Sigourney Weaver Profile w/ Sigourney Weaver, Ivan Reitman, James Cameron - Episode #40
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Today it's all about Sigourney Weaver
... So who else to discuss Sigourney than with
Ivan Reitman,
James Cameron, and Sigourney Weaver herself!.
Sigourney Weaver (born
Susan Alexandra Weaver; October 8, 1949) is an
American actress and film producer.
Following her film debut as a minor character in
Annie Hall, she quickly came to prominence in
1979 with her first lead role as
Ellen Ripley in
Alien. She reprised the role in three sequels:
Aliens (
1986), for which she was nominated for anAcademy
Award Best Actress;
Alien 3 (
1992), and
Alien: Resurrection (
1997).
Weaver is also known for her starring roles in the box-office hits
Ghostbusters (
1984),
Ghostbusters II (
1989), and
Avatar(2009). A seven-time
Golden Globe Award nominee, she won both Best Actress in
Drama and
Best Supporting Actress for her work in the
1988 films Gorillas in the Mist and
Working Girl, becoming the first to have won two acting
Golden Globes in the same year. For her role in the
1997 film The Ice Storm, she won the
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting
Role. Additionally, she has received three
Academy Award nominations, three
Emmy Award nominations, and two
Saturn Awards.
On stage she was nominated for a
Drama Desk Award for the
1980 Off-Broadway play Das
Lusitania Songspiel and received a
Tony Award nomination for the 1984 original
Broadway production of
Hurlyburly. In
2013, she returned to
Broadway for the first time in over 15 years in the original production of Vanya and
Sonia and
Masha and
Spike, which won the
Tony Award for Best Play. Her other films include
The Year of Living Dangerously (
1983),
Dave (
1993),
Death and the Maiden (
1994),
Copycat (
1995),
A Map of the World (
1999),
Galaxy Quest (1999), and
Prayers for Bobby (2009).
Weaver acquired the nickname of "The Sci-Fi
Queen" for her numerous contributions to science-fiction film history, including minor roles in successful works such as
Futurama (
2002),
WALL-E (2008),
Paul (
2011) and
The Cabin in the Woods (
2012).
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