Age: 76
female
Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. Weaver is considered to be a pioneer of action heroines in science fiction films. She is known for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, which earned her an Academy Award nomination in 1986 and is often regarded as one of the most significant female protagonists in cinema history. A seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, Weaver won both Best Actress in Drama and Best Supporting Actress in 1988 for her work in the films Gorillas in the Mist and Working Girl, becoming the first person to win two acting Golden Globes in the same year. She also received Academy Award nominations for both films. For her role in the film The Ice Storm (1997), she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress ina Supporting Role. She also received a Tony Award nomination for her work in the 1984 Broadway play Hurlyburly. Weaver's other film roles include Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Dave (1993), Galaxy Quest (1999), Holes (2003), WALL-E (2008), Avatar (2009), Prayers for Bobby (2009), Paul (2011), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), and A Monster Calls (2016); and the television miniseries Political Animals (2012) and The Defenders (2017). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sigourney Weaver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sigourney Weaver
Queen Hecuba
for Queen Hecuba in Daughter of Sparta
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17-year-old Daphne has spent her life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be excepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an unexpected encounter with the goddess Artemis—who holds the fence brothers fate in her hands—upends the life she’s worked so hard to build. Nine the series items have been stolen from Mount Olympus and if Delphene cannot find them, the gods winning power school feet away, the mortal world will descent into chaos, and her brothers life will be forfeit. Guided by Artemis‘s twin—the handsome and entirely-too -self-assured god Apollo—Daphne’s journey will take her from the labyrinth of the Minotaur to the riddle spinning speaks of devious team, her up with mythological legends such as Theseus and Hippolyte of the Amazons, and pick her against the gods themselves.
