Personal details
- Birth Date: 1949-10-08
- Height: 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Birth Location: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- Children: (1 child) Charlotte Simpson
- Parents: Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
- Professions: Actress, Producer, Soundtrack
Sigourney Weaver’s career? Total powerhouse. She’s the kind of actor who can kick alien butt one minute and then turn around and play a scientist fighting to save gorillas. She showed up in Alien back in ‘79 and, honestly, it’s hard to think of anyone else who could’ve pulled off Ripley’s mix of toughness and heart. She kept coming back to that role, each time making it fresh—even produced some of those sequels herself. But Weaver’s not just the queen of sci-fi. She’s done everything from comedy gold in Ghostbusters (hello, Zuul!) and Galaxy Quest (that hair!) to serious drama like Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl—both snagged her Oscar nods and Globe wins, no big deal. The range is wild: hanging with Mel Gibson in The Year of Living Dangerously, dialing up the tension in Copycat, and even voicing the ship’s computer in WALL-E. She’s worked with pretty much every big director out there, racked up a BAFTA and a pile of award nominations, and somehow still manages to be hilarious in stuff like Baby Mama. Even when she pops up as a villain or a weirdo (Holes, The Village), she brings a ton of depth. Decades in, she’s still mixing it up—teenage avatar, fairy tale queen, whatever. Weaver just doesn’t miss.
Whoa, talk about a paycheck glow-up—Sigourney Weaver’s salary for Alien: Resurrection in '97 straight-up dwarfed the ENTIRE budget of the original Alien from '79. That’s not just a little bump; it’s like she got paid more for one movie than Ridley Scott got to put the whole first film together. Wild. You gotta wonder what Ridley and the old school cast thought about that—probably a mix of “good for her” and “man, times have changed.” Hollywood money is a different beast now. Back then, they scraped together what they could for a scrappy sci-fi horror flick, and now, boom, major studios just throw buckets of cash at the stars. Weaver definitely earned it, though. She pretty much carried the franchise, and by the fourth one, she was basically iconic. The power of a true scream queen, huh? Not many actors can say their salary outpaced an entire classic film’s budget.
movies quotes informationnnYou know that feeling when you’re watching a movie and some side character just totally steals the scene? That’s what this quote is all about. Some actors genuinely don’t care about being the star, they’d rather have a small but awesome role in a film that actually means something to them. Who wants to be the main character in some bland, soulless blockbuster, anyway? There’s more pride in dropping a killer one-liner or just showing up in a project you actually vibe with. It’s like, quality over quantity, right? Honestly, people remember the small, passionate roles way more than some forgettable lead in a movie nobody cares about. It’s gutsy to choose something you love over something that just looks good on paper. And hey, at the end of the day, it’s about being part of a story you actually believe in. That’s where the magic happens, not just standing in the spotlight.
October 8, 1949
5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Konidela Ram Charan
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Yes, Charlotte Simpson
Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. and Surekha
75 years old