Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (; lahir 8 Oktober 1949) adalah seorang aktris Amerika. Produktif dalam film sejak akhir tahun 1970-an, ia dikenal karena perannya sebagai pahlawan wanita laga, dan perannya dalam film blockbuster. Dia adalah penerima banyak penghargaan, termasuk British Academy Film Award, dua Golden Globe Award, dan Grammy Award, selain nominasi untuk tiga Academy Award, empat Primetime Emmy Award, dan Tony Award.
Lahir di Kota New York, Weaver adalah putri dari eksekutif televisi Amerika Pat Weaver dan aktris Inggris Elizabeth Inglis. Dia membuat debut layarnya dengan peran kecil dalam film komedi romantis Annie Hall (1977), sebelum mendapatkan peran terobosannya sebagai Ellen Ripley dalam film horor fiksi ilmiah Alien (1979). Dia mengulangi perannya di sekuelnya Aliens (1986) mendapatkan nominasi penting untuk Academy Award untuk Aktris Terbaik, dan dalam dua film lagi untuk waralaba tersebut. Ripley dianggap sebagai tokoh utama wanita penting dalam sejarah perfilman. Peran waralaba lainnya termasuk Dana Barrett dalam film Ghostbusters (1984–2021) dan peran ganda dalam seri film Avatar (2009–sekarang), yang termasuk dalam film terlaris sepanjang masa.
Pada tahun 1989, Weaver memenangkan dua Golden Globes dan dua nominasi Oscar secara bersamaan untuk perannya sebagai Dian Fossey di Gorillas in the Mist dan seorang rekan muda di Working Girl (both 1988); dia juga menjadi aktor pertama yang memenangkan dua Golden Globes untuk akting di tahun yang sama. Dia kemudian memenangkan British Academy Film Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik untuk perannya dalam The Ice Storm (1997). Peran film lainnya termasuk The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Copycat (1995), Galaxy Quest (1999), The Village (2004), Vantage Point (2008), Chappie (2015), dan A Monster Calls (2016). Dia juga mengisi suara dalam film animasi Pixar WALL-E (2008) dan Finding Dory (2016).
Di atas panggung, pertunjukan Broadway Weaver meliputi The Constant Wife (1975), Hurlyburly (1984), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2013), dan The Tempest (2025); Penampilannya dalam Hurlyburly membuatnya mendapatkan nominasi untuk Tony Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik dalam sebuah Drama. Di televisi, dia menerima nominasi Emmy Award untuk perannya dalam film horor Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1998), film drama Prayers for Bobby (2009), miniseri Political Animals (2013), dan untuk menarasikan dokumenter National Geographic Secrets of the Whales (2021). Proyek televisinya yang lain termasuk miniseri superhero Marvel Cinematic Universe The Defenders (2017) dan miniseri drama The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023).
Filmografi
Film
| Tahun | Film | Peran | Keterangan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Annie Hall | ||
| 1978 | Madman | ||
| 1979 | Alien | Ripley | DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) (2003 re-issue in Alien Quadrilogy, shared with Ridley Scott, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt) Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Leading Newcomer Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress |
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Tony Sokolow | |
| 1982 | The Year of Living Dangerously | Jilly Bryant | |
| 1983 | Deal of the Century | Catherine DeVoto | |
| 1984 | Ghostbusters | Dana Barrett | |
| Terror in the Aisles | Ripley | ||
| 1985 | Une Femme ou Deux | Jessica Fitzgerald | |
| 1986 | Half Moon Street | Dr. Lauren Slaughter | Mystfest Award for Best Actress |
| Aliens | Ellen Ripley | Saturn Award for Best Actress Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | |
| 1988 | Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey | Dian Fossey | Golden Apple Award for Female Star of the Year Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (tied with Jodie Foster and Shirley MacLaine) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress |
| Working Girl | Katharine Parker | Golden Apple Award for Female Star of the Year Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | Dana Barrett | |
| 1992 | The Snow Queen | The Narrator | Film pendek Pengisi suara |
| Alien 3 | Ellen Ripley | Also co-producer Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress | |
| 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Queen Isabella | ||
| 1993 | Rabbit Ears: Peachboy | The Narrator | Film pendek Pengisi suara |
