Sigourney Weaver’s birth name is Susan Alexandra Weaver. She is an American actress. She was born on October 8, 1949 in Manhattan, New York, U.S. She got good name for her roles as Lieutenant Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and as Dana Barrett in the Ghostbusters movies. The parents of Sigourney were Elizabeth Inglis, and Sylvester “Pat” Lafflin Weaver. Her mother was an English former actress, and her father was NBC television executive. Her uncle, Doodless Weaver was a comedian and actor. In 1963, she changed her name as “Sigourney Weaver” after a minor character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. She was joined in the Ethel Walker School, a prep school in Simsbury, Connecticut. Also, she was attended in the Chapin School.

When she was 13, she already gained 5′10″ of height. Her adult height is 5′11″. She completed her graduati ionn Stanford University in 1972. Also, she earned an MFA at Yale School of Drama in 1974. Later she acted in the movie Beyond Therapy which was directed by Jerry Zarks. She got great nominations in 1988. She was one of eleven actors and actresses to have received two Academy Award nominations in the same year.

She was married by Jim Simpson on October 1, 1984. They have one daughter. Her name is Charlotte Simpson, who was born on April 13, 1990. She acted in many films including Annie Hall, Alien, Eyewitness, The Year of Living Dangerously, Deal of the Century, Ghostbusters, Terror in the Aisles, Une Femme ou Deux, Half Moon Street, Death and the Maiden, and The Ice Storm.

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