Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver | |
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 Sigourney Weaver in September 2011 | |
| Born | Susan Alexandra Weaver October 8, 1949 |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (B.A., 1972) Yale University (M.F.A., 1974) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Height | 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 (Charlotte Simpson) |
| Parent(s) | Sylvester Weaver (deceased) Elizabeth Inglis (deceased) |
| Relatives | Doodles Weaver (uncle, deceased) |
Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver; October 8, 1949) is an American actress and film producer, best known for playing Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise.
Following her film debut as a minor character in Annie Hall, Weaver quickly came to prominence in 1979 with her first lead role as Ripley in Alien, subsequently reprising the role in its three sequels Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992), and Alien Resurrection (1997). Her 1986 Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Aliens is considered a landmark in the recognition of science fiction, action, and horror genres, as well as a major step in challenging the gender role in cinema.
She also starred 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 person ever to have won two acting Golden Globe Awards in the same year.[1] 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 progressively gained 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)[2][3][4][5]
Early life
Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of Elizabeth Inglis (née Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins; 1913–2007), an actress, and the NBC television executive and television pioneer Sylvester "Pat" Weaver (1908–2002).[6][7][8] Her uncle, Doodles Weaver (1911–1983), was a comedian and actor. Her mother was English, from Colchester, Essex, and her father, who was American, had English, Scottish, and Ulster-Scots ancestry, including roots in New England.[9][10] Weaver began using the name "Sigourney Weaver" in 1963 after a minor character (Sigourney Howard) in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.[11]
Weaver attended the Ethel Walker School, a girls' preparatory school in Simsbury, Connecticut. She also attended The Chapin School and The Brearley School. Sigourney was reportedly 5′ 10½″ (179 cm) tall by the age of 14, although she only grew another inch during her teens to her adult height of 5′ 11½″ (182 cm). In 1967, at the age of 18, Weaver visited Israel and volunteered on a kibbutz for several months.[12]
Weaver attended Sarah Lawrence College as well as Stanford University[13] where she first began her involvement in acting, by living in Stanford's co-ed Beta Chi Community for the Performing Arts.[14] Weaver earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at the Yale University School of Drama in 1974,[15] where one of her appearances was in the chorus in a production of Stephen Sondheim's musical version of The Frogs, and another was as one of a mob of Roman soldiers alongside Meryl Streep in another production.[16] Weaver later acted in original plays by her friend and classmate Christopher Durang. She later appeared in an "Off-Broadway" production of Durang's comedy Beyond Therapy in 1981, which was directed by the up-and-coming director Jerry Zaks.
Film career
Weaver's first role is often said to be in Woody Allen's 1977 comedy Annie Hall playing a minor role opposite Allen, whereas she appeared at least in Sidney Lumet's Serpico three years before (she meets Al Pacino at a party). Weaver appeared two years later as Warrant Officer/Lieutenant Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott's blockbuster 1979 film Alien, in a role initially designated to co-star Veronica Cartwright, until a late change in casting. She reprised the role in the three sequels of the Alien movie franchise, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection. Ty Burr of The Boston Globe states, "One of the real pleasures of "Alien" is to watch the emergence of both Ellen Ripley as a character and Sigourney Weaver as a star."[17] In the sequel Aliens directed by James Cameron, critic Roger Ebert writes, "Weaver, who is onscreen almost all the time, comes through with a very strong, sympathetic performance: She's the thread that holds everything together."[18] Weaver followed the success of Alien appearing opposite Mel Gibson in The Year of Living Dangerously released to critical acclaim and as Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II.
