• Name: Sigourney Weaver
  
• Birth Name: Susan Alexandra Weaver
  
• Height: 6'
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: October 8, 1949
  
• Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
  
• Profession: actress, producer
  
• Education: The Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, CT
  
•   : Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (majored in Drama; M.F.A.)
  
•   : Stanford University, Stanford, California (majored in English; B.A.)
  
• Husband/Wife: Jim Simpson (director; married in 1984)
  
• Relationship: James McClure (actor, 1970-1980)
  
• Father: Pat Weaver (former NBC president who created both 'The Today Show'and 'The Tonight Show')
  
• Mother: Elizabeth Inglis (actress)
  
• Uncle: Doodles Weaver (actor; born on May 11, 1911)
  
• Daughter: Charlotte Simpson (born in 1990)
  
• Claim to fame: as Warrant Officer Lieutenant Ellen L. Ripley in Alien (1979)
  

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• On her role in ALIEN: RESURRECTION: "If you come back from the dead, you don't have the same value system, I think."
• "I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about."
• "Well, I've always admired Margaret Rutherford. Like her I'd like to play Miss Marple when I'm eighty."
• "I'm having a wonderful time producing. There are good producers and bad producers. I've learned the hard way what not to do. The ultimate aim is to produce things I'm not actually in. I'm not looking for vehicles for myself. It's not a vanity company."
• "Whether it was work, marriage, or family, I've always been a late bloomer."
• "[Comedy is] the one thing I'm really good at. I don't know why I've had such a serious career. I've had the most serious career."

• Empire Awards: Lifetime Achievement Award (2004)
• DVD Exclusive Awards: Best Audio Commentary (new for DVD), ALIEN (2003)
• Chicago International Film Festival: Lifetime Achievement Award (2001)
• BAFTA Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, THE ICE STORM (1998)
• Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Woman of the Year (1998)
• Cognac Festival du Film Policier: Special Mention, COPYCAT (1996)
• Gotham Awards: Actor Award (1994)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, THE ADVENTURE OF DIAN FOSSEY (1989)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, WORKING GIRL (1989)
• Golden Apple Awards: Golden Apple - Female Star of the Year (1988)
• Mystfest: Best Actress, HALF MOON STREET (1987)
• Saturn Award: Best Actress, ALIENS (1987)

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