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Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
Born Susan Alexandra Weaver
October 8, 1949 (1949-10-08) (age 59)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1976–present
Spouse(s) Jim Simpson (1984–present)

Sigourney Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Lieutenant Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and as Dana Barrett in the Ghostbusters movies. Weaver is also a three-time Academy Award nominee for her performances in Aliens, Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl.

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Early life

Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver in New York City, the daughter of Elizabeth Inglis (née Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins) (d. 2007), a former English actress, and the NBC television executive Sylvester "Pat" L. Weaver (d. 2002), an American of Scottish1 descent. Her uncle, Doodles Weaver, was a comedian and actor. She began using the name "Sigourney Weaver" in 1963, aged fourteen, after a minor character (Sigourney Howard) in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.23

Weaver attended the Ethel Walker School, a prep school in Simsbury, Connecticut where she was made fun of all the time for being a "nerd" and for her height. She was reportedly 5'10" by age 13, but only grew another inch to her adult height of 5'11". She graduated from Stanford University (BA, English, 1972).4 She earned an MFA (1974) at Yale School of Drama,5 where she appeared in the chorus of a production of Stephen Sondheim's The Frogs and as one of a mob of Roman soldiers in another production6 as well as, later, in original plays by friend and classmate Christopher Durang. She later appeared in the 1981 Off Broadway production of his comedy Beyond Therapy directed by then up-and-coming director Jerry Zaks. She is fluent in French and in German.

Film career

Although Weaver has played a number of critically acclaimed roles in movies such as Gorillas in the Mist, The Ice Storm, Dave, and The Year of Living Dangerously, she is best known for her appearances as Warrant Officer/Lieutenant Ellen Ripley in the blockbuster Alien movie franchise. She first appeared as Ripley in Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien. She reprised the role in three sequels, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection. She was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for portraying Ripley in Aliens. She also starred in two films in 1988, receiving Academy Award nominations for her roles as Katherine Parker in Working Girl and as naturalist Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist. She lost out to Geena Davis and Jodie Foster respectively, although she received Golden Globes for both roles.

Weaver with her father Pat Weaver in 1989

Weaver also appeared in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II as Dana Barrett. She played the role of agoraphobic criminal psychologist Helen Hudson in the 1995 movie Copycat, and went on to become one of the most highly paid actress of the 1990s. In addition to her trademark role as Ripley, Weaver has recently concentrated on smaller roles such as 1999's A Map of the World and 2006's Snow Cake. She has also appeared in comedic roles, such as Jeffrey (1994), Galaxy Quest (1999), and Heartbreakers (2001), in which she starred with Jennifer Love Hewitt.

In 1997, Weaver won the BAFTA Award for her supporting role in Ang Lee's The Ice Storm. In 2003, she was voted 20th in Channel 4's countdown of the 100 greatest movie stars of all time. She was one of only two women in the top 20 (the other was Audrey Hepburn). That year, she also played The Warden in the movie Holes. In 2006, Weaver returned to Rwanda for the BBC special Gorillas Revisited.

Weaver was approached to star in the The Accused but felt the nature of the story was too violent. Jane Campion wanted a "Sigourney Weaver-type" for her film The Piano, but Weaver's agent turned the film down without consulting Weavercitation needed. Holly Hunter went on to win the Oscar for the role, and Weaver fired her agentcitation needed. Bryan Singer originally wanted Weaver for the role of Emma Frost in X-Men: The Last Stand, but Singer (along with screenwriter Dan Harris, who had directed Weaver in Imaginary Heroes) left the project, and the idea to include Frost was dropped. In 2009, Weaver starred as Mary Griffith in her first made-for-TV movie, Prayers for Bobby. She also guest starred in the TV show Eli Stone in the fall of 2008.7

Weaver also has done voice work in television and film. She had a guest role in the Futurama episode "Love and Rocket" in February 2002, playing the female Planet Express Ship. In 2006, she was the narrator for the American version of the Emmy Award-winning series Planet Earth. In 2008, Weaver was featured as the voice of the ship's computer in the Pixar and Disney release, WALL•E. She also voiced a narrating role in another computer-animated film, 2008's The Tale of Despereaux, based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo. Weaver has also expressed interest in starring in a fifth Alien film. Pre-production details for the film are expected to start soon.

