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For Aliens, she won the Saturn Award for Best Actress and earned her first nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 1988, Weaver starred as primatologist Dian Fossey in the biographical drama Gorillas in the Mist.
Sigourney Weaver became the star of the Alien films, reprising her role as Ripley in three sequels between 1986 and 1997. She did not appear in either of the Alien vs. Predator crossovers of the 2000s, but has expressed interest in doing a fifth Alien film.
Alien: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton. The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Sigourney Weaver is a versatile and acclaimed actress who starred as Ripley in the Alien franchise and other films. IMDb provides her biography, awards, trivia, photos, videos and credits.
Ellen Louise Ripley is a fictional character and the original protagonist of the Alien film series, played by American actress Sigourney Weaver. Considered one of the greatest characters in science fiction film history, the character earned Weaver worldwide recognition, and remains her most famous role to date.
Jul 18, 1986 · Sigourney Weaver stars as Ellen Ripley, a survivor of the Nostromo incident, who returns to fight the alien queen and her offspring on a space colony. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this sci-fi action movie.
Mar 22, 2021 · The actress recalls how she got the role of Ripley in the 1979 sci-fi thriller and how it changed her career and life. She also shares her memories of working with the director and the cast, and how Alien became her professional compass.