20 facts about Sigourney Weaver
- Sigourney Weaver is afraid to ride in elevators.
- Weaver legally changed her name after reading The Great Gatsby.
- In 1987, Weaver was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in Aliens.
- Sigourney Weaver speaks fluent French and German.
- Sigourney Weaver was tall her whole life because of her height her classmates were constantly laughing at her and in order to gain their sympathy, she accepted the role of class clown.
- Sigourney Weaver was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history.
- Weaver is five feet eleven and one half inches tall.
- 2009 was the year in which James Cameron's Avatar premiered with Sigourney playing a major part as Dr. Grace Augustine, leader of the Avatar program on the films fictional moon Pandora.
- Sigourney Weaver has a brother named Trajan.
- In the movie Copycat, Weaver played Helen Hudson.
- Sigourney Weaver was born Susan Alexandra Weaver.
- Weaver plays Babe Paley in the movie Infamous released in 2006.
- Sigourney Weaver was the voice of Planet Express Ship in the TV series Futurama.
- Weaver attended Yale School of Drama.
- Sigourney Weaver was in the Guinness World Book of Records for Tallest Female Star.
- Sigourney Weaver has been married to Jim Simpson since 1984.
- She win two Golden Globes in 1989 for Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl.
- In 1999, Sigourney Weaver was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Weaver's daughter, Charlotte was born in 1990.
- Sigourney Weaver is the daughter of NBC executive Sylvester Weaver and actress Elizabeth Inglis. Niece of actor Doodles Weaver.
