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Sigourney Weaver
Highest Rated: 98% Aliens (1986)
Lowest Rated: 4% The Cold Light of Day (2012)
Birthday: Oct 8, 1949
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Oscar-nominated screen actress, Sigourney Weaver became best known for her roles in "Alien" (1979), "Ghostbusters" (1984), "Gorillas in the Mist" (1988), "Avatar" (2009), and many others. Born and raised in Manhattan, New York City, Weaver was exposed to the entertainment industry at a very young age. Her father was a pioneering TV producer, while her uncle, Doodles Weaver, was a popular comedian and actor in the 50s and 60s. As a young girl, Weaver was drawn to the stage. She appeared in numerous plays throughout high school, and dreamed of becoming a professional actress. After receiving her BA from Stanford University, Weaver attended theYale School of Drama where one of her classmates was Meryl Streep. After graduating from Yale in 1974 Weaver intended on becoming a screen actress. She nabbed a non-speaking role in Woody Allen's 1977 comedy "Annie Hall," and followed that up with a role in the 1978 drama "Madman." Weaver's breakout role, however, came in 1979 when she played the lead character of Ripley in director Ridley Scott's classic science fiction horror film "Alien." The huge success of "Alien" spawned numerous sequels, including "Aliens" (1986), "Alien 3" (1992), and "Alien: Resurrection" (1997), all of three which Weaver reprized her role as Ripley. In addition to her starring role in the "Alien" franchise, in the 1980s Weaver found success in films "Ghostbusters," "Working Girl" (1988), and "Gorillas in the Mist," the latter two of which would earn her Oscar appointments. Weaver continued working steadily throughout the 90s and 2000s, with notable roles in "Dave" (1993), "The Ice Storm" (1997), and director James Cameron's Oscar-winning sci-fi epic "Avatar." By the 2010s Weaver began appearing on television. She appeared in two mini-series "Political Animals" (USA, 2012) and "The Defenders" (Netflix, 2017). While heading into her sixth decade as a professional actress, Weaver showed no signs of slowing down. She reprized her role as Dr. Grace Augustine in the "Avatar" franchise. "Avatar 2" was released in 2020, the first of four sequels in the franchise.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Avatar 3 | Kiri (Character) | - | 2025 |
| 71% | 55% | Master Gardener | Norma Haverhill (Character) | $666.8K | 2022 |
| 76% | 92% | Avatar: The Way of Water | Kiri (Character) | $684.1M | 2022 |
| 82% | 87% | Call Jane | Virginia (Character) | $512.8K | 2022 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonnie | Self | - | 2022 |
| 71% | 76% | The Good House | Hildy Good (Character) | $2.2M | 2021 |
| 64% | 94% | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Dana Barrett (Character) | $128.8M | 2021 |
| 72% | 62% | My Salinger Year | Margaret (Character) | $54.0K | 2020 |
| 33% | 21% | The Assignment | Dr. Rachel Kay (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 86% | 81% | A Monster Calls | Grandma (Character) | $2.2M | 2016 |
| 96% | 89% | The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years | Self | $2.9M | 2016 |
| 74% | 49% | Ghostbusters | Rebecca Gorin (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 94% | 84% | Finding Dory | Herself (Voice) | $486.2M | 2016 |
| 98% | 67% | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Self | $137.9K | 2015 |
| 32% | 56% | Chappie | Michelle Bradley (Character) | $31.6M | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | My Depression: The Up and Down and Up of It | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2014 |
| 31% | 35% | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Tuya (Character) | $65.0M | 2014 |
| 20% | 0% | All You Need Is Love | Narrator | - | 2014 |
| 58% | 34% | Vamps | Cisserus (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 4% | 29% | The Cold Light of Day | Carrack (Character) | $3.7M | 2012 |
| 31% | 36% | Red Lights | Margaret Matheson (Character) | $49.3K | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tipping Point: The End of Oil | Narrator | - | 2011 |
| 92% | 74% | The Cabin in the Woods | The Director (Character) | $42.0M | 2011 |
| 74% | 35% | Rampart | Joan Confrey (Character) | $969.2K | 2011 |
| 5% | 42% | Abduction | Dr. Bennett (Character) | $28.1M | 2011 |
| 70% | 62% | Paul | The Big Guy (Character) | $37.4M | 2011 |
| 86% | 59% | Cedar Rapids | Macy Vanderhei (Character) | $6.9M | 2011 |
| 19% | 43% | You Again | Ramona (Character) | $25.7M | 2010 |
| 8% | 29% | Crazy on the Outside | Viki (Character) | $64.4K | 2010 |
| 82% | 82% | Avatar | Grace Augustine (Character) | $23.5M | 2009 |
| 73% | 86% | Prayers for Bobby | Mary Griffith (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood | Narrator | - | 2009 |
| 56% | 44% | The Tale of Despereaux | Narrator | - | 2008 |
| 95% | 90% | WALL-E | Ship's Computer (Voice) | - | 2008 |
| 63% | 55% | Baby Mama | Chaffee Bicknell (Character) | $60.3M | 2008 |
