Sigourney Weaver

Her dad Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. ("Pat" Weaver), NBC-TV president , pioneered the desk-and-couch talk show format that still survives on two programs he created - NBC's "Today" and "Tonight!" (aka "The Tonight Show") shows.

Her dad Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. ("Pat" Weaver), NBC-TV president (1953- 55), pioneered the desk-and-couch talk show format that still survives on two programs he created - NBC's "Today" (1952) and "Tonight!" (1953) (aka "The Tonight Show") shows.

Graduated from Stanford University in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in English.

Graduated from Stanford University in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in English.

Debuted in Woody Allen 's Annie Hall , duration: 6 seconds.

Debuted in Woody Allen 's Annie Hall (1977), duration: 6 seconds.

Has worked with three Bagginses. In Alien she works with Ian Holm, who played Frodo in the BBC radio adaptation and Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King . In The Ice Storm she worked with Elijah Wood, who played the part in the film. In Aliens the stunt double for Newt was Kiran Shah, who was also Wood's scale double.

Has worked with three Bagginses. In Alien (1979) she works with Ian Holm, who played Frodo in the BBC radio adaptation and Bilbo in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). In The Ice Storm (1997) she worked with Elijah Wood, who played the part in the film. In Aliens (1986) the stunt double for Newt was Kiran Shah, who was also Wood's scale double.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1985 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for David Rabe's "Hurlyburly," but lost to a co-star, Judith Ivey.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1985 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for David Rabe's "Hurlyburly," but lost to a co-star, Judith Ivey.

Dana Barrett, her character in the Ghostbusters films, is the only character among the leads who did not appear in the animated adaptation, The Real Ghostbusters .

Remains in contact with her former Aliens co-star Carrie Henn.

Her performance as Ellen Ripley in Aliens is ranked #58 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time .

Remains in contact with her former Aliens (1986) co-star Carrie Henn.

Dana Barrett, her character in the Ghostbusters films, is the only character among the leads who did not appear in the animated adaptation, The Real Ghostbusters (1986).

Her performance as Ellen Ripley in Aliens (1986) is ranked #58 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

Has one daughter, Charlotte Simpson, was born on 13 April 1990.

Returned to work nine months after giving birth to her daughter Charlotte (at age 42) in order to begin filming Alien³ (1992).

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#81).

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#81). [1995]

In the film Alien: Resurrection Sigourney actually managed to sink the basketball into the hoop backwards on the first take, even though she wasn't supposed to or intended to. The shot was almost ruined because Ron Perlman broke character because he was so amazed.

Her salary for Alien: Resurrection was more than the entire cost of the original Alien movie.

Ranked #71 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

#13 of Sci-Fi's Sexy 50, by Femme Fatales magazine.

Ranked #71 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]

#13 of Sci-Fi's Sexy 50, by Femme Fatales magazine. [1997]

Her salary for Alien: Resurrection (1997) was more than the entire cost of the original Alien (1979) movie.

In the film Alien: Resurrection (1997) Sigourney actually managed to sink the basketball into the hoop backwards on the first take, even though she wasn't supposed to or intended to. The shot was almost ruined because Ron Perlman broke character because he was so amazed.

Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998

In many of her roles her character has had to deal with artificially intelligent spaceships. In the "Alien" movies, she battles them. In Galaxy Quest , much to her character's chagrin, she repeated whatever the spaceship said. In addition, on an episode of "Futurama" , and in the film WALL·E , she had the chance to voice a spaceship.

In many of her roles her character has had to deal with artificially intelligent spaceships. In the "Alien" movies, she battles them. In Galaxy Quest (1999), much to her character's chagrin, she repeated whatever the spaceship said. In addition, on an episode of "Futurama" (1999), and in the film WALL·E (2008), she had the chance to voice a spaceship.

Suffered nightmares for two weeks after reading the script for The Village .

Suffered nightmares for two weeks after reading the script for The Village (2004).

Injured her knee during the shooting of Snow Cake and has been forced to stop exercising for a year.

Injured her knee during the shooting of Snow Cake (2006) and has been forced to stop exercising for a year.

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#74). .

Ranked #74 on Empires's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars. .

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#74). [2007].

Ranked #74 on Empires's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars. (2007).

Before working together on You Again (2010) she has co-starred with nine actors who have also co-starred with Jamie Lee Curtis: Ray Liotta, Dan Aykroyd, Kevin Kline, Tim Allen, J.E. Freeman, Mel Gibson, Elijah Wood, Philip Bosco and Bill Paxton. Both have co-starred with Michelle Williams. They have also both worked with composer John Ottman and director James Cameron.