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Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Actor, also producer · Born October 8, 1949 (77) · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

2 Golden Globes · BAFTA Award winner · Oscar nominee · 4 other major award bodies

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sigourney Weaver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 8, 1949 (77)
From
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
89 on MovieCove · 117 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 22% in 30 days

What are Sigourney Weaver's films like?

Across their 82 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 75 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 31 · Serious 16 · Dark 28

A split, not a type: Grounded 39 · Stylized 25 · Heightened 11

Gentle 20 · Charged 29 · Intense 26

Steady 30 · Shifting 36 · Whiplash 9

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 41 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 16

Slow burn 35 · Even-paced 35 · Relentless 5

Casual 25 · Engaged 37 · Full focus 13

A split, not a type: Easy watch 28 · Affecting 22 · Heavy 25

Resolved 52 · Open-ended 19 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

54 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 15 of 54 analyzed roles.

Hero
15 of 54
Mentor
15 of 54
Threshold guardian
6 of 54
Ally
5 of 54
Shapeshifter
4 of 54
Shadow
4 of 54
Herald
4 of 54
Trickster
1 of 54
Show the 54 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
45
Melancholic
29
Contemplative
25
Warm
20
Dread
17
Other
91

How their films end · 12 with a twist

  • Happy23
  • Bittersweet43
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous12
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sigourney Weaver's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 64 of their 89 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (21).

Subscription and free streaming for Sigourney Weaver's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

117 credits, 89 with a MovieCove page; 73 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Avatar 5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2031)

    as Kiri

  • Avatar 4 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2029)

    as Kiri

  • Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • Dust Bunny(2025)

    as Laverne

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • The Gorge(2025)

    as Bartholomew

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · Executive Producer · as June Hart

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
  • Master Gardener(2022)

    as Norma Haverhill

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Call Jane(2022)

    as Virginia

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife(2021)

    as Dana Barrett

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Oats Studios: Volume 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Jasper

  • Oats Studios(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · as 贾斯珀

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
  • The Good House(2021)

    as Hildy Good

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • The Newsreader(2021)

    Show 1 episode · as Sigourney Weaver (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
  • Protecting the Amazon Demands Radical Change (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Narrator

  • My Salinger Year(2020)

    as Margaret

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • The Movies That Made Us(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Dana Bennett (archive footage) · as Self

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as The Myth-Speaker (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • Off in the Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Hawaii (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Georgia O’Keeffe

  • Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as Dian Fossey (voice)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
  • The Meyerowitz Stories(2017)

    as Sigourney Weaver

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The Defenders(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · as Alexandra Reid

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
  • Rakka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Jasper

  • A Monster Calls(2016)

    as Grandma

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • Dream the Future (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · as Narrator

  • Ghostbusters(2016)

    as Rebecca Gorin

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
  • Finding Dory(2016)

    as Sigourney Weaver (voice)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • The Assignment(2016)

    as Dr. Rachel Kay

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Asteroid: Mission Extreme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Narrator

  • Full Frontal with Samantha Bee(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Sigourney Weaver

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows
  • Chappie(2015)

    as Michelle Bradley

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Lady Starblaster (voice)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
  • All You Need Is Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Narrator

  • My Depression(2014)

    as Elizabeth Swados (voice)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Vamps(2012)

    as Cisserus

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
  • Political Animals(2012)

    Show 6 episodes · as Elaine Barrish

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
  • The Cabin in the Woods(2011)

    as The Director

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The Cold Light of Day(2012)

    as Jean Carrack

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
  • Red Lights(2012)

    as Margaret Matheson

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(2012)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Rampart(2011)

    as Joan Confrey

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • Abduction(2011)

    as Dr. Geraldine 'Geri' Bennett

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Tipping Point: The End of Oil(2011)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Paul(2011)

    as The Big Guy

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Cedar Rapids(2011)

    as Macy Vanderhei

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • You Again(2010)

    as Ramona

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Avatar(2009)

    as Dr. Grace Augustine

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Narrator

  • Prayers for Bobby(2009)

    as Mary Griffith

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • The Tale of Despereaux(2008)

    as The Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Fragile Planet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Narrator

  • WALL·E(2008)

    as Ship's Computer (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Baby Mama(2008)

    as Chaffee Bicknell

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
  • Be Kind Rewind(2008)

    as Ms. Lawson

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
  • Vantage Point(2008)

    as Rex Brooks

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Eli Stone(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Therapist