| 34% | 57% | Vantage Point | Rex Brooks (Character) | $72.3M | 2008 |
| 65% | 56% | Be Kind Rewind | Ms. Lawson (Character) | $11.2M | 2008 |
| 71% | 40% | The Girl in the Park | Julia Sandburg (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 6% | 34% | Happily N'Ever After | Frieda (Voice) | - | 2007 |
| 65% | 86% | Snow Cake | Linda Freeman (Character) | $26.0K | 2006 |
| 64% | 58% | The TV Set | Lenny (Character) | $265.6K | 2006 |
| 74% | 69% | Infamous | Babe Paley (Character) | $1.2M | 2006 |
| 35% | 81% | Imaginary Heroes | Sandy Travis (Character) | $228.5K | 2004 |
| 44% | 57% | The Village | Alice Hunt (Character) | $114.2M | 2004 |
| 78% | 76% | Holes | The Warden (Character) | $67.3M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alien: The Director's Cut | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 94% | 95% | Alien: The Director's Cut | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 73% | 60% | The Guys | Joan (Character) | $16.1K | 2002 |
| 77% | 57% | Tadpole | Eve (Character) | $2.9M | 2002 |
| 54% | 51% | Heartbreakers |
Angela Nardino/ |
$40.3M | 2001 |
| 14% | 43% | Company Man | Daisy Quimp (Character) | $146.0K | 2000 |
| 67% | 55% | A Map of the World | Alice Goodwin (Character) | $593.6K | 1999 |
| 90% | 79% | Galaxy Quest |
Gwen DeMarco/ |
$71.4M | 1999 |
| 55% | 56% | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lady Claudia Hoffman (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 54% | 39% | Alien Resurrection |
Lt. Ellen Ripley (Character), Co-Producer |
$47.7M | 1997 |
| 86% | 82% | The Ice Storm | Janey Carver (Character) | $7.9M | 1997 |
| 70% | 67% | Jeffrey | Debra Moorhouse (Character) | $3.3M | 1995 |
| 76% | 64% | Copycat | Helen Hudson (Character) | $31.3M | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild Swans | Narrator | - | 1994 |
| 82% | 81% | Death and the Maiden | Paulina Escobar (Character) | $3.1M | 1994 |
| 95% | 72% | Dave | First Lady Ellen Mitchell (Character) | $61.0M | 1993 |
| 32% | 50% | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Queen Isabella I. (Character) | $6.5M | 1992 |
| 48% | 47% | Alien 3 |
Ellen Ripley (Character), Co-Producer |
$54.8M | 1992 |
| 55% | 61% | Ghostbusters II | Dana Barrett (Character) | $110.4M | 1989 |
| 84% | 75% | Gorillas in the Mist | Dian Fossey (Character) | $22.6M | 1988 |
| 83% | 67% | Working Girl | Katharine Parker (Character) | $62.2M | 1988 |
| 98% | 94% | Aliens | Lt. Ellen Ripley (Character) | $77.6M | 1986 |
| 50% | 32% | Half Moon Street | Lauren Slaughter (Character) | $1.1M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Woman or Two | Jessica Fitzgerald (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 95% | 88% | Ghostbusters |
Dana Barrett/ |
$298.5M | 1984 |
| 10% | 18% | Deal of the Century | Catherine DeVoto (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 88% | 77% | The Year of Living Dangerously | Jillian Edith 'Jill' Bryant (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 75% | 41% | Eyewitness | Tony Sokolow (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 93% | 94% | Alien | Warrant Officer Lt. Ellen L. Ripley (Character) | $81.1M | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Madman | Unknown (Character) | - | 1979 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82% | 91% | The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart | June Hart (Character) | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 10% | The View |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2022-2023 |
| No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Unknown (Character) | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2010 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 2022 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2016-2017 2022 |
| 92% | 88% | Secrets of the Whales | Narrator | 2021 |
| 97% | 98% | Call My Agent! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finding Your Roots | Guest | 2020 |
| 89% | 94% | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | The Myth-Speaker (Voice) | 2019 |
| 83% | 85% | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Guest | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2018 |
| 82% | 96% | Doc Martin | Beth Traywick (Guest Star) | 2015 2017 |
| 78% | 70% | Marvel's The Defenders | Alexandra (Character) | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vice Guide to Film | Unknown (Character) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Lady Starblaster (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2012 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Colbert Report | Guest | 2013 |
| 63% | 80% | Political Animals | Elaine Barrish (Character) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1986 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2010 |
| 31% | No Score Yet | The Jay Leno Show | Guest | 2009 |
| 60% | 100% | Eli Stone | Therapist (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Futurama | Planet Express Ship (Guest Voice) | 2002 |