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.
Movie | Avatar 5 | Kiri | 2031-12-18 |
Movie | Avatar 4 | Kiri | 2029-12-20 |
Series | The Best of Families | Laura Wheeler | 2025 |
Movie | Avatar 3 | Kiri | 2025-12-19 |
Movie | Master Gardener | Norma Haverhill | 2023-05-19 |
Movie | The Good House | Hildy Good | 2022-09-29 |
Movie | Winona Ryder: The Ghosts She Called | Herself (archive footage) | 2022-04-09 |
Movie | Bonnie | Self | 2022-11-12 |
Movie | Avatar: The Way of Water | Kiri | 2022-12-14 |
Movie | Call Jane | Virginia | 2022-10-27 |
Movie | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Dana Barrett | 2021-11-11 |
Movie | Oats Studios: Volume 1 | Jasper | 2021-10-30 |
Movie | My Salinger Year | Margaret | 2020-02-20 |
Movie | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self | 2020-01-07 |
Movie | Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary | Self | 2019-11-26 |
Movie | Rakka | Jasper | 2017-06-14 |
Movie | John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs | Self (archive footage) | 2017-08-01 |
Movie | Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies | Self | 2017-11-12 |
Series | Marvel's The Defenders | Alexandra Reid | 2017-08-18 |
Series | Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist | Dian Fossey (voice) | 2017-12-06 |
Movie | The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) | Sigourney Weaver | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | The Assignment | Dr. Rachel Kay | 2016-06-08 |
Movie | Ghostheads | Self | 2016-04-23 |
Movie | Finding Dory | Sigourney Weaver (voice) | 2016-06-16 |
Movie | Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize | Self | 2016-10-28 |
Movie | Ghostbusters | Rebecca Gorin | 2016-07-14 |
Movie | A Monster Calls | Grandma | 2016-10-07 |
Movie | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years | Self | 2016-09-15 |
Movie | Chappie | Michelle Bradley | 2015-03-04 |
Movie | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Self | 2015-08-27 |
Movie | Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' | Self | 2015-03-17 |
Movie | My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) | Elizabeth Swados (voice) | 2014-04-17 |
Movie | All You Need Is Love | Narrator | 2014-10-31 |
Movie | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Tuja | 2014-12-03 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Vamps | Cisserus | 2012-08-25 |
Movie | Red Lights | Margaret Matheson | 2012-03-02 |
Movie | The Cold Light of Day | Jean Carrack | 2012-04-04 |
Series | Political Animals | Elaine Barrish | 2012-07-15 |
Movie | The Cabin in the Woods | The Director | 2012-04-12 |
Movie | Cedar Rapids | Macy Vanderhei | 2011-02-11 |
Movie | Abduction | Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett | 2011-09-22 |
Movie | Paul | The Big Guy | 2011-02-14 |
Movie | Rampart | Joan Confrey | 2011-11-23 |
Movie | Crazy on the Outside | Viki | 2010-01-08 |
Movie | Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora | Self | 2010-02-07 |
Movie | You Again | Ramona | 2010-09-23 |
Movie | Capturing Avatar | Self | 2010-11-16 |
Movie | Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Avatar | Dr. Grace Augustine | 2009-12-15 |
Movie | Prayers for Bobby | Mary Griffith | 2009-01-24 |
Movie | Be Kind Rewind | Ms. Lawson | 2008-01-20 |
Movie | The Tale of Despereaux | The Narrator (voice) | 2008-12-18 |
Movie | Vantage Point | Rex Brooks | 2008-02-01 |
Movie | Baby Mama | Chaffee Bicknell | 2008-04-25 |
Movie | His Highness Hollywood | Self | 2008-09-20 |
Movie | WALL·E | Ship's Computer (voice) | 2008-06-22 |
Movie | Happily N'Ever After | Frieda (voice) | 2007-01-05 |
Movie | The Girl in the Park | Julia Sandburg | 2007-09-09 |
Movie | The TV Set | Lenny | 2007-04-06 |
Movie | Helmut by June | Self | 2007-04-30 |
Movie | 50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006-07-22 |
Series | Planet Earth | Self - Narrator (Discovery US Version) | 2006-03-05 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Snow Cake | Linda | 2006-09-08 |
Movie | Infamous | Babe Paley | 2006-10-13 |
Movie | Deconstructing 'The Village' | Self | 2005-01-11 |
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 | Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' | Self | 2003-12-02 |
Movie | Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' | Self | 2003-12-02 |
Movie | One Step Beyond: Making 'Alien: Resurrection' | Self | 2003-12-02 |
Movie | The Beast Within: Making Alien | Self | 2003-12-02 |
Movie | Tadpole | Eve Grubman | 2002-07-19 |
Movie | The Guys | Joan | 2002-09-11 |
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 | Self | 2001-10-12 |
Movie | Company Man | Daisy Quimp | 2000-03-09 |
Movie | Get Bruce! | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Series | Futurama | Unknown | 1999-03-28 |
Movie | A Map of the World | Alice Goodwin | 1999-09-13 |
Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | The Alien Legacy | Herself | 1999-06-01 |
Movie | Galaxy Quest | Gwen DeMarco | 1999-12-25 |
Movie | The Ice Storm | Janey Carver | 1997-02-05 |
Movie | Alien Resurrection | Ripley 8 | 1997-11-12 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lady Claudia Hoffman | 1997-07-18 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Copycat | Helen Hudson | 1995-10-27 |
Movie | Jeffrey | Debra Moorhouse | 1995-08-18 |
Movie | The Wild Swans | Narrator | 1994-01-01 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Death and the Maiden | Paulina Escobar | 1994-05-04 |
Movie | Dave | Ellen Mitchell | 1993-05-07 |
Movie | Rabbit Ears - Peachboy | Narrator | 1993-01-01 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Alien³ | Ripley | 1992-05-22 |
Movie | The Snow Queen | Narrator (voice) | 1992-11-20 |
Movie | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Queen Isabella | 1992-10-09 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge | Self | 1989-06-26 |
Movie | Ghostbusters II | Dana Barrett | 1989-06-16 |
Movie | Working Girl | Katharine Parker | 1988-12-20 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Gorillas in the Mist | Dian Fossey | 1988-09-23 |
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 |
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 | Ripley | 1979-05-25 |
Movie | O Youth and Beauty! | Marcia Lawton | 1979-10-31 |
Movie | The Sorrows of Gin | Marcia Lawton | 1979-10-24 |
Movie | Madman | Gale | 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 Oscars | Unknown | 1953-03-19 |