Sigourney Weaver

ActorProducerProduction Oct 8 (age 76) Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA 1953–2031 (78 year career)

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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 w…

Known For

Film

WALL·E

Ship's Computer (voice)

Film

Alien

Ripley

Film

Avatar

Dr. Grace Augustine

Film

Aliens

Ripley

Film

Avatar: The Way of Water

Kiri

Film

Ghostbusters

Dana Barrett

Film

Finding Dory

Sigourney Weaver (voice)

Film

Annie Hall

Alvy's Date Outside Theatre

Filmography

Acting (184)

Movies (132)

Avatar 5

2031 Upcoming

as Kiri

Dec 17

Avatar 4

2029 Upcoming

as Kiri

Dec 19

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

2026 Upcoming

as Colonel Ward

May 20

Avatar: Fire and Ash

as Kiri

The Gorge

as Bartholomew

Dust Bunny

as Laverne

Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20

2025

as Self

Aliens Expanded

2024

as Self

8.9

Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone

as Self

Master Gardener

as Norma Haverhill

Inside Pandora's Box

as Self

Disney 100: Remember That

2023

as Self

10.0

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022

as Kiri

7.6

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

as Self

Bonnie

as Self

Call Jane

as Virginia

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as Dana Barrett

The Good House

as Hildy Good

Oats Studios: Volume 1

as Jasper

My Salinger Year

as Margaret

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020

as Self

6.9

Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change

2020

as Narrator

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

2019

as Self

7.4

Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii

2018

as Georgia O’Keeffe

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

as Sigourney Weaver

Rakka

as Jasper

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

as Self

Ghostbusters

as Rebecca Gorin

Finding Dory

as Sigourney Weaver (voice)

A Monster Calls

as Grandma

The Assignment

as Dr. Rachel Kay

Ghostheads

as Self

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

as Self

Chappie

as Michelle Bradley

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

2015

as Self

7.1

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

2015

as Self

5.8

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

as Tuja

5.9

All You Need Is Love

2014

as Narrator

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

2014

as Elizabeth Swados (voice)

7.4

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

as (archive footage)

7.5

The Cabin in the Woods

as The Director

Red Lights

as Margaret Matheson

Vamps

as Cisserus

The Cold Light of Day

2012

as Jean Carrack

5.4

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

2012

as Masha

Paul

2011

as The Big Guy

6.7

Abduction

2011

as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett

Rampart

as Joan Confrey

Cedar Rapids

as Macy Vanderhei

Tipping Point: The End of Oil

as Narrator (voice)

You Again

as Ramona

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

as Self

Capturing Avatar

as Self

Crazy on the Outside

as Viki

Avatar

as Dr. Grace Augustine

Prayers for Bobby

as Mary Griffith

Annul Victory

as Self

Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

2009

as Narrator (voice)

6.0

Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

2009

as Narrator

WALL·E

2008

as Ship's Computer (voice)

8.1

The Tale of Despereaux

2008

as The Narrator (voice)

Vantage Point

as Rex Brooks

Baby Mama

as Chaffee Bicknell

Be Kind Rewind

as Ms. Lawson

His Highness Hollywood

2008

as Self

7.0

Fragile Planet

2008

as Narrator

Happily N'Ever After

as Frieda (voice)

The TV Set

as Lenny

The Girl in the Park

as Julia Sandburg

Helmut by June

as Self

DNA: Secret of Photo 51

2007

as Narrator

Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm

2007

as Self

Infamous

as Babe Paley

Snow Cake

as Linda

Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver

2006

as Self

50 Films to See Before You Die

2006

as Self

8.5

Deconstructing 'The Village'

as Self

The Village

as Alice Hunt

Imaginary Heroes

as Sandy Travis

Holes

as Louise Walker the Warden

6.9

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003

as Self

8.2

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

2003

as Self

7.6

One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection

2003

as Self

6.5

Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

2003

as Self

7.8

National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl

as Narrator

Tadpole

as Eve Grubman

The Guys

as Joan

The Alien Saga

as Self

Sundance 20

as Herself

Heartbreakers

2001

as Max Conners

6.1

Through These Eyes

2001

as Narrator

Alien Evolution

2001

as Self

5.9

Big Bad Love

2001

as Betti DeLoreo (voice)