By the end of the decade, Weaver appeared in two of her most memorable and critically acclaimed performances in 1988 as Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist. The same year she appeared opposite Harrison Ford in a supporting role as Katharine Parker in the film Working Girl. Weaver won Golden Globe awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for her two roles that year. She received two Academy Award nominations in 1988, for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Working Girl and Best Actress for Gorillas in the Mist, making her one of the few actors nominated for two acting awards in the same year. By the early 1990s, Weaver appeared in several films including Ang Lee's The Ice Storm, earning her another Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress and winning a BAFTA Award, followed by Dave opposite Kevin Kline and Frank Langella. She played the role of agoraphobic criminal psychologist Helen Hudson in the 1995 movie Copycat. Weaver also concentrated on smaller and supporting roles throughout the decade such as Jeffrey (1994), Galaxy Quest (1999), and A Map of the World (1999) earning her another Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
In 2001, she appeared in the comedy Heartbreakers playing the lead role of a con artist alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Gene Hackman and Anne Bancroft. She appeared in several films throughout the decade including Holes (2003), the M. Night Shyamalan horror film The Village (2004), Vantage Point (2008), and Baby Mama (2008). Weaver also returned to Rwanda for the BBC special Gorillas Revisited. She was voted 20th in Channel 4's countdown of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time, being one of only two women in the Top 20 (the other was Audrey Hepburn).
In 2009, Weaver starred as Mary Griffith in her first made-for-TV movie, Prayers for Bobby, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award,[19] Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. She also guest starred in the TV show Eli Stone in the fall of 2008.[20] She reunited with Aliens director James Cameron for his 2009 film Avatar, with Weaver playing a major part as Dr. Grace Augustine, leader of the AVTR (avatar) program on the film's fictional moon Pandora.
Weaver has done voice work in television and film. She had a guest role in the Futurama episode "Love and Rocket" in February 2002, playing the female Planet Express Ship. In 2006, she was the narrator for the American version of the Emmy Award-winning series Planet Earth. Also in 2006, Weaver narrated "A Matter of Degrees", a short film that plays daily at The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks (The Wild Center) in Tupper Lake, New York. In 2008, Weaver was featured as the voice of the ship's computer in the Pixar and Disney release, WALL•E. She also voiced a narrating role in another computer-animated film, 2008's The Tale of Despereaux, based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo.
Weaver has hosted two episodes of the long-running NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live: once on the 12th season premiere in 1986, and again, on a season 35 episode in January 2010. In March 2010, she was cast for the lead role as Queen of the Vampires in Amy Heckerling's Vamps.[21] She was honored at the 2010 Scream Awards earning The Heroine Award which honored her work in science fiction, horror and fantasy films. In May 2010, there were reports that Weaver had been cast for the lead role Margaret Matheson in the Spanish thriller film Red Lights.[22]
In September 2011, it was confirmed that Weaver will be returning to Avatar 2, with James Cameron stating that "no one ever dies in science fiction."[23] In 2014, he revealed that she would be featured in all three sequels.[24]
In 2014 Weaver reprised the role of Ripley for the first time in 17 years by voicing the character in the video game Alien: Isolation. Her character will appear in two DLCs set during the events of Alien, with most of the original cast voicing their respective characters.[25][26]
Weaver appeared in the 2014 film Exodus: Gods and Kings playing Tuya, directed by Ridley Scott, alongside Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, and Ben Kingsley. [27]
Personal life
Weaver was engaged to reporter Aaron Latham in 1967.[28] She has been married to the stage director Jim Simpson since October 1, 1984.[29] They have one daughter, Charlotte Simpson, who was born on April 13, 1990.[30]
After making Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, she became a supporter of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and is now the DFGFI's honorary chairwoman.[31] She was honored by the Explorers Club for this work. Weaver is considered to be an environmentalist.[32] In October 2006, she drew international attention through a news conference at the start of a United Nations General Assembly policy deliberation. She outlined the widespread threat to ocean habitats posed by deep-sea trawling, an industrial method for harvesting fish. On April 8, 2008, she hosted the annual gala of the Trickle Up Program, a non-profit organization focusing on those in extreme poverty, mainly women and the disabled, in the Rainbow Room.[33]
Awards and nominations
Weaver has been nominated three times for an Academy Award, three BAFTAs (one win) and seven Golden Globes (two wins). She has also earned Tony and Drama Desk nominations for her work on the stage.
