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Sigourney Weaver
File:Sigourney Weaver 2012.jpg Weaver at the world premiere of Disney?s John Carter at Regal Cinemas in February 22, 2012.
Born | Susan Alexandra Weaver (1949-10-08) October 8, 1949 (age 64) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Alma mater | Stanford University (B.A., 1972) Yale University (M.F.A., 1974)
Occupation | Actress
Years active | 1976?present
Spouse(s) | Jim Simpson (m. 1984?present)
Children | Charlotte Simpson
Parents | Sylvester Weaver (deceased) Elizabeth Inglis (deceased)
Relatives | Doodles Weaver (uncle, deceased)

Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver; October 8, 1949) is an American actress. She is known for her role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition.

Other notable roles include Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters and its sequel Ghostbusters II, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, Working Girl, The Ice Storm, Galaxy Quest, Prayers for Bobby and Grace Augustine in Avatar.

Weaver has been nominated for three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards (one win), two Emmy Awards, six Saturn Awards (two wins) and six Golden Globe Awards, winning two in 1988 for 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] She was also nominated for a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award.

Her 1986 Academy Award nomination for Aliens is considered as 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. Weaver progressively received fame for her numerous contributions to the science fiction film history (including minor roles in successful works such as Futurama, WALL-E, Paul and The Cabin in the Woods) and gained the nickname of "The Sci-Fi Queen".[2][3][4][5] She played the lead role on USA Network's Political Animals miniseries as Elaine Barrish, a divorced former First Lady and Governor of Illinois, as well as the current Secretary of State.

## Early life[edit]

Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver in Manhattan, New York City, the daughter of Elizabeth Inglis (n?e Desiree Mary Lucy Hawkins; 1913?2007), an English actress, and the NBC television executive and television pioneer Sylvester "Pat" Weaver (1908?2002).[6][7][8][9] Her uncle, Doodles Weaver (1911?1983), was a comedian and actor. She began using the name "Sigourney Weaver" in 1963 after a minor character (Sigourney Howard) in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.[10][11]

Weaver attended the Ethel Walker School, a girls' preparatory school in Simsbury, Connecticut. She also attended The Chapin School. Sigourney was reportedly 5? 10?? (179?cm) tall by the age of 14, although she only grew another inch during her teens to her adult height of 5? 11?? (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.

Weaver with her father Pat Weaver in 1989

## Film career[edit]

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 Ripley in Ridley Scott's blockbuster 1979 film Alien. 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.

Sigourney Weaver at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Baby Mama; she played a role in the film.

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 in December 2009

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 also expressed interest in starring in a fifth Alien film. Ivan Reitman has confirmed that Weaver will reprise her role as Dana Barrett[21] in the rumored third Ghostbusters movie due for release in 2012.[22]

Weaver at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival

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.[23] 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.[24]

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."[25]

## Personal life[edit]

Weaver was engaged to reporter Aaron Latham in 1967.[26] She has been married to the filmmaker Jim Simpson since October 1, 1984.[citation needed] They are the parents of one daughter, Charlotte Simpson, who was born on April 13, 1990.[27]

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.[28] She was honored by the Explorers Club for this work. Weaver is an environmentalist.[29] 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.[30]

