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Sigourney Weaver made her motion picture debut in 1979 in Ridley Scott's blockbuster, Alien. She reprised the role of Ripley in James Cameron's Aliens in 1986, for which she earned a Best Actress Academy Award? nomination, and in David Fincher's Alien3 in 1992, which she also co-produced. In 1997, Weaver brought Ripley back to life in Alien: Resurrection for director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.

Weaver has starred in a number of strikingly different and successful films. She gave a galvanizing performance in A Map of The World, Scott Elliott's powerful drama based on the novel by Jane Hamilton, which earned her universal critical praise and a Golden Globe nomination for best actress. She delighted audiences with her flair for comedy, along with crewmates Tim Allen and Alan Rickman, in the science fiction comedy Galaxy Quest directed by Dean Parisot, a hit of the 1999 holiday season.

In 1997 Weaver joined the ensemble of Ang Lee's critically acclaimed film The Ice Storm, playing alongside Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Elijah Wood and Christina Ricci. Her performance garnered her a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1988 Weaver had starring roles in three back to back hit movies: Gorillas in the Mist, in which she portrayed primatologist Dian Fossey, the Mike Nichols comedy Working Girl, and Ghostbusters II.

Weaver received her second and third Academy Award? nominations and was awarded Golden Globes for her performances in Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl. Other films include the thriller Copycat, Paul Rudnick's comedy Jeffrey, Roman Polanski's Death and the Maiden, Half Moon Street with Michael Caine, Ridley Scott's 1492, Eyewitness with William Hurt and Showtime's live-action film Snow White, based on the original Grimm's fairytale, which earned her both an Emmy and Screen Actors Guild nomination.

Born and educated in New York City, Weaver graduated from Stanford University and went on to receive a master's degree from the Yale School of Drama. Her first professional job was as an understudy in Sir John Gielgud's production of The Constant Wife, starring Ingrid Bergman.

Weaver subsequently received a Tony Award nomination for her starring role in Hurlyburly on Broadway, directed by Mike Nichols. She played Portia in the Classic Stage Company of New York's production of The Merchant of Venice. In 1996, Weaver returned to Broadway in the Lincoln Center production of Sex and Longing, written by Christopher Durang.

She was most recently seen in M. Night Shyamalan's The Village and received rave reviews for her performance in Imaginary Heroes written and directed by Dan Harris. Weaver will next be seen in Snowcake opposite Alan Rickman and The TV Set, alongside David Duchovney. She will also lend her talents to the animated retelling of several classic Grimm Fairytales in Happily N'Ever After.

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