Filmography
Film
Television
Documentaries
| Year | Programme | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Why Dogs Smile & Chimpanzees Cry | The Narrator - Herself | Voice only |
| 2001 | The Roman Empire In The First Century | The Narrator | Voice only |
| 2003 | National Geographic Specials: The Lost Film of Dian Fossey | The Narrator | Voice only |
| 2006 | Planet Earth | The Narrator | Voice only |
| Gorillas Revisited | Herself | BBC production | |
| 2009 | ACID TEST: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification | The Narrator | Voice and image |
Video games
| Year | Game | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | James Cameron's Avatar: The Game | Dr. Grace Augustine | Xbox 360/PS3/Wii version |
| 2014 | Alien: Isolation | Ellen Ripley | "Crew Expendable" and "Last Survivor" DLCs |
Other accolades
Lifetime Achievement
| Year | Ceremony | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | ||
| 2001 | Chicago International Film Festival | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 2004 | Empire Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 2006 | Edinburgh International Film Festival | Diamond Award |
| 2008 | Marrakech International Film Festival | Honorary Award of the Festival |
| 2010 | Scream Awards | The Heroine Award |
| 2013 | Goldene Kamera | Best International Actress |
Other
| Year | Accolade | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Trevor Life Award | For being an inspiration to LGBT youth (for her involvement in Prayers for Bobby) |
| 2011 | Rachel Carson Award | For environmental activism |
Stage credits
- Better Dead Than Sorry (1971, Yale Cabaret) as Jenny[34]
- Story Theatre (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival)[35]
- Sarah B. Divine! (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Anita, the Eternal Maid[36]
- The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Dockdaisy[37]
- The Rat Trap (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Cynthia Muldoon[38]
- Once in a Lifetime (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Florabel Leigh[39]
- The Elephant Calf (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival)[40]
- The Tempest (1973, Yale Repertory Theatre)[41]
- Watergate Classics (1973-4, Yale Repertory Theatre)[41]
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1974, Yale University Theatre)[41]
- The Nature and Purpose of the Universe (1974, Direct Theatre) as Eleanor (workshop production)[42]
- The Frogs (1974, Yale Repertory Theatre) as member of the Chorus[43]
- The Constant Wife (1975, Shubert Theatre, understudy) as Marie-Louise Durham[44]
- Titanic (1976, Direct Theatre) as Lidia/Annabella/Harriet[45]
- Das Lusitania Songspiel (1976, Van Dam Theatre)[46]
- Gemini (1976, Playwright's Horizons) as Judith Hastings[47]
- Marco Polo Sings a Solo (1977, Public/Newman Theatre) as Freydis[48]
- Conjuring an Event (1978, American Place Theatre) as Annabella[49]
- A Flea in Her Ear (1978, Hartford Stage)[50]
- New Jerusalem (1979, Public Theater)[51]
- Das Lusitania Songspiel (new version) (1980, Westside Theatre).[52] Also co-authored the play with Christopher Durang.
- Lone Star (1980) as Elizabeth
- Beyond Therapy (1981, Phoenix Theatre) as Prudence[53]
- As You Like It (1981, Dallas Festival of Shakespeare) as Rosalind
- Animal Kingdom (1982, Berkshire Festival) as Cecelia Henry[54]
- Old Times (1983, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Anna[55]
- Hurlyburly (1984-5, Ethel Barrymore Theatre) as Darlene.[56]
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1986, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Stella Kowalski[57]
- The Merchant of Venice (1986-7, Classic Stage Company) as Portia[58]
- The Show-Off (1988, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Clara[59]
- Sex and Longing (1996, Cort Theatre) as Lulu[60]
- The Guys (2001-2, The Flea Theater) as Joan[61]
- The Mercy Seat (2002, Acorn Theatre) as Abby Prescott[62]
- Mrs Farnsworth (2004, The Flea Theater) as Marjorie Farnsworth[63]
- Crazy Mary (2007, Playwright's Horizons) as Lydia[64]
- Love Letters (2007, The Flea Theater, single benefit performance) as Melissa Gardner[65]
- Love Letters (2008, The Detroit Film Theatre, single benefit performance) as Melissa Gardner[66]
- Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2012, McCarter Theatre) as Masha
Soundtrack discography
| Year | Soundtrack | Song(s) performed |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Dave | "Tomorrow" |
| 2001 | Heartbreakers | "Back in the U.S.S.R." |
| 2006 | Snow Cake | "Deep in the Heart of Texas" |
| 2007 | The Girl in the Park | "Ooh Shoo Be Doo Be" |
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- ^ "Weaver's interview in Los Angeles Times Hero Complex". Los Angeles Times Hero Complex. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver - "The Sci-fi Queen"" (in French). Geekophonie. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