## Filmography[edit]

### Film[edit]

Year | Film | Role | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
1977 | Annie Hall | Alvy's Date Outside Theater |
1978 | Madman | Not Specified |
1979 | Alien | Ripley | DVDX Award for Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) (2003 re-issue in Alien Quadrilogy, shared with Ridley Scott, Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt) Nominated?BAFTA Award for Best Leading Newcomer Nominated?Saturn Award for Best Actress
1981 | Eyewitness | Tony Sokolow | Crew Members TV equipment from WNYW (then known as WNEW) appeared in the film. Weaver actually co-hosted the news on WNYW for the film.
1982 | The Year of Living Dangerously | Jilly Bryant |
1983 | Deal of the Century | Catherine DeVoto |
1984 | Ghostbusters | Dana Barrett |
Terror in the Aisles | Ripley | archival footage
1985 | Femme ou Deux, Une Une Femme ou Deux | Jessica Fitzgerald | English translation: One Woman or Two; almost entirely French-language production
1986 | Half Moon Street | Dr. Lauren Slaughter | Mystfest Award for Best Actress
Aliens | Ellen Ripley | Saturn Award for Best Actress Nominated?Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated?Golden Globe Award for Best Actress?? Motion Picture Drama
1988 | Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey | Dian Fossey | Golden Apple Award for Female Star of the Year (also for Working Girl) Golden Globe Award for Best Actress?? Motion Picture Drama (tied with Jodie Foster and Shirley MacLaine) Nominated?Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated?Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
Working Girl | Katharine Parker | Golden Apple Award for Female Star of the Year (also for Gorillas in the Mist) Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress?? Motion Picture Nominated?Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated?BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated?Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
1989 | Ghostbusters II | Dana Barrett |
1992 | The Snow Queen | The Narrator | Short film Voice only
Alien 3 | Ellen Ripley | Also co-producer Nominated?Saturn Award for Best Actress
1492: Conquest of Paradise | Queen Isabella |
1993 | Rabbit Ears: Peachboy | The Narrator | Short film Voice only
Dave | Ellen Mitchell |
1994 | The Wild Swans | The Narrator | Short film Voice only
Death and the Maiden | Paulina Escobar | Gotham Award for Best Actress
1995 | Copycat | Helen Hudson | Special Mention Award at the Festival du Film Policier de Cognac (Shared with Holly Hunter)
Jeffrey | Debra Moorhouse |
1997 | Ice Storm, The The Ice Storm | Janey Carver | BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award (also for Snow White and Alien Resurrection) Nominated?Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress?? Motion Picture Nominated?Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress?? Motion Picture
Alien Resurrection | Ellen Ripley | Also co-producer Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award (also for The Ice Storm and Snow White) Nominated?Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress?? Sci-Fi Nominated?Saturn Award for Best Actress
1999 | Map of the World, A A Map of the World | Alice Goodwin | Nominated?Golden Globe Award for Best Actress?? Motion Picture Drama Nominated?Satellite Award for Best Actress?? Motion Picture Drama
Galaxy Quest | Gwen DeMarco/Lieutenant Tawny Madison | Nominated?Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress?? Comedy Nominated?Saturn Award for Best Actress
2000 | Company Man | Daisy Quimp |
2001 | Heartbreakers | Angela Nardino/Max Conners/Ulga Yevanova | Nominated?Satellite Award for Best Actress?? Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Big Bad Love | Betti DeLoreo | Voice only
2002 | Tadpole | Eve Grubman |
Guys, The The Guys | Joan | Directed by husband Jim Simpson, starring daughter Charlotte Simpson Nominated?Satellite Award for Best Actress?? Motion Picture Drama
2003 | Holes | Warden Walker |
2004 | Imaginary Heroes | Sandy Travis | Nominated?Satellite Award for Best Actress?? Motion Picture Drama
Village, The The Village | Alice Hunt |
2006 | Snow Cake | Linda Freeman | Nominated?Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
TV Set, The The TV Set | Lenny |
Infamous | Babe Paley |
2007 | Happily N'Ever After | Frieda | Voice only
Girl in the Park, The The Girl in the Park | Julia Sandburg |
2008 | Vantage Point | Rex Brooks |
Be Kind Rewind | Ms. Lawson |
Baby Mama | Chaffee Bicknell |
WALL?E | Computer | Voice only
Tale of Despereaux, The The Tale of Despereaux | The Narrator
2009 | Avatar | Dr. Grace Augustine | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated?Scream Award for Best Supporting Actress
2010 | Crazy on the Outside | Vicky |
You Again | Aunt Ramona |
2011 | Cedar Rapids | Marcy Vanderhei |
Paul | "The Big Guy" |
Abduction | Dr. Bennett |
Rampart | Joan Confrey |
2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | The Director |
Red Lights | Margaret Matheson |
The Cold Light of Day | Jean Carrack | post-production
Vamps | Cisserus
2013 | It Is What It Is | Judith | Pre-production
Happy Holidays, Katherine Sloane | Hadley Sloane
2015[31] | Avatar 2 | Dr. Grace Augustine[32]

### Television[edit]

Year | Programme | Character | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
1976 | Somerset | Avis Ryan |
1977 | The Best of Families | Laura Wheeler |
1979 | 3 by Cheever: The Sorrows of Gin | Marcia Lawton |
3 by Cheever: O Youth and Beauty! |
1997 | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Lady Claudia Hoffman | Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Award (also for The Ice Storm and Alien Resurrection) Nominated?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress?? Miniseries or a Movie Nominated?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2002 | Futurama | The Female Planet Express Ship | Episode: "Love and Rocket" (voice only)
2008 | Eli Stone | Therapist | Episode: "The Path"
2009 | Prayers for Bobby | Mary Griffith | Trevor Life Award Nominated?Golden Globe Award for Best Actress?? Miniseries or Television Film Nominated?Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress?? Miniseries or a Movie Nominated?Prism Award for Best Actress Nominated?Satellite Award for Best Actress ? Miniseries or Television Film Nominated?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2011 | Spring/Fall |  |
2012 | Political Animals | Elaine Barrish | USA Network's series