Dual nominations

In addition to her Academy Awards nomination for Aliens, Weaver has received two other nominations in her career. This makes Weaver one of only eleven actors and actresses to have received two nominations in the same year. Weaver received a Best Actress nomination for her role as gorilla conservationist Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist, and a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role as Katharine Parker in Working Girl, opposite Harrison Ford and Melanie Griffith. She won neither award – Jodie Foster won the former for her role in The Accused and the latter was won by Geena Davis for her role in The Accidental Tourist. She was awarded a Golden Globe for each role, however, becoming the first person to win two acting Golden Globes in the same year. In fact, Weaver's Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama was the only time there has ever been a three way tie in the history of a major awards ceremony as Weaver was named joint winner along with Jodie Foster (The Accused) and Shirley MacLaine (Madame Sousatzka). By failing to win an Oscar in either category for 1988, she became the first person in history to lose twice in the same ceremony. Three people have been "double losers" since then – Emma Thompson in 1994, Julianne Moore in 2003, and Cate Blanchett in 2008. Though Emma Thompson won Oscars for Best Actress in 1992 and Best Adapted Screenplay in 1995 and Cate Blanchett won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2004, Julianne Moore, the very talented four-time Academy Award nominee, has yet to win an Oscar.

Personal life

Weaver has been married to filmmaker Jim Simpson since October 1, 1984. They have one daughter Charlotte Simpson, who was born April 13, 1990.

After making Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, she became a supporter of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and is now the DFGFI's honorary chairperson.8 Weaver is an environmentalist.9 In October 2006 she drew international attention through a news conference at the start of a United Nations General Assembly policy deliberation. She outlined the widespread threat to ocean habitats posed by deep-sea trawling, an industrial method for harvesting fish. She also narrated the American version of the BBC/Discovery Channel show Planet Earth.1011 On April 8, 2008, she hosted the annual gala of the Trickle Up Program, a non-profit organization focusing on those in extreme poverty, mainly women and the disabled, in the Rainbow Room.12

Weaver has donated $5,800 to various Democratic politicians, including Senators Ted Kennedy and Barbara Boxer. She supported President Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1977 Annie Hall Alvy's Date Outside Theater
1978 Madman Not Specified
1979 Alien Ellen Ripley Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer
Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actress
1981 Eyewitness Tony Sokolow
1982 The Year of Living Dangerously Jilly Bryant
1983 Deal of the Century Catherine DeVoto
1984 Ghostbusters Dana Barrett
Terror in the Aisles archival footage
1985 Une Femme ou Deux Jessica Fitzgerald
1986 Half Moon Street Dr. Lauren Slaughter
Aliens Ellen Ripley Saturn Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1988 Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey Dian Fossey Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress
Working Girl Katharine Parker Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1989 Ghostbusters II Dana Barrett
1992 Alien 3 Ellen Ripley Co-Producer
Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actress
1492: Conquest of Paradise Queen Isabella
1993 Dave Ellen Mitchell
1994 Death and the Maiden Paulina Escobar
1995 Copycat Helen Hudson
Jeffrey Debra Moorhouse
1997 The Ice Storm Janey Carver BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Snow White: A Tale of Terror Claudia Hoffman Nominated - Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated - SAG Award for Outstanding Female Actor - Miniseries or Television Film
Alien Resurrection Ellen Ripley Clone Co-Producer
Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actress
1999 A Map of the World Alice Goodwin Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
Galaxy Quest Gwen DeMarco/Lieutenant Tawny Madison Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actress
2000 Company Man Daisy Quimp
2001 Heartbreakers Max Conners/Angela Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2002 Tadpole Eve Grubman
The Guys Joan Directed by husband Jim Simpson, starring daughter Charlotte Simpson
Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
2003 Holes Warden Walker
2004 Imaginary Heroes Sandy Travis Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama
The Village Alice Hunt
2006 Snow Cake Linda Freeman Nominated - Genie Award for Best Actress
The TV Set Lenny
Infamous Babe Paley
2007 Happily N'Ever After Frieda voice only
The Girl in the Park Julia Sandburg
2008 Vantage Point Rex Brooks
Be Kind Rewind Ms. Lawson
Baby Mama Chaffee Bicknell
WALL•E Computer voice only
The Tale of Despereaux The Narrator voice only
2009 Prayers for Bobby Mary Griffith Lifetime TV film
Avatar Dr. Grace Augustine in post-production
Crazy on the Outside Vicky in post-production
2010 Paul Tara filming

