
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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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Saturday Night Live

The Oscars

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Late Late Show with James Corden

GMTV

Honest Trailers

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

Finding Your Roots

The Graham Norton Show

The Newsreader

The Jay Leno Show

The Movies That Made Us

The One Show

The Early Show

Marvel's The Defenders

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Futurama

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Mark Twain Prize

Ghostbusters

Finding Dory

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora

Paul

Be Kind Rewind

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Cabin in the Woods

Happily N'Ever After

Somerset

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years

Exodus: Gods and Kings

WALL·E

Baby Mama

Chappie

The Tale of Despereaux

The Village

Call My Agent!

Company Man

Avatar 4

Abduction

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

Avatar: The Way of Water

The Gorge

Holes

Ghostbusters

Avatar

1492: Conquest of Paradise

Ghostbusters II

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar 5

Working Girl

You Again

Red Lights

Call Jane

My Salinger Year

One Woman or Two

A Monster Calls

The Mandalorian and Grogu

Dave

Alien

Planet Earth

Heartbreakers

Alien³

A Map of the World

Alien Resurrection

Aliens

The Girl in the Park

Secrets of the Whales

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

The Good House
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