### Documentaries[edit]

Year | Programme | Character | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
1999 | Why Dogs Smile Chimpanzees Cry | The Narrator - Herself | 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[edit]

Year | Game | Role | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
2009 | James Cameron's Avatar: The Game | Dr. Grace Augustine | X-Box 360/PS3 version
Wii version

## Other accolades[edit]

### Lifetime Achievement[edit]

Year | Ceremony | Award
--- | --- | ---
1999 | Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
2001 | Chicago International Film Festival | Lifetime Achievement Award
2004 | Empire Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award
2006 | Edinburgh International Film Festival | Diamond Award
2010 | Scream Awards | The Heroine Award

### Theatre awards[edit]

Year | Play | Award | Category | Result
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1980 | Das Lusitania Songspiel | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a musical | Nominated
1984-85 | Hurlyburly | Tony Awards | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play | Nominated

### Other[edit]

Year | Accolade | Notes
--- | --- | ---
2011 | Rachel Carson Award | For environmental activism

## Stage credits[edit]

- Better Dead Than Sorry (1971, Yale Cabaret) as Jenny[33]
- Story Theatre (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival)[34]
- Sarah B. Divine! (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Anita, the Eternal Maid[35]
- The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Dockdaisy[36]
- The Rat Trap (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Cynthia Muldoon[37]
- Once in a Lifetime (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Florabel Leigh[38]
- The Elephant Calf (1972, Williamstown Theatre Festival)[39]
- The Tempest (1973, Yale Repertory Theatre)[40]
- Watergate Classics (1973-4, Yale Repertory Theatre)[40]
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1974, Yale University Theatre)[40]
- The Nature and Purpose of the Universe (1974, Direct Theatre) as Eleanor (workshop production)[41]
- The Frogs (1974, Yale Repertory Theatre) as member of the Chorus[42]
- The Constant Wife (1975, Shubert Theatre, understudy) as Marie-Louise Durham[43]
- Titanic (1976, Direct Theatre) as Lidia/Annabella/Harriet[44]
- Das Lusitania Songspiel (1976, Van Dam Theatre)[45]
- Gemini (1976, Playwright's Horizons) as Judith Hastings[46]
- Marco Polo Sings a Solo (1977, Public/Newman Theatre) as Freydis[47]
- Conjuring an Event (1978, American Place Theatre) as Annabella[48]
- A Flea in Her Ear (1978, Hartford Stage)[49]
- New Jerusalem (1979, Public Theater)[50]
- Das Lusitania Songspiel (new version) (1980, Westside Theatre).[51] Also co-authored the play with Christopher Durang.
- Lone Star (1980) as Elizabeth
- Beyond Therapy (1981, Phoenix Theatre) as Prudence[52]
- As You Like It (1981, Dallas Festival of Shakespeare) as Rosalind
- Animal Kingdom (1982, Berkshire Festival) as Cecelia Henry[53]
- Old Times (1983, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Anna[54]
- Hurlyburly (1984-5, Ethel Barrymore Theatre) as Darlene.[55]
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1986, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Stella Kowalski[56]
- The Merchant of Venice (1986-7, Classic Stage Company) as Portia[57]
- The Show-Off (1988, Williamstown Theatre Festival) as Clara[58]
- Sex and Longing (1996, Cort Theatre) as Lulu[59]
- The Guys (2001-2, The Flea Theater) as Joan[60]
- The Mercy Seat (2002, Acorn Theatre) as Abby Prescott[61]
- Mrs Farnsworth (2004, The Flea Theater) as Marjorie Farnsworth[62]
- Crazy Mary (2007, Playwright's Horizons) as Lydia[63]
- Love Letters (2007, The Flea Theater, single benefit performance) as Melissa Gardner[64]
- Love Letters (2008, The Detroit Film Theatre, single benefit performance) as Melissa Gardner[65]
- Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2012, McCarter Theatre) as Masha

## Soundtrack discography[edit]

Year | Soundtrack | Song(s) performed
--- | --- | ---
1993 | Dave | "Tomorrow"
2006 | Snow Cake | "Deep in the Heart of Texas"
2007 | The Girl in the Park | "Ooh Shoo Be Doo Be"

