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Sigourney Weaver

1949 - Today

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Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (; born October 8, 1949) is an American actress and film producer. Prolific in film since the late 1970s, she is known for her portrayals of strong women in science fiction and horror franchises, and for her roles in blockbusters. Weaver is considered to be a pioneer of action heroines in science fiction films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigourney Weaver has received more than 19,138,334 page views. Her biography is available in 107 different languages on Wikipedia. Sigourney Weaver is the 96th most popular actor (down from 90th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from United States (down from 181st in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Actor.

Sigourney Weaver is most famous for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien series.

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  • 19M

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  • 72.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 107

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sigourney Weaver ranks 96 out of 13,578. Before her are John Travolta, Rowan Atkinson, Helen Mirren, Clark Gable, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Jane Fonda. After her are Leslie Nielsen, Robert Redford, Gregory Peck, Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, and Ben Affleck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Sigourney Weaver ranks 13. Before her are Meryl Streep, Pedro Almodóvar, Mark Knopfler, Bernard Arnault, Lech Kaczyński, and Anna Wintour. After her are Arsène Wenger, Richard Gere, Maurice Gibb, Abdullah Öcalan, André Rieu, and Ken Follett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sigourney Weaver ranks 185 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert K. Merton (1910), Geronimo (1829), Gene Cernan (1934), Tim Cook (1960), Edwin McMillan (1907), and Jane Fonda (1937). After her are Robert Redford (1936), James Madison (1751), Gregory Peck (1916), Scatman John (1942), Louis Sullivan (1856), and Mary Cassatt (1844).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sigourney Weaver ranks 45. Before her are Judy Garland (1922), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Tom Cruise (1962), John Travolta (1954), Clark Gable (1901), and Jane Fonda (1937). After her are Robert Redford (1936), Gregory Peck (1916), Mel Gibson (1956), Jon Voight (1938), Ben Affleck (1972), and Buster Keaton (1895).

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Television and Movie Roles

Avatar
Dr. Grace Augustine
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Dec 15o 20097.582 / 10
Aliens
Ripley
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
Jul 18o 19867.946 / 10
Alien
Ripley
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
May 25o 19798.2 / 10