Born Oct. 8, 1949, in New York City, Sigourney Weaver cut her acting chops in summer stock theatre. But her statuesque height often kept her from being cast in leading roles.During the 1970s, she performed in theatre, appeared in commercials and landed prime parts in soap operas. But her breakthrough role came with Ridley Scott's Alien (1979), in which she played the resilient Ripley. Weaver repeated the role in three sequels and was later nominated for her first Best Actress Oscar for Aliens (1986).
Throughout her career, she's found success in both comedies and dramas, such as The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), 1984's Ghostbusters (and its 1989 sequel), The Ice Storm (1997), Galaxy Quest (1999) and The Village (2004). In 1988, Weaver was nominated for two Oscars -- a Best Supporting Actress nod for Working Girl and one for Best Actress in Gorillas in the Mist. Her work in TV (Snow White: A Tale of Terror and Prayers for Bobby) have also been recognized with Emmy nods.
AddAlien: Collector's EditionRidley Scott's sci-fi horror classic stars Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, a tough-as-nails warrant officer who stares down one of the most terrifying movie monsters of all time: a bloodthirsty alien that stalks and eviscerates its prey. As the deadly creature winds its way through the air shafts of the... Read More
AddAliens: Collector's EditionIn this acclaimed sequel, the only survivor from the first film, Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), finds her horrific account of her crew's fate is met with skepticism -- until the disappearance of colonists on LV-426 prompts a team of high-tech Marines to investigate. This release features an... Read More
AddHolesFalsely accused of stealing sneakers, nerdy teenager Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf) is sent to a Texas detention camp, where he and the other delinquents are forced by the sadistic warden (Sigourney Weaver) to dig holes as a character-building exercise. Every day, each boy must dig a hole 5 feet... Read More
AddAlien: Resurrection: Collector's EditionSigourney Weaver and Winona Ryder star in the fourth installment of the Alien series. Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley (Weaver) died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a... Read More
AddAlien 3: Collector's EditionIn the third chapter of this sci-fi saga, Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the lone survivor when her crippled spaceship crashess on a planet inhabited by former prison inmates. Ripley's fears that an alien was aboard her craft are confirmed when bodies begin piling up … as she tries to lead... Read More
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