| Dave | Ellen Mitchell | ||
| 1994 | The Wild Swans | The Narrator | Film pendek Pengisi suara |
| Death and the Maiden | Paulina Escobar | Gotham Award for Best Actress | |
| 1995 | Copycat | Helen Hudson | Special Mention Award at the Festival du Film Policier de Cognac (Shared with Holly Hunter) |
| Jeffrey | Debra Moorhouse | ||
| 1997 | The Ice Storm | Janey Carver | BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
| Alien Resurrection | Ellen Ripley | Also co-producer Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Sci-Fi Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress | |
| 1999 | A Map of the World | Alice Goodwin | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| Galaxy Quest | Gwen DeMarco/Lieutenant Tawny Madison | Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Comedy Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress | |
| 2000 | Company Man | Daisy Quimp | |
| 2001 | Heartbreakers | Angela Nardino/Max Conners/Ulga Yevanova | Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| Big Bad Love | Betti DeLoreo | Pengisi suara | |
| 2002 | Tadpole | Eve Grubman | |
| The Guys | Joan | Directed by husband Jim Simpson, starring daughter Charlotte Simpson Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | |
| 2003 | Holes | Warden Walker | |
| 2004 | Imaginary Heroes | Sandy Travis | Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |
| The Village | Alice Hunt | ||
| 2006 | Snow Cake | Linda Freeman | Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Actress |
| The TV Set | Lenny | ||
| Infamous | Babe Paley | ||
| 2007 | Happily N'Ever After | Frieda | Pengisi suara |
| The Girl in the Park | Julia Sandburg | ||
| 2008 | Vantage Point | Rex Brooks | |
| Be Kind Rewind | Ms. Lawson | ||
| Baby Mama | Chaffee Bicknell | ||
| WALL•E | Computer | Pengisi suara | |
| The Tale of Despereaux | The Narrator | ||
| 2009 | Avatar | Dr. Grace Augustine | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Scream Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2010 | Crazy on the Outside | Vicky | |
| You Again | Aunt Ramona | ||
| 2011 | Cedar Rapids | Marcy Vanderhei | |
| Paul | "The Big Guy" | ||
| Abduction | Dr. Bennett | ||
| Rampart | Joan Confrey | ||
| 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | The Director | |
| Red Lights | margaret Matheson | ||
| The Cold Light of Day | jean Carrack | ||
| Vamps | cisserus | ||
| 2014 | Exodus | Tuya | filming |
| 2015 | Chappie | Announced | |
| 2016 | Avatar 2 | dr. Grace Augustine | |
| Finding Dory | Herself |
Television
| Tahun | Acara | Peran | Keterangan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Somerset | avis Ryan | |
| 1977 | The Best of Families | laura Wheeler | |
| 1979 | 3 by Cheever: The Sorrows of Gin | Marcia Lawton | |
| 3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty! | |||
| 1997 | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | lady Claudia Hoffman | Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2002 | Futurama | the Female Planet Express Ship | episode: "Love and Rocket" (Pengisi suara) |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | therapist | episode: "The Path" |
| 2009 | Prayers for Bobby | mary Griffith | Trevor Life Award Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Prism Award for Best Actress Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2011 | Spring/Fall | ||
| 2012 | Political Animals | elaine Barrish | nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Lead Actress - Miniseries or Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie |
Dokumenter
| Tahun | Acara | Peran | Keteran |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Why Dogs Smile & Chimpanzees Cry | narator - Dirinya | pengisi suara |
| 2001 | The Roman Empire In The First Century | narator | pengisi suara |
| 2006 | Planet Earth | narator | pengisi suara |
| Gorillas Revisited | dirinya | bBC Production | |
| 2009 | ACID TEST: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification | narator | suara dan gambar |
Permainan video
Pranala luar
- Sigourney Weaver di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- (Inggris) BBC News article on Sigourney Weaver
- (Inggris) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/07/25/st_weaver124.xml Diarsipkan 2008-09-10 di Wayback Machine. Daily Telegraph interview with Sigourney Weaver]
- (Inggris) Sigourney Weaver at Emmys.com
