside, Company Man, The Sorrows of Gin, Ghostbusters, Alien Quadrilogy, Night Train, Terror in the Aisles, Prayers for Bobby, You Again, Annie Hall, The Guys, The Village, Paul, Infamous, Cedar Rapids, The Tale of Despereaux, O Youth and Beauty!, The Snow Queen & The Wild Swans, Vamps, A Map of the World, Heartbreakers, Heartbreakers, Abduction, Rampart, The Cold Light of Day, Red Lights, Happy Holidays, Katherine Sloane, Spring/Fall, Ghostbusters III, Big Bad Love
Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver; October 8, 1949) is an American actress. She is known for her role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition.
Other notable roles include Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters and its sequel Ghostbusters II, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, Working Girl, Death and the Maiden, The Ice Storm, Galaxy Quest, Snow Cake, Prayers for Bobby and Grace Augustine in Avatar.
Weaver has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards (one win), two Emmy Awards, six Saturn Awards (two wins) and six Golden Globe Awards, winning two in 1988 for Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl, becoming the first person ever to have won two acting Golden Globe Awards in the same year. She was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award.
Her 1986 Academy Award nomination for Aliens is considered as a landmark in the recognition of science fiction, action, and horror genres, as well as a major step in challenging the gender role in cinema. Weaver progressively received notoriety for her numerous contributions to the science fiction film
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