Sigourney Weaver Personality Type
American actress
Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (; born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. An influential figure in science fiction and popular culture, Weaver has received several accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and nominations for three Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. She was voted Number 20 in Channel 4's countdown of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time, being one of only two women in the Top 20.Weaver rose to fame for playing Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's science fiction film Alien (1979), which earned her a nomination for the British Academy Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer. She reprised the role with a critically-acclaimed performance in Aliens (1986), directed by James Cameron, for which she received nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She returned to the role in two more sequels: Alien 3 (1992) and Alien Resurrection (1997). The character is regarded as a significant female protagonist in cinema history. Her other franchise roles include Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Ghostbusters (2016), and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), and Dr. Grace Augustine in Avatar (2009)—which remained the highest-grossing film of all time for a decade—and its multiple sequels scheduled to be released throughout the 2020s. Although Dr. Augustine died in the first film, Weaver has been retained to portray a different character via motion capture in upcoming installations. Her work in the Broadway play Hurlyburly (1984) earned her a Tony Award nomination.
