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Sigourney Weaver
Actress
Female
Born
Oct 8, 1949
Age
63
Hometown
Manhattan
Alma Mater
Leland Stanford J...
Other Names
Weaver, Susan Ale...
Sigourney Weaver is an American actress. She is known for her critically acclaimed role of Ellen Ripley in the four Alien films: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection, for which she has received worldwide recognition (she was also a co-producer… Read More
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Age 63
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CHILDHOOD
1949
Birth
Born on October 8, 1949.
TEENAGE
1963
13 Years Old
She began using the name "Sigourney Weaver" in 1963 after a minor character (Sigourney Howard) in F.
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In 1967, at the age of 18, Weaver visited Israel and volunteered on a kibbutz for several months.
TWENTIES
1974
24 Years Old
Weaver attended Sarah Lawrence College as well as Stanford University where she first began her involvement in acting, by living in Stanford's co-ed Beta Chi Community for the Performing Arts. Weaver earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at the Yale University School of Drama in 1974, 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.
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1977
27 Years Old
Weaver's first role was in Woody Allen's 1977 comedy Annie Hall playing a minor role opposite Allen.
1979
29 Years Old
Weaver appeared two years later as Warrant Officer/Lieutenant Ripley in Ridley Scott's blockbuster 1979 film Alien.
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THIRTIES
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.
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FORTIES
1995
45 Years Old
She played the role of agoraphobic criminal psychologist Helen Hudson in the 1995 movie Copycat.
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FIFTIES
2001
51 Years Old
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.
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2002
52 Years Old
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.
In 2008, Weaver was featured as the voice of the ship's computer in the Pixar and Disney release, WALL•E.
LATE ADULTHOOD
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In March 2010, she was cast for the lead role as Queen of the Vampires in Amy Heckerling's Vamps.
2011
61 Years Old
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."
2012
62 Years Old
Ivan Reitman has confirmed that Weaver will reprise her role as Dana Barrett in the rumored third Ghostbusters movie due for release in 2012.
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