- ^ "Article about Weaver". The Post and Courier. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Sigourney Weaver, Multi Award Winning TV and Film Actress". Celebrity Speakers. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ He is related to Matthew Laflin who was an American Manufacturer of Gunpowder, Businessman, Philanthropist, and an early pioneer of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
- ^ Chicago: its history and its ... January 14, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ Reitwiesner, William Addams (2007). "Ancestry of George W. Bush". Retrieved July 24, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Interview by Sigourney Weaver, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, 8/25/08
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver – Weaver's Scottish Ancestry Mix-Up". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver – Biography". imdb.com. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ Ashkenazi, Eli (June 28, 2010). "Kibbutz Movement planning reunion for thousands of foreign volunteers". Haaretz.com. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
- ^ Bio, TVGuide
- ^ "The Beta Chi Chapter House Of Sigma Nu". Dynamics.org. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Training Great Actors: A Scene from Shakespeare". Yale University Tercentennial (April Weekend Videos). Yale University. 2001. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver The Frogs". Sigourneyweaver.org. May 15, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ Burr, Ty October 29, 2003 The Boston Globe 'Alien' director's cut oozes gore and greatness Boston.com Retrieved on September 21, 2010
- ^ Ebert, Roger July 18, 1986 Sun Times Aliens review The Sun online Retrieved on September 21, 2010.
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver Emmy Nominated". Emmys.com. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver Puts Eli Stone on the Couch". TV Guide. August 15, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver Queen of the Vamps! Where Do We Sign Up to be Bitten?". Dreadcentral.com. March 17, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver Flashes Red Lights for Rodrigo Cortés". Dreadcentral.com. May 25, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "BBC News - Sigourney Weaver Avatar 2 role confirmed". BBC News. September 18, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ a b "Avatar 2 Movie Spoilers, Release Date: Sigourney Weaver Alive, Will Play Crucial Role in New Trilogy". BreatheCast. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "Alien Isolation has best pre-order bonus ever: Sigourney Weaver and cast in special movie missions". Metro.
- ^ "http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/09/sigourney-weaver-to-appear-in-alien-isolation-video-game". The Guardian.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ "Ridley Scott In 'Exodus' Talks With Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, Sigourney Weaver, Aaron Paul". deadline.com. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver Bio – Actor Information at MovieTome". Movietome.com. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver- Together they co-founded the Flea Theater in New York City. Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ "Charlotte Simpson Bio". imdb.com. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ "About Dian Fossey – Info about the Life of Dian Fossey – DFGFI". Gorillafund.org. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Center for Health and the Global Environment". Chge.med.harvard.edu. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- ^ "Sigourney Weaver's Charity Work, Events and Causes at Look To The Stars". Looktothestars.org. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
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- ^ "Full Length Plays - Sex and Longing by Christopher Durang". Christopherdurang.com. September 12, 1996. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ^ "The Flea Theater - The Guys". Theflea.org. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ^ By JULIE SALAMONPublished: December 15, 2002 (December 15, 2002). "THEATER; A Response to 9/11 So Unheroically Human - New York Times". Select.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The Flea Theater - Mrs. Farnsworth". Theflea.org. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
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- ^ "Sigourney Weaver and Jeff Daniels Will Send Love Letters for Flea's One-Night Benefit". Playbill.com. May 9, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-23.
- ^ "Playbill.com. July 26, 2008. Gans, Andrew. "Sigourney Weaver and Jeff Daniels Send Love Letters July 26". Playbill.com. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
External links
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Quotations from Wikiquote
Data from Wikidata
- Sigourney Weaver at IMDb
- Sigourney Weaver at the Internet Broadway Database
- Weaver at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- BBC News article on Sigourney Weaver
- Daily Telegraph interview with Sigourney Weaver
- Sigourney Weaver at Emmys.com
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