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The amazing, beautiful, talented, and badass Sigourney Weaver has been around and done it all. Weaver has racked up various accolades with a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award along with being nominated for three Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. Weaver is an icon in the science fiction world with her role of Ellen Ripley from Alien, which shot her up into international fame. The character is defined as a role that showed women could be badass in science fiction. Weaver followed that up in one of my all-time favorite films, Ghostbusters playing Dana Barrett. Weaver has gone on to have a wonderful career even being in the highest grossing film ever, Avatar.
Ellen Ripley- Alien (1979)
The film that showed a badass woman in a monster survival film. Weaver is everything and more as she broke gender roles and showed that a woman can whip ass and take names in the science fiction, action, and horror genres. Weaver’s performance is outstanding as she earned her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress which was a game changer as little recognition had been given to the genres of science-fiction and horror.
Dana Barrett- Ghostbusters (1984)
If you know me, then you know one of my all-time favorite movies is Ghostbusters. Weaver is the love interest of Bill Murray’s character. In the film, Dana was a cellist living at 550 Central Park West, a haunted apartment building which would become the gateway for the apocalyptic deity Gozer the Gozerian. Weaver showed her incredible seductive ways when she was possessed as Gozer.
Gwen DeMarco/Lieutenant Tawny Madison- Galaxy Quest (1999)
Weaver is hilarious in this parody film that plays homage to science-fiction films and series, with Stark Trek and its fandom being the main focus. The cast of the cult show, Galaxy Quest, is drawn into a real interstellar conflict by actual aliens who think the series was an accurate documentary. Weaver is beautiful and one that is ogled over as she is the ship’s communications officer and the only officer aboard who can give orders to the ship’s computer. It is always nice to see Weaver’s comedic side come out.
Dr. Grace Augustine- Avatar (2009)
Weaver plays Dr. Grace Augustine in James Cameron’s epic adventure. Weaver plays Grace as a hard ass with high standards but also a softer side. As head of the Avatar Program, she wants peaceful relations with the Na’vi, having set up a school to teach them English. Weaver as a blue Avatar was actually pretty sexy to look at. It was something about that Stanford crop top.
Katharine Parker- Working Girl (1988)
The business world and how cutthroat it can be sometimes. As Katherine, Weaver is quite backstabbing person. Long before there was the Devil Wears Prada, the film Working Girl was the talk for women. Working Girl is a comedic-romance film where Tess (Griffith) is hired as an associate’s secretary at a big-time Manhattan company. Katherine seems to take Tess under her wing and hear her ideas only to steal them as her own. Karma can be a bitch when Katherine breaks her leg. You have to give it to Weaver, she is versatile.
Angela Nardino/Max Conners/Olga Ivanova- Heartbreakers (2001)
In this film, Weaver joins Jennifer Love Hewitt play a mother-daughter con team scamming rich men for their money. In this comedic film, Weaver brings not only her A-game but damn is she sexy in those tight, low-cut dresses. Weaver plays Angela, who is the definition of beauty and sex appeal while seducing old men. I would definitely say that this is a horny man film.
Warden Louise Walker- Holes (2003)
In this Disney film that was the breakout role for Shia LaBeouf, Weaver is so fearsome as the warden Louise Walker. Weaver is strict and brings terror to not only the teen criminals but also the guards that she controls. Her policy of digging-holes might seem pointless but homegirl is looking form something. Also, her interdiction is beyond sexy.
Dr. Helen Hudson- Copycat (1995)
This one was one of Weaver’s most psychological and creepy films. Weaver plays Dr. Helen Hudson, a forensic psychologist and media celebrity confronted with a “copycat” serial killer who is taking notes from Hudson’s own lectures. The film is good and Weaver gives a strong performance but this is truly a copycat of Silence of the Lambs.
Alice Hunt- The Village (2004)
The Village is a film written, produced, and directed by twist master himself, M. Night Shyamalan. In this film, the setting is the 18th century and the village is haunted by strange creatures. Weaver plays Alice Hunt, one of the elders in the remote village. Weaver carries this role with grace and one who has a great burden.
Ellen Mitchell- Dave (1995)
The world of politics is a pain in the ass and a straight-up bitch. Weaver plays Ellen Mitchell, the first lady in a loveless marriage as the president screws any piece of ass in this black comedy. In the film, Weaver plays Ellen as an icy person who slowly warms up to Dave as she notices that he isn’t her current husband.
