Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver is an Academy Award nominated American actress best known for her role in the Alien Films. Other hit films include Ghostbusters, Gorillas in the Mist, and The Ice Storm.

She received a BA in English from Stanford University and an MFA from the prestigious Yale School of Drama where she befriended and acted in plays of classmate, Christopher Durang, an American playwright known for absurdist comedies.

1. 1979: Alien
2. 1981: Eyewitness
3. 1982: The Year of Living Dangerously
4. 1984: Ghostbusters
5. 1988: Gorillas in the Mist
6. 1988: Working Girl
7. 1994: Death and the Maiden
8. 1997: The Ice Storm
9. 1999: Galaxy Quest
10. 2004: The Village

1. "I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about."
2. "I think I get sent the roles Meryl's Meryl Streep not doing."
3. "In Hollywood, if you are a man and speak your mind openly, you're considered a man in full. But, if you are a woman and do the same, you're nothing but an annoying bitch."

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1949: Born October 8

• 1977: Annie Hall

• 1979: Alien

• 1981: Eyewitness

• 1984: Ghost Busters

• 1986: Aliens

• 1988: Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey

• 1989: Ghostbusters II

• 1992: Alien 3

• 1993: Dave

• 1995: Copycat

• 1997: Alien: Resurrection

• 1997: The Ice Storm

• 1999: Galaxy Quest

• 2001: Heartbreakers

• 2003: Holes

• 2004: The Village

• 2006: Infamous

• 2008: Be Kind Rewind

• 2008: Baby Mama

• 2009: Avatar