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Birth Name:
Susan Alexandra Weaver
Birth Place:
New York, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
10/08/1949, Libra
Profession:
Actor; writer; producer
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Sigourney Weaver Fast Facts:
At age 14, she took the name Sigourney from a character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's
The Great Gatsby
.
While a student at Stanford University, she joined a theater group, lived in a tree-house with a friend and spent two months in Israel on a kibbutz.
Breakthrough role was as Ellen Ripley in the 1979 horror flick
Alien
, a part originally written for a man.
Earned an Oscar nod for her portrayal of real-life primatologist Dian Fossey in 1988's
Gorillas in the Mist
and is an honorary chair of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
Has a fear of elevators.
Sigourney Weaver Relationships:
Charlotte Simpson - Daughter
Elizabeth Inglis - Mother
Jim Simpson - Husband
Sylvester 'Pat' Weaver - Father
Trajan Weaver - Brother
Sigourney Weaver Awards:
1987 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1989 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Winner
2000 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
1989 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Winner
1998 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
1998 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
1986 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1988 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1988 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Nominee
1985 Tony: Actress (Featured Role--Play) - Winner
2009 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
College:
Attended Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY; Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (BA in English, 1971); Yale University, School of Drama, New Haven, CT (MFA in Drama, 1974)
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