Sigourney Weaver

7 Nominations
2 Wins

Susan “Sigourney” Weaver (born in New York City, October 8, 1949) played Ellen Ripley in Alien (1979) by Ridley Scott, Aliens (1986) by James Cameron, Alien 3 (1992) by David Fincher, Alien: Resurrection (1997). She acted with Mel Gibson in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) by Peter Weir, with Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd in Ghostbusters (1984) by Ivan Reitman, played Dian Fossey in Gorillas in the Mist (1988) by Michael Apted, acted with Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford in Working Girl (1988) by Mike Nichols, with Kevin Kline in Dave (1993) by Ivan Reitman and The Ice Storm (1997) by Ang Lee, with Ben Kingsley in Death and the Maiden (1994) by Roman Polanski, with Holly Hunter in Copycat (1995) by Jon Amiel, with Julianne Moore in A Map of the World (1999) by Scott Elliot, with Gene Hackman in Heartbreakers (2001), with Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009) by James Cameron. She played Felicity Jones’ mother in A Monster Calls (2016) by Juan Antonio Bayona, a literary agent in My Salinger Year (2021) with Margaret Qualley. On television she starred in Prayers for Bobby (2009) and Political Animals (2012).

Golden Globe Awards

Awards Database

1989 Winner

1989 Winner

Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Working Girl

1989 Winner

1989 Winner

Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama
Gorillas in the Mist: The Adventure of Dian Fossey

2013 Nominee

2013 Nominee

Best Actress - Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture
Political Animals

2010 Nominee

2010 Nominee

Best Actress - Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture
Prayers For Bobby

2000 Nominee

2000 Nominee

Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama
Map of the World, A

1998 Nominee

1998 Nominee

Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Ice Storm, The

1987 Nominee

1987 Nominee

Best Actress - Motion Picture - Drama
Aliens