Selected stage credits

  • Crazy Mary (2007, Playwright's Horizons) as Lydia
  • Mrs Farnsworth (2004, Flea Theater) as Mrs Farnsworth
  • The Mercy Seat (2002, Acorn Theater) as Abby
  • The Guys (2002, Flea Theater) as Joan
  • Sex and Longing (1996, Nederlander Theater) as Lulu
  • The Merchant of Venice (1986, Classic Stage Company) as Portia
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (1986) as Stella
  • The Marriage of Bette and Boo (1985) as Soot
  • Hurlyburly (1984) as Darlene
  • Old Times (1983) as Anna
  • Beyond Therapy (1981, Marymount Manhattan Theatre) as Prudence
  • As You Like It (1981) as Rosalind
  • Lone Star (1980) as Elizabeth
  • New Jerusalem (1979)
  • Conjuring an Event (1978)
  • A Flea In Her Ear (1978)
  • Marco Polo Sings a Solo (1977) as Freydis
  • Das Lustania Songspiel (1976)
  • Gemini (1976, Playwright's Horizons)

Other

Sigourney Weaver voiced Blanche the Persian Cat in Webkinz.

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'James Cameron's Avatar' (ALL) - 3 New Screens - WorthPlaying.com


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dstv Films - The Times


dstv Films
The Times
... meets a robot named EVE, and a space journey that will decide the fate of mankind begins. Voiced by Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight and Sigourney Weaver.

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Friday Night at the Movies: DK Greenroots Eco-Movies - Daily Kos


Friday Night at the Movies: DK Greenroots Eco-Movies
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Gorillas in the Mist starring Sigourney Weaver is a serviceable biopic of researcher/advocate Dian Fossey, who met an untimely end in Rwanda. ...

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While in Los Angeles, she landed the role as Libbets Casey opposite Tobey Maguire and Sigourney Weaver in Lee's award-winning drama "The Ice Storm. ...

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Sigourney Weaver Won't Be In "Alien" Prequel And "Ghostbuster" 2nd ... - AHN


Sigourney Weaver Won't Be In "Alien" Prequel And "Ghostbuster" 2nd ...
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Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - No revisiting aliens and ghosts for Sigourney Weaver. The Academy Award nominated actress has ruled out reprising her roles in the ...

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Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Baltimore Sun


Ghostbusters: The Video Game
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With all the star power of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver it's easy to forget that the movie was more than just a comedy. ...

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'Avatar' Banner Appears at Comic-Con - CINEMASPY.COM


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'Avatar' Banner Appears at Comic-Con
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Cameron was joined by Avatar cast members Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana and Stephen Lang, as well as producer Jon Landau and Fox chairman ...

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Williamstown Theatre Festival helped shape a town - Berkshire Eagle


Williamstown Theatre Festival helped shape a town
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... David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Reeve, Kiefer Sutherland, Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Gwyneth Paltrow, to name a handful, the Festival, ...

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Sci-fi stars touch down in Bay for a summer season - South Devon Herald Express


Sci-fi stars touch down in Bay for a summer season
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Mr Chandler said a life-size Alien, from the Hollywood blockbuster starring Sigourney Weaver, along with an Alien egg and the creepy Facehugger will also be ...

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