Sigourney Weaver

Known for ActingBorn 1949-10-08 (age 76)Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Disney 100: Remember That

Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver

Sundance 20

The Sorrows of Gin

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

Aliens Expanded

Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry

O Youth and Beauty!

50 Films to See Before You Die

Futurama

Doc Martin

The Beast Within: Making Alien

WALL·E

Prayers for Bobby

Tipping Point: The End of Oil

Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone

Secrets of the Whales

Alien

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

The Gorge

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

Call My Agent!

Aliens

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Madman

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

The Newsreader

Avatar

SpongeBob SquarePants

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

Inside the Actors Studio

My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Annie Hall

A Monster Calls

The Movies That Made Us

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

Ghostbusters

The Graham Norton Show

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

Fateful Planet

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Marvel's The Defenders