## References[edit]

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Awards for Sigourney Weaver
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (1985–2009)
Rosanna Arquette (1985) Judi Dench (1986) Susan Wooldridge (1987) Judi Dench (1988) Michelle Pfeiffer (1989) Whoopi Goldberg (1990) Kate Nelligan (1991) Miranda Richardson (1992) Miriam Margolyes (1993) Kristin Scott Thomas (1994) Kate Winslet (1995) Juliette Binoche (1996) Sigourney Weaver (1997) Judi Dench (1998) Maggie Smith (1999) Julie Walters (2000) Jennifer Connelly (2001) Catherine Zeta-Jones (2002) Renée Zellweger (2003) Cate Blanchett (2004) Thandie Newton (2005) Jennifer Hudson (2006) Tilda Swinton (2007) Penélope Cruz (2008) Mo'Nique (2009)
Complete list (1968–1984) (1985–2009) (2010–2034)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (1981–2000)
Meryl Streep (1981) Meryl Streep (1982) Shirley MacLaine (1983) Sally Field (1984) Whoopi Goldberg (1985) Marlee Matlin (1986) Sally Kirkland (1987) Jodie Foster/Shirley MacLaine/Sigourney Weaver (1988) Michelle Pfeiffer (1989) Kathy Bates (1990) Jodie Foster (1991) Emma Thompson (1992) Holly Hunter (1993) Jessica Lange (1994) Sharon Stone (1995) Brenda Blethyn (1996) Judi Dench (1997) Cate Blanchett (1998) Hilary Swank (1999) Julia Roberts (2000)
Complete list (1943–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–2020)
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture (1981–2000)
Joan Hackett (1981) Jessica Lange (1982) Cher (1983) Peggy Ashcroft (1984) Meg Tilly (1985) Maggie Smith (1986) Olympia Dukakis (1987) Sigourney Weaver (1988) Julia Roberts (1989) Whoopi Goldberg (1990) Mercedes Ruehl (1991) Joan Plowright (1992) Winona Ryder (1993) Dianne Wiest (1994) Mira Sorvino (1995) Lauren Bacall (1996) Kim Basinger (1997) Lynn Redgrave (1998) Angelina Jolie (1999) Kate Hudson (2000)
Complete list (1943–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–present)
Hasty Pudding Women of the Year
1951–1970 | Gertrude Lawrence (1951) Barbara Bel Geddes (1952) Mamie Eisenhower (1953) Shirley Booth (1954) Debbie Reynolds (1955) Peggy Ann Garner (1956) Carroll Baker (1957) Katharine Hepburn (1958) Joanne Woodward (1959) Carol Lawrence (1960) Jane Fonda (1961) Piper Laurie (1962) Shirley MacLaine (1963) Rosalind Russell (1964) Lee Remick (1965) Ethel Merman (1966) Lauren Bacall (1967) Angela Lansbury (1968) Carol Burnett (1969) Dionne Warwick (1970)
1971–1990 | Carol Channing (1971) Ruby Keeler (1972) Liza Minnelli (1973) Faye Dunaway (1974) Valerie Harper (1975) Bette Midler (1976) Elizabeth Taylor (1977) Beverly Sills (1978) Candice Bergen (1979) Meryl Streep (1980) Mary Tyler Moore (1981) Ella Fitzgerald (1982) Julie Andrews (1983) Joan Rivers (1984) Cher (1985) Sally Field (1986) Bernadette Peters (1987) Lucille Ball (1988) Kathleen Turner (1989) Glenn Close (1990)
1991–2010 | Diane Keaton (1991) Jodie Foster (1992) Whoopi Goldberg (1993) Meg Ryan (1994) Michelle Pfeiffer (1995) Susan Sarandon (1996) Julia Roberts (1997) Sigourney Weaver (1998) Goldie Hawn (1999) Jamie Lee Curtis (2000) Drew Barrymore (2001) Sarah Jessica Parker (2002) Anjelica Huston (2003) Sandra Bullock (2004) Catherine Zeta-Jones (2005) Halle Berry (2006) Scarlett Johansson (2007) Charlize Theron (2008) Renée Zellweger (2009) Anne Hathaway (2010)
2011–2030 | Julianne Moore (2011) Claire Danes (2012) Marion Cotillard (2013)
Template:Saturn Award for Best Actress 1974?1990 Template:Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress 1991?2010

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Name | Weaver, Sigourney
Alternative names | Weaver, Susan Alexandra
Short description | American actress
Date of birth | 1949-10-08
Place of birth | Manhattan, New York, United States
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