
Sigourney Weaver
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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 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).
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Saturday Night Live

The Oscars

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Daily Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Honest Trailers

Finding Your Roots

The Movies That Made Us

The Graham Norton Show

The Newsreader

The Jay Leno Show

SNL Digital Shorts

The Early Show

Marvel's The Defenders

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Futurama

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Mark Twain Prize

Ghostbusters

Finding Dory

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Paul

Be Kind Rewind

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Happily N'Ever After

The Cabin in the Woods

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Somerset

Exodus: Gods and Kings

WALL·E

The Tale of Despereaux

Chappie

Baby Mama

The Village

Call My Agent!

Abduction

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

Company Man

Avatar 4

Holes

Ghostbusters II

Avatar

Avatar 5

Working Girl

1492: Conquest of Paradise

You Again

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: Fire and Ash

The Gorge

Ghostbusters

My Salinger Year

Call Jane

Planet Earth

The Mandalorian & Grogu

Alien

One Woman or Two

A Monster Calls

Dave

Aliens

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

Secrets of the Whales

Alien³

A Map of the World

Red Lights

The Good House

Heartbreakers

The Girl in the Park

Alien Resurrection
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