Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress and film producer. Weaver was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for the 1980 Off-Broadway play Das Lusitania Songspiel, and received a Tony Award nomination for the 1984 Broadway play Hurlyburly.

A seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won both Best Actress in Drama and Best Supporting Actress for her work in the 1988 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.

Only four people have won two acting awards in the same year:

Sigourney Weaver (1989) Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Gorillas in the Mist and Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Working Girl

Joan Plowright (1993) Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, Enchanted April

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film, Stalin

Helen Mirren (2007) Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, The Queen

Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film, Elizabeth I

Kate Winslet (2009) Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, The Reader

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