Sigourney Weaver
The actress who made Ellen Ripley a landmark heroine.
Sigourney Weaver is an American actress whose breakthrough role was Ellen Ripley in Alien (1979). She returned for Aliens (1986), which earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination, and for two more films in the series. Ripley is regarded as one of cinema's most significant female protagonists.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Susan Alexandra Weaver
- Born
- 8 October 1949
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Education
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Stanford University (BA)
- Yale University (MFA)
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1971–present
- Spouse
- Jim Simpson (1984)
- Children
- 1
Lore & Background
Born in New York City in 1949, she is the daughter of TV executive Pat Weaver and English actress Elizabeth Inglis, and made her screen debut in a small part in Annie Hall (1977).
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