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Sigourney Weaver
4 FOLLOWERS • 69 CREDITS • OCT 8, 1949 • 74
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 in a 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).
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Known For
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Saturday Night Live
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The Oscars
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The Daily Show
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Late Late Show with James Corden
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Honest Trailers
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Finding Your Roots
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Jay Leno Show
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The Movies That Made Us
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The Early Show
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
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Futurama
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James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
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Mark Twain Prize
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Finding Dory
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Ghostbusters
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The Meyerowitz Stories
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Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
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Marvel's The Defenders
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Paul
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Be Kind Rewind
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
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The Cabin in the Woods
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Happily N'Ever After
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
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Somerset
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
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WALL·E
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Chappie
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The Tale of Despereaux
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The Village
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Call My Agent!
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Abduction
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Avatar 4
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Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
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Company Man
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Working Girl
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Avatar 5
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Avatar: The Way of Water
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Ghostbusters II
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You Again
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Ghostbusters
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Avatar
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Holes
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
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1492: Conquest of Paradise
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Alien
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The Mandalorian & Grogu
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My Salinger Year
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One Woman or Two
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Planet Earth
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Dave
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Call Jane
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Heartbreakers
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Secrets of the Whales
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The Good House
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Aliens
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A Map of the World
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The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
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Alien³
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The Girl in the Park
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Alien Resurrection
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