One of Hollywood’s most versatile and respected actresses, Sigourney Weaver – like many actors of her generation – got her career start in soap operas. After only a few years spent paying her dues, 29-year-old Weaver achieved overnight stardom as the tenacious heroine of Ridley Scott's sci-fi thriller, "Alien" (1979). The sole survivor of the original movie, Weaver returned to play Ripley for three more “Alien” sequels, setting the standard for butt-kicking big screen heroines for generations to come. A statuesque beauty who became a kind of thinking man’s sex symbol, Weaver lit up the screen
