Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver is an American actress and voice actress, best known for her roles as Dana Barrett in the Ghostbusters film series, Ellen Ripley in the Alien film franchise, and Dr. Grace Augustine in the 2009 Fox sci-fi film Avatar, where her character also appears in the Disney's Hollywood Studios attraction The Great Movie Ride.
For Disney, she played Warden Walker in the 2003 adventure comedy-drama film Holes and voiced Axiom's computer in the 2008 Disney/Pixar film WALL-E, Lady Starblaster in Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, and herself on the MLI intercom in the 2016 Disney/Pixar film Finding Dory. She also portrayed Alexandra in The Defenders and Kiri in Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Avatar 4, and Avatar 5. Additionally, she played Alice Hunt in the 2004 Touchstone Pictures film The Village and Ramona "Mona" Clark in You Again. She will portray a to-be-confirmed character in The Mandalorian & Grogu.
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- She was previously offered the role of Cruella De Vil in the 1996 live-action adaption of 101 Dalmatians, until Glenn Close took said role after finishing her run in the musical Sunset Boulevard.
- She and Annette Bening were both considered for the role of Tess Coleman in the 2003 Disney film Freaky Friday before Jamie Lee Curtis was cast.
- She got the name "Sigourney" from Mrs. Sigourney Howard, a minor character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.
- Her uncle was comedian Doodles Weaver.