5.2

The Roman Empire in the First Century

as Narrator

Company Man

as Daisy Quimp

Galaxy Quest

as Gwen DeMarco

Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry

1999

as Narrator

Get Bruce!

as Self

Ghostbusters 1999

as Self

A Map of the World

as Alice Goodwin

Alien Resurrection

as Ripley

The Ice Storm

as Janey Carver

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

1997

as Lady Claudia Hoffman

Copycat

as Helen Hudson

Jeffrey

as Debra Moorhouse

Death and the Maiden

as Paulina Escobar

The Wild Swans

as Narrator

Dave

as Ellen Mitchell

Rabbit Ears - Peachboy

as Narrator (voice)

Alien³

as Ripley

1492: Conquest of Paradise

as Queen Isabella

The Snow Queen

as Narrator (voice)

Ghostbusters II

as Dana Barrett

Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge

as Self

Working Girl

as Katharine Parker

Gorillas in the Mist

as Dian Fossey

Aliens

as Ripley

Half Moon Street

as Dr. Lauren Slaughter

5.0

One Woman or Two

1985

as Jessica Fitzgerald

5.2

Ghostbusters

1984

as Dana Barrett

7.5

Wilderness: A Country in the Mind

1984

5.0

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

Deal of the Century

as Mrs. DeVoto

The Year of Living Dangerously

as Jill Bryant

Eyewitness

as Tony Sokolow

Alien

as Ripley

The Sorrows of Gin

as Marcia Lawton

O Youth and Beauty!

as Marcia Lawton

Madman

as Gale

Annie Hall

as Alvy's Date Outside Theatre

7.7

We Are Not Who We Are: Making The Cabin in the Woods

as Self / The Director

Useful Idiots

Television (52)

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

2025

as Self - Actress

5.0

Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films

as Self - "Kiri"

Fateful Planet

as Self

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

2023

as June Hart

7.7

Mostra, Venise

2022

as Self

OATS Studios

2021

as 贾斯珀

6.6

The Newsreader

2021

as Sigourney Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.5

Secrets of the Whales

2021

as Narrator (voice)

7.8

La semaine des 4 Julie

as Self

Reunited Apart

as Self

The Movies That Made Us

2019

as Dana Bennett (archive footage)

7.2

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

2019

as The Myth-Speaker (voice)

7.8

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018

as Self

6.8

Marvel's The Defenders

2017

as Alexandra Reid

7.1

Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

2017

as Dian Fossey (voice)

7.0

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

as Sigourney Weaver

Dream the Future

as Narrator

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self - Guest

6.2

The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self - Guest

Call My Agent!

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

2014

as Lady Starblaster (voice)

Finding Your Roots

as Self

Political Animals

as Elaine Barrish

C à vous

as Self - Guest

The Jay Leno Show

as Self

Eli Stone

as Therapist

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Doc Martin

as American Tourist

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Richard & Judy

as Self

Click

as Self

Futurama

as Planet Express Ship (voice)

The Early Show

as Self

Mark Twain Prize

as Self

The Entertainment Biz

1998

as Self

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Lo + plus

as Self - Guest

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

GMTV

as Self

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

as Self - Guest

5.4

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Goldene Kamera

as Self

Cérémonie des César

as Self - Presenter

Saturday Night Live

as Ellen Ripley

NOVA

as Narrator

The Oscars

as Self

Tomb Raider

as Evelyn Wallis

Crew (3)

Movies (2)

Alien Resurrection

Co-Producer

Alien³

Co-Producer

Television (1)

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

2023

Executive Producer

7.7