Cast & creator
Sigourney Weaver
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sigourney Weaver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Susan Alexandra Weaver
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film credits
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television credits
197
1953–2031 · acting roles
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Filmography (200)
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997The View
Self - Guest
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Futurama
Planet Express Ship (voice)
1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
NOVA
Narrator
1974
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Kiri
2025
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Colonel Ward
2026
Alien
Ripley
1979
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Sigourney Weaver
2016
GMTV
Self
1993
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self
2020
Avatar: The Way of Water
Kiri
2022
WALL·E
Ship's Computer (voice)
2008
C à vous
Self - Guest
2009
Avatar
Dr. Grace Augustine
2009
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Click
Self
2000
The Gorge
Bartholomew
2025
The Oscars
Self
1953The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Doc Martin
American Tourist
2004Doc Martin
Beth Traywick
2004
The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009
Nulle part ailleurs
Self
1987
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Lady Starblaster (voice)
2014
Aliens
Ripley
1986
Eli Stone
Therapist
2008Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
The Cabin in the Woods
The Director
2012
Chappie
Michelle Bradley
2015
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Dana Barrett
2021
Alien Resurrection
Ripley
1997Alien Resurrection
Co-Producer
1997
Ghostbusters
Dana Barrett
1984
Finding Dory
Sigourney Weaver (voice)
2016
Lo + plus
Self - Guest
1995
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Call My Agent!
Self
2015
Ghostbusters II
Dana Barrett
1989
Marvel's The Defenders
Alexandra Reid
2017
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Tuja
2014
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The Myth-Speaker (voice)
2019
The Movies That Made Us
Self
2019The Movies That Made Us
Dana Bennett (archive footage)
2019
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
Self - Actress
2025
The Village
Alice Hunt
2004
The Newsreader
Sigourney Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
The Early Show
Self
1999
Cérémonie des César
Self - Presenter
1976
Alien³
Ripley
1992Alien³
Co-Producer
1992
Ghostbusters
Rebecca Gorin
2016
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
June Hart
2023The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Executive Producer
2023
Copycat
Helen Hudson
1995
Dust Bunny
Laverne
2025
A Monster Calls
Grandma
2016
Galaxy Quest
Gwen DeMarco
1999
The Ice Storm
Janey Carver
1997
Reunited Apart
Self
2020
Paul
The Big Guy
2011
Vantage Point
Rex Brooks
2008
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
2018
Holes
Louise Walker the Warden
2003
Political Animals
Elaine Barrish
2012
The Tale of Despereaux
The Narrator (voice)
2008
Abduction
Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett
2011
Mark Twain Prize
Self
1999
You Again
Ramona
2010
Secrets of the Whales
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Heartbreakers
Max Conners
2001
Working Girl
Katharine Parker
1988
Red Lights
Margaret Matheson
2012
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Queen Isabella
1992
The Assignment
Dr. Rachel Kay
2016
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
Self - "Kiri"
2025
Master Gardener
Norma Haverhill
2023
The Year of Living Dangerously
Jill Bryant
1982
OATS Studios
贾斯珀
2021
Happily N'Ever After
Frieda (voice)
2007
Avatar 4
Kiri
2029
Call Jane
Virginia
2022
The Cold Light of Day
Jean Carrack
2012
Annie Hall
Alvy's Date Outside Theatre
1977
Mostra, Venise
Self
2022
Cedar Rapids
Macy Vanderhei
2011
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
Self
2022
Be Kind Rewind
Ms. Lawson
2008The Entertainment Biz
Self
1998
Prayers for Bobby
Mary Griffith
2009
My Salinger Year
Margaret
2020
Death and the Maiden
Paulina Escobar
1994
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Lady Claudia Hoffman
1997
Dave
Ellen Mitchell
1993
Gorillas in the Mist
Dian Fossey
1988
Vamps
Cisserus
2012
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Sigourney Weaver
2017
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Rampart
Joan Confrey
2011
Baby Mama
Chaffee Bicknell
2008
The Girl in the Park
Julia Sandburg
2007
The Good House
Hildy Good
2021
Tomb Raider
Evelyn Wallis
Deal of the Century
Mrs. DeVoto
1983
A Map of the World
Alice Goodwin
1999
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years
Self
2016
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Self
2010
Avatar 5
Kiri
2031
Crazy on the Outside
Viki
2010
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
2006
Snow Cake
Linda
2006
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
One Woman or Two
Jessica Fitzgerald
1985
Imaginary Heroes
Sandy Travis
2004
Infamous
Babe Paley
2006
Eyewitness
Tony Sokolow
1981
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Self / Ripley (archive footage)
2025
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Jasper
2021
Disney 100: Remember That
Self
2023
Get Bruce!
Self
1999
Half Moon Street
Dr. Lauren Slaughter
1986
Bonnie
Self
2022
Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
Self
2019
The TV Set
Lenny
2007
Capturing Avatar
Self
2010
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
2020
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2022
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
Self
2019
Aliens Expanded
Self
2024
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Self
2003
Tadpole
Eve Grubman
2002
Company Man
Daisy Quimp
2000
Jeffrey
Debra Moorhouse
1995
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self
2003
Annul Victory
Self
2009
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Self
2015
Fateful Planet
Self
2024
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
Self
2003
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist
Dian Fossey (voice)
2017
Ghostheads
Self
2016
Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge
Self
1989
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Narrator (voice)
2009
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Masha
2012
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Self
2015
Inside Pandora's Box
Self
2023
My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It)
Elizabeth Swados (voice)
2014
Big Bad Love
Betti DeLoreo (voice)
2001
Rakka
Jasper
2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
2017
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
2002
Peachboy
Narrator (voice)
1991
One Step Beyond: The Making of Alien Resurrection
Self
2003Useful Idiots
Tipping Point: The End of Oil
Narrator (voice)
2011
Dream the Future
Narrator
2016
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
O Youth and Beauty!
Marcia Lawton
1979
The Alien Saga
Self
2002
Weathering the Storm: The Making of The Ice Storm
Self
2007
Sigourney Weaver - Actionheldin und Stil-Ikone
Self
2024
Deconstructing 'The Village'
Self
2005
Sundance 20
Self
2002
The Sorrows of Gin
Marcia Lawton
1979
His Highness Hollywood
Self
2008
The Guys
Joan
2002
The Lost Film of Dian Fossey
Narrator (voice)
2002
Ghostbusters 1999
Self
1999
Helmut by June
Self
2007
Alien Evolution
Self
2001
Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii
Georgia O’Keeffe
2018Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott
1992
Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry
Narrator
1999
Wilderness: A Country in the Mind
1984
Madman
Gale
1978
DNA: Secret of Photo 51
Narrator
2007
Fragile Planet
Narrator
2008
Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change
Narrator
2020
National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl
Narrator
2003
Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification
Narrator
2009
The Roman Empire in the First Century
Narrator
2001
The Wild Swans
Narrator
1994
The Snow Queen
Narrator (voice)
1992
All You Need Is Love
Narrator
2014
Gorillas Revisited with Sigourney Weaver
Self
2006Through These Eyes
Narrator
2001
Asteroid: Mission Extreme
Narrator
2016