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Prolific in film since the late s, she is known for her pioneering portrayals of action heroines. She made her screen debut with a minor role in the romantic comedy film Annie Hall before her breakthrough role as Ellen Ripley in the science fiction horror film Alien She reprised the role in the sequel Aliens earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Ripley is regarded as a significant female protagonist in cinema history. Her other franchise roles include Dana Barrett in the Ghostbusters films — and dual roles in the Avatar film series —present , which rank among the highest-grossing films of all time.

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She also became the first actor to win two Golden Globes for acting in the same year. On television, she received Emmy Award nominations for her roles in the horror film Snow White: A Tale of Terror , the drama film Prayers for Bobby , the miniseries Political Animals , and for narrating the National Geographic documentary Secrets of the Whales At the age of 14, Weaver began using the name "Sigourney" after she took it from a minor character in The Great Gatsby.

In , shortly before turning 18, Weaver visited Israel and volunteered on a kibbutz for several months. After her freshman year, she transferred to Stanford University as an English major. She performed with a group in Palo Alto named The Company , [ 18 ] doing Shakespeare plays and " commedia dell'arte in a covered wagon" around the Bay Area , [ 18 ] the nature of which she considered "outrageous".