Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

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).

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Sigourney Weaver Movies

Discover the best Sigourney Weaver movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Sigourney Weaver ranked by year and score.

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
The Empire is gone, but the galaxy is far from peaceful. Remnant warlords still cling to power across forgotten systems, and the young New Republic lacks the muscle to root...
Score 6.8
2
Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Still grieving the death of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri find no peace on a Pandora scarred by war. A new enemy emerges from the volcanic margins of...
Score 7.5
3
The Gorge

The Gorge (2025)

Romance Science Fiction Thriller
Two elite soldiers are each assigned to watch over opposite rims of an vast, classified gorge, forbidden from crossing it and forbidden from knowing what lives inside. They find each...
Score 7.6
4
Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
More than a decade after Jake Sully made Pandora his permanent home, he and Neytiri are raising a family when old enemies force them to flee everything they have built....
Score 7.6
5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

Adventure Comedy Fantasy
A broke single mother moves her two kids into a crumbling Oklahoma farmhouse left by a grandfather they barely knew. What they find buried beneath the property, and the strange...
Score 7.3
6
A Monster Calls

A Monster Calls (2016)

Adventure Family Fantasy
Conor is twelve, quiet, and carrying more than any kid should have to. His mother is gravely ill, school has become its own kind of cruelty, and the nights bring...
Score 7.3
7
Exodus: Gods and Kings

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Action Adventure Drama
Raised as brothers in the Egyptian court, Moses and Ramses eventually find themselves on opposite sides of history. When Moses learns of his Hebrew origins and witnesses the brutality visited...
Score 5.9
8
The Cabin in the Woods

The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

Comedy Horror Mystery
Five college friends drive out to a secluded cabin for a long weekend, and for a while it looks like every horror movie you have ever seen. That is exactly...
Score 6.6
9
Rampart

Rampart (2011)

Crime Drama
Dave Brown has been bending the rules of the LAPD for so long he no longer recognizes them as rules at all. Set against the smoldering aftermath of the Rampart...
Score 5.5
10
Paul

Paul (2011)

Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
A wisecracking extraterrestrial has spent six decades confined within Area 51, serving as a government asset while his expiration date approaches. When Paul's continued existence becomes inconvenient to his captors,...
Score 6.7
11
Avatar

Avatar (2009)

Action Adventure Fantasy
Jake Sully is a former Marine confined to a wheelchair, sent to the lush extraterrestrial moon of Pandora as part of a corporate mining operation in the 22nd century. Inhabiting...
Score 7.6
12
WALL·E

WALL·E (2008)

Animation Family Science Fiction
Seven centuries of solitude have made WALL-E something his designers never intended: sentimental. He stacks trash into towers, collects human trinkets, and watches old musicals on repeat. Then a sleek...
Score 8.1
13
The Village

The Village (2004)

Drama Mystery Thriller
A cloistered community in rural Pennsylvania maintains an elaborate fiction to protect itself from the outside world. When a young resident begins questioning the boundaries that confine them, he unwittingly...
Score 6.5
14
Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest (1999)

Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
When a desperate alien race mistakes reruns of a cancelled 1970s sci-fi sitcom for actual historical records, they recruit the show's washed-up cast to defend their planet from annihilation. These...
Score 7.1
15
Alien Resurrection

Alien Resurrection (1997)

Action Horror Science Fiction
Two centuries after her death, Ellen Ripley has been rebuilt from recovered DNA, a science project with memories she was never meant to keep. The military wants the alien queen...
Score 6.2
16
Dave

Dave (1993)

Comedy
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
Score 6.6
17
Alien³

Alien³ (1992)

Action Horror Science Fiction
Ripley survives the crash onto Fiorina 161, a bleak penal colony where the inmates are all male, all dangerous, and all completely unarmed. The good news ends there. Something else...
Score 6.4
18
Aliens

Aliens (1986)

Action Science Fiction Thriller
Fifty-seven years in hypersleep is a long time to be haunted by something no one else believes in. Ellen Ripley wakes to find the planet where her crew first encountered...
Score 8.0
19
Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters (1984)

Comedy Fantasy
Three disgraced academics with more ambition than funding decide to do the only logical thing after getting fired: go into business catching ghosts. Operating out of a converted Manhattan firehouse,...
Score 7.5
20
Alien

Alien (1979)

Horror Science Fiction
A routine freight run through deep space turns fatal when the crew of the Nostromo diverts to investigate a cryptic signal on a desolate moon. What they find in the...
Score 8.2
21
Annie Hall

Annie Hall (1977)

Comedy Drama Romance
Alvy Singer is a neurotic, joke-cracking New York comedian who talks to strangers on the street and argues with his own memories. When he meets the free-spirited, wonderfully odd Annie...
Score 7.7

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Sigourney Weaver are Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and The Gorge.
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Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 21 titles starring Sigourney Weaver, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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Yes! The overall filmography starring Sigourney Weaver maintains a strong average user rating of 7.1 out of 10 across all tracked titles.