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.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2022
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2022
The Daily Show
2009
Saturday Night Live
1986
The Graham Norton Show
2011
The View
2002
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2023
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2011
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1997
Futurama
2002

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
198
Producing
3
2031
Avatar 5
as Kiri · unreleased
2029
Avatar 4
as Kiri · unreleased
2026
The Mandalorian and Grogu
as Colonel Ward
2026
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
2025
The Gorge
as Bartholomew
2025
Dust Bunny
as Laverne
2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Kiri
2025
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
as Self / Ripley (archive footage)
2025
The Newsreader
as Sigourney Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Self - Actress
2025
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
as Self - "Kiri"
2025
C à vous
as Self - Guest
2025
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2024
Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone
as Self
2024
Aliens Expanded
as Self
2024
Mostra, Venise
as Self
2024
Fateful Planet
as Self
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
as Self
2023
Master Gardener
as Norma Haverhill
2023
Disney 100: Remember That
as Self
2023
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
as June Hart
2023
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2022
Bonnie
as Self
2022
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Kiri
2022
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
2022
Call Jane
as Virginia
2022
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2022
Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Passing the Proton Pack
as Self
2022
The View
as Self - Guest
2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2022
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2022
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2021
Oats Studios: Volume 1
as Jasper
2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Dana Barrett
2021
The Good House
as Hildy Good
2021
The Movies That Made Us
as Self
2021
Secrets of the Whales
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
OATS Studios
as 贾斯珀
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self
2020
My Salinger Year
as Margaret
2020
Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change
as Narrator
2020
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
La semaine des 4 Julie
as Self
2020
Call My Agent!
as Self
2020
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2019
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
as Self
2019
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
as Self
2019
The Movies That Made Us
as Dana Bennett (archive footage)
2019
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
as Sigourney Weaver
2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as The Myth-Speaker (voice)
2018
Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii
as Georgia O’Keeffe
2018
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self
2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
as Self
2017
Rakka
as Jasper
2017
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
as Sigourney Weaver
2017
Dream the Future
as Narrator
2017
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
as Dian Fossey (voice)
2017
Marvel's The Defenders
as Alexandra Reid
2017
Doc Martin
as Beth Traywick
2016
A Monster Calls
as Grandma
2016
Ghostheads
as Self
2016
The Assignment
as Dr. Rachel Kay
2016
Ghostbusters
as Rebecca Gorin
2016
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
as Self
2016
Finding Dory
as Sigourney Weaver (voice)
2016
Asteroid: Mission Extreme
as Narrator
2016
Mark Twain Prize
as Self
2015
Chappie
as Michelle Bradley
2015
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
as Self
2015
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
as Self
2015
Doc Martin
as American Tourist
2015
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Lady Starblaster (voice)
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Tuja
2014
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
as Elizabeth Swados (voice)
2014
All You Need Is Love
as Narrator
2014
Click
as Self
2013
Goldene Kamera
as Self
2012
The Cabin in the Woods
as The Director
2012
Vamps
as Cisserus
2012
Red Lights
as Margaret Matheson
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012
The Cold Light of Day
as Jean Carrack
2012
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
as Masha
2012
Political Animals
as Elaine Barrish
2011
Paul
as The Big Guy
2011
Cedar Rapids
as Macy Vanderhei
2011
Rampart
as Joan Confrey
2011
Abduction
as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
2011
Tipping Point: The End of Oil
as Narrator (voice)
2011
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2011
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2010
Crazy on the Outside
as Viki
2010
You Again
as Ramona
2010
Capturing Avatar
as Self
2010
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
as Self
2010
Cérémonie des César
as Self - Presenter
2009
Prayers for Bobby
as Mary Griffith
2009
Avatar
as Dr. Grace Augustine
2009
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
as Narrator (voice)
2009
Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
as Narrator
2009
Annul Victory
as Self
2009
The Daily Show
as Self
2009
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2008
The Tale of Despereaux
as The Narrator (voice)
2008
Be Kind Rewind
as Ms. Lawson
2008
Vantage Point
as Rex Brooks
2008
Baby Mama
as Chaffee Bicknell
2008
His Highness Hollywood
as Self
2008
WALL·E
as Ship's Computer (voice)
2008
Fragile Planet
as Narrator
2008
The Early Show
as Self
2008
Richard & Judy
as Self
2008
GMTV
as Self
2008
Eli Stone
as Therapist
2007
Happily N'Ever After
as Frieda (voice)
2007
The Girl in the Park
as Julia Sandburg
2007
The TV Set
as Lenny
2007
Helmut by June
as Self
2007
DNA: Secret of Photo 51
as Narrator
2007
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
as Self
2007
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2006
Snow Cake
as Linda
2006
Infamous
as Babe Paley
2006
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
2006
Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver
as Self
2005
Deconstructing 'The Village'
as Self
2004
The Village
as Alice Hunt
2004
Imaginary Heroes
as Sandy Travis
2003
Holes
as Louise Walker the Warden
2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
2003
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
as Self
2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
as Self
2003
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
as Self
2003
National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl
as Narrator
2003
NOVA
as Narrator
2002
Tadpole
as Eve Grubman
2002
The Guys
as Joan
2002
The Alien Saga
as Self
2002
Sundance 20
as Self
2002
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Lost Film of Dian Fossey
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Futurama
as Planet Express Ship (voice)
2002
The View
as Self
2001
Heartbreakers
as Max Conners
2001
Alien Evolution
as Self
2001
Big Bad Love
as Betti DeLoreo (voice)
2001
Through These Eyes
as Narrator
2001
The Roman Empire in the First Century
as Narrator
2000
Company Man
as Daisy Quimp
2000
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1999
Galaxy Quest
as Gwen DeMarco
1999
Get Bruce!
as Self
1999
A Map of the World
as Alice Goodwin
1999
Ghostbusters 1999
as Self
1999
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry
as Narrator
1998
The Entertainment Biz
as Self
1997
Alien Resurrection
as Ripley
1997
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
as Lady Claudia Hoffman
1997
The Ice Storm
as Janey Carver
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1996
Lo + plus
as Self - Guest
1995
Copycat
as Helen Hudson
1995
Jeffrey
as Debra Moorhouse
1995
The Oscars
as Self
1994
Death and the Maiden
as Paulina Escobar
1994
The Wild Swans
as Narrator
1993
Dave
as Ellen Mitchell
1992
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Queen Isabella
1992
Alien³
as Ripley
1992
The Snow Queen
as Narrator (voice)
1992
Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
1991
Peachboy
as Narrator (voice)
1989
Ghostbusters II
as Dana Barrett
1989
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
as Self
1989
Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
1988
Gorillas in the Mist
as Dian Fossey
1988
Working Girl
as Katharine Parker
1986
Aliens
as Ripley
1986
Half Moon Street
as Dr. Lauren Slaughter
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1985
One Woman or Two
as Jessica Fitzgerald
1984
Ghostbusters
as Dana Barrett
1984
Wilderness: A Country in the Mind
1984
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1983
Deal of the Century
as Mrs. DeVoto
1982
The Year of Living Dangerously
as Jill Bryant
1981
Eyewitness
as Tony Sokolow
1979
Alien
as Ripley
1979
The Sorrows of Gin
as Marcia Lawton
1979
O Youth and Beauty!
as Marcia Lawton
1979
Ciné regards
as Self
1978
Madman
as Gale
1977
Annie Hall
as Alvy's Date Outside Theatre
Useful Idiots
Tomb Raider
as Evelyn Wallis