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
  • The Girl in the Park(2007)

    as Julia Sandburg

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • DNA: Secret of Photo 51 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Narrator

  • The TV Set(2006)

    as Lenny

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Happily N'Ever After(2006)

    as Frieda (voice)

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Infamous(2006)

    as Babe Paley

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Snow Cake(2006)

    as Linda

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Imaginary Heroes(2004)

    as Sandy Travis

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Doc Martin(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as American Tourist · as Beth Traywick

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • The Village(2004)

    as Alice Hunt

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Holes(2003)

    as Louise Walker the Warden

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • National Geographic : Search for the Afghan Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Narrator

  • The Guys(2002)

    as Joan

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Tadpole(2002)

    as Eve Grubman

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • The Lost Film of Dian Fossey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Through These Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Narrator

  • Big Bad Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Betti DeLoreo (voice)

  • Heartbreakers(2001)

    as Max Conners

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • The Roman Empire in the First Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Narrator

  • Company Man(2000)

    as Daisy Quimp

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
  • Galaxy Quest(1999)

    as Gwen DeMarco

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • A Map of the World(1999)

    as Alice Goodwin

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Futurama(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Planet Express Ship (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Why Dogs Smile and Chimpanzees Cry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Narrator

  • Alien: Resurrection(1997)

    Co-Producer · as Ripley

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • The Ice Storm(1997)

    as Janey Carver

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Snow White: A Tale of Terror(1997)

    as Lady Claudia Hoffman

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Copycat(1995)

    as Helen Hudson

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Jeffrey(1995)

    as Debra Moorhouse

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Death and the Maiden(1994)

    as Paulina Escobar

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • The Wild Swans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Narrator

  • Dave(1993)

    as Ellen Mitchell

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • The Snow Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • 1492: Conquest of Paradise(1992)

    as Queen Isabella

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Alien³(1992)

    Co-Producer · as Ripley

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Peachboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Ghostbusters II(1989)

    as Dana Barrett

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Working Girl(1988)

    as Katharine Parker

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Gorillas in the Mist(1988)

    as Dian Fossey

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
  • Half Moon Street(1986)

    as Dr. Lauren Slaughter

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Aliens(1986)

    as Ripley

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • One Woman or Two(1985)

    as Jessica Fitzgerald

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Ghostbusters(1984)

    as Dana Barrett

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Wilderness: A Country in the Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Actor

  • Deal of the Century(1983)

    as Mrs. DeVoto

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • The Year of Living Dangerously(1982)

    as Jill Bryant

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Eyewitness(1981)

    as Tony Sokolow

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • O Youth and Beauty! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Marcia Lawton

  • The Sorrows of Gin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Marcia Lawton

  • Alien(1979)

    as Ripley

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Madman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Gale

  • Annie Hall(1977)

    as Alvy's Date Outside Theatre

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Nova(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
  • Tomb Raider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Evelyn Wallis

  • Useful Idiots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 118 titles, 114 of them dated from 1974 to 2026; peak year 2008.

Film career

MilestoneBreakoutAward winNomination
19742026

Peak 2008 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 53 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 7 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting118 of 118: 115 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thProducing3 of 118: 0 only producing, 3 with another role

118 titles, 3 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1970s6 · acting1980s13 · acting1990s17 · 17 acting · 2 crew2000s30 · acting2010s33 · acting2020s15 · 15 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 24% of 66 roles
79899904091419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award and 2 other major awards from 22 major nominations, 1980–2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • Venice award, won
  2. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Narrator
  3. 2013
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
  4. 2011
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
  5. 2010
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
  6. 2009
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
  7. 2000
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  8. 1998
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries
Show 4 earlier years
  1. 1990
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  2. 1989
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
  3. 1987
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  4. 1980
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Sigourney Weaver's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 75; across their 75 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 75

Approval · how many liked their films

65thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 75

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 75

Midcredits score across 89 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up36
  • 50th to 74th28
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

43 of their 89 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved17
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser43
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed18

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 62 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Sigourney Weaver's work okay for kids?

Across up to 53 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore40 titles26–85 · median 59 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity53 titles10–56 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity43 titles10–75 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs39 titles8–62 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense39 titles33–82 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Sigourney Weaver work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sigourney Weaver's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; James